| Tsavo East national park
in Kenya consists mainly of flat, open
savannahs without dense vegetation giving
it's visitors better options for wildlife
viewing – for many the main reason to go on
a safari. Typical of the Eastern park is the
magnificent red-brown color of the earth and
roads, and the lonely baobab trees on the
savannah plains. Of interest in this eastern
side of Tsavo include the Yatta Plateau,
with 290 kilometers the world’s longest lava
flow, which runs along the western border of
the park. The Lugard's Falls, named after
British colonial administrator Frederick
Lugard, is actually a series of rapids on
the Galana river.
In general, a lot of animals gather
around the waterhole at Voi Safari Lodge, at
the Kanderi Swamp and at the Aruba Dam
across the Voi river.
Waterbucks, kudus and Dik Diks are common
along the banks of the Galana river, one of
Kenya’s biggest rivers which flows through
the park. At Crocodile Point, you can see
hippos and crocodiles. Elephants are mainly
present in the southern part, and during the
dry season they often gather at Mudanda
Rock.
Pretty unique is the population of Hirola
antelopes, which has been decimated during
the last decades by poachers. Tsavo East now
harbors a quarter of the total Kenyan Hirola
antelope population of about 500. There are
also some 50 black rhinos in Tsavo East.
Furthermore, Tsavo East national park in
Kenya is home to over 500 bird species,
among which are buzzards, kestrels, weaver
birds, starlings, herons, secretary birds,
kingfishers and ostriches.
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