Tsavo National Park, a vast wilderness comprising Tsavo-East and Tsavo-West, is one of the biggest wildlife parks in the world covering an area of 20,700 sq kms (8,000 sq miles), the size of Wales or Israel. The park offers tremendous views with diverse habitats ranging from mountains, river forests, plains, lakes and wooded grassland. Its south-western plains border Tanzania's Mkomazi Reserve.  

Designated in 1948 it is easily accessible from the coastal holiday resorts and from Nairobi and other Kenyan parks. Tsavo West borders on the Chyulu Hills National Park and is home to the World Heritage Site of Mzima Springs. It is more mountainous and swampy than its eastern counterpart. The Galana River meanders through the great plains of the east with the Yatta Plateau (the world's longest lava flow) forming a spectacular backdrop. The sections of the park are divided by the Mombasa - Nairobi road and railway. The latter being of dubious fame when many lives were lost in the building of the bridge in the late 19thC to two opportunistic lions. Tsavo's lions are maneless and larger in size than others. Tsavo is the site of Dame Daphne Sheldrick's successfull elephant reintroduction programme. It is also home to several black rhino is secure release zones.