Tsavo West National Park

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Ariadne van Zandbergen –

Visited: Wet season

Ariadne is a renowned African wildlife photographer whose work is featured in many well-known guidebooks and magazines.

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Tsavo West: the only place to see hippos underwater

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Tsavo West is slightly less wild and remote as its sister park Tsavo East. Being close to the coast it gets its fair share of tourists on add-on safaris to a beach holiday. There is a fair number of game around, but don’t expect anything like the more well known parks like Masai Mara or Amboseli. Luckily there are some landmarks to visit here. Worthwhile is a visit to the rhino sanctuary. I haven’t been lucky enough to see a rhino here, but sightings are quite common. In any case, there seems to be a slightly bigger concentration of general game within the sanctuary than outside.

Not to miss is the underwater viewing chamber at Mzima Springs. If you’re lucky you’ll be able to look a swimming hippo in the eyes. The springs itself are a beautiful oasis with yellow fever trees. Blue monkeys seem to love this place.

Shetani lava flow is another spot to visit: this arid moon landscape doesn’t look like much in the middle of the day, but glows in the late afternoon light. Wildlife wise, the park is good for elephants and giraffes and you might be lucky to see a lesser kudu.

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