Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

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Rank : 9.2 (average on 21 votes)

Coordinates : -2.778451, 38.803711 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : Famous for its herds of elephants often covered with a reddish dust. You can easily meet: buffalo (in large herds), giraffe, zebra, lion (the lions of Tsavo are famous for their lack of mane), impala, Grant's gazelle, gazelle giraffe, warthog, dik-dik, baboon, kudu, crocodile and hippo along the Galana River, with greater difficulty the cheetah and hyena. Various types of birds: ostrich, weaver bird, kingfisher, secretaries, etc. heron?

Recommended equipment : A 300mm is the minimum sufficient, the better a 400-500 because often the animals have enough pictures from afar. Personally I think the Canon 100-400 or similar is the best option. All photos you take the jeep, so you have to shoot free hand or leaning on the window. Recommend a wide angle for landscape shots.

Best months : All year except in the rainy season which runs from late April to late June

How to get there : From the coast of Kenya to get there by jeep in a couple of hours.

Visits : Can be turned with a guided tour or even alone because different paths are very well marked. You can sleep in the lodge (the beautiful view that you can enjoy from the lodge) or in tented camps. The average cost for a safari of 2 days (1 night) in 4 people is about 200 euro each. The temperature during the day is very hot, a bit 'cooler in the evening.

Notes : The park is large (11,000 sq km), although more than half is not open to the public but reserved for scientific research. The territory is mostly flat, with large areas of savannah (beautiful landscapes covered with "red earth") more or less dry depending on the season and rainfall of the year

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Sunrise: 06:22, Sunset: 18:21

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