These twin parks form one of Africa’s largest wilderness reserves. Consisting of 10 million acres of pure wilderness made of savannah range and hills, acacia, montane forest and extensive river systems, the Park is home to most of the larger African mammals, vast herds of dust-red elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard, hippos, waterbucks, Kudus, Gerenuk and Hirola.
The Park acquired its name ‘Tsavo’, meaning ‘slaughter’ from the Akamba people, who first migrated to the area some five centuries ago – long before the arrival of the more famous leonine slaughterers, the ‘Man-Eaters’ of Tsavo. The largest safari elephant herds in the world are found here.
