Amboseli and Tsavo West Elephant Safari

The Amboseli and Tsavo West Elephant Safari combines two of the most rewarding and visually distinct national parks in Kenya into a single five day journey that showcases the extraordinary diversity of the Kenyan wilderness. Amboseli National Park at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro is the finest destination in Africa for elephant photography and one of the most scientifically important elephant research sites in the world, home to the Amboseli Elephant Research Project founded by Cynthia Moss which has tracked elephant families continuously since 1972. The parks elephants are remarkably habituated to safari vehicles and move freely through the open swamps and grassland, allowing photographers to capture the classic African image of a tusker elephant with the glacial summit of Kilimanjaro rising 5,895 metres above sea level in the background. Tsavo West National Park presents a completely contrasting landscape of volcanic drama, ancient lava flows and the iconic Mzima Springs where an underground river from the Chyulu Hills emerges as a series of crystal clear pools. Hippos and crocodiles inhabit the springs and can be observed through an underwater viewing chamber while squadrons of hornbills and kingfishers patrol the banks above. Tsavo West shelters healthy populations of lion, leopard, cheetah, the distinctive red dust coated Tsavo elephants and all members of the Big Five.