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User Reviews of Tsavo West National Park (71 Reviews)

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Male avatar icon Christopher Hume United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: May 2019 Reviewed: Jun 12, 2019

Email Christopher Hume  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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As above

Female avatar icon Marju Estonia flag EE       Visited: February 2019 Reviewed: Feb 27, 2019

Email Marju  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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It is huge area with few tourists, but also animal are quite invisible. Nice to be alone with sun and nature and enjoy peace and red landscape.

Female avatar icon Alda United States flag US       Visited: December 2018 Reviewed: Jan 20, 2019

Email Alda  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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Tsavo West is enormous. In December, the animals are quite scattered, so it seemed like we had to do a lot of driving to see the animals.
The scenery is excellent.

Female avatar icon Luanne United States flag US       Visited: August 2018 Reviewed: Nov 1, 2018

Email Luanne  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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We did not see as many animals in this park as the others because the park offers so many more hiding places for the animals but it was at Tsavo when we encountered the leopard which completed our big 5!

Female avatar icon ANA Spain flag ES       Visited: March 2018 Reviewed: Mar 12, 2018

Email ANA  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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Thanks a lot to the team of Beacon Safaris, my week in Kenya was awesome. I enjoyed EVERY MINUTE OF MY TRIP from the great lodge accommodations in Amboseli (Kibo) and in Tsavo (Kilaguni) and the exciting game drives (thank you John for everything). The perfect end was the 3 days in Diani Beach, a paradise on Earth. I gladly recommend Beacon Safaris for a stress free experience!

Female avatar icon Kam United States flag US       Visited: September 2017 Reviewed: Oct 1, 2017

Email Kam  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

4 / 5 4 /5

Ride through while in the train to Mombasa. Saw animals from a distance but didn't get a real feel for the park.

Male avatar icon Volker Germany flag DE       Visited: March 2017 Reviewed: Jun 5, 2017

Email Volker  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Many animals in a interesting landscape.
Animals are some times difficult to watch because there are many bushes and trees. Sometimes we've seen them after we passed them.
We've seen zebras, ostriches, elephants, giraffes, buffalos, hyenas, hippos and crocodiles (at Mzima Spings). And a lot of birds.
We has a very beautiful lodge inside the park (Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge) with its own water hole. So we could watch several animals at the evening from the balcony of our rooms or the bar.

Male avatar icon MARK R United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: June 2014 Reviewed: Jan 17, 2016

Email MARK R  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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Plenty of wildlife to see here still with great sightings and lodges.

Male avatar icon Vinay India flag IN       Visited: October 2015 Reviewed: Nov 15, 2015

Email Vinay  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Red bushy Tsavo

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Along with the eastern portion the Tsavo National Park is around 20,000 square kilometers, dwarfing the more popular Masai Mara which is 1,510 square kilometers. Although Tsavo is a large park its vegetation may make game spotting a lot more difficult, and thus the popularity of Masai Mara. But Tsavo with its red soil, blue skies and black lava flows offers a unique beauty of its own. Even the animals are coloured red because of the soil! The Mzima spring was a first for me and it was intriguing to see water just appearing from the ground, and quite a bit of it! The water was so pure that we could drink straight from the spring!

If you have some luck on your side Tsavo can be a great place. It's sheer size means there is enough wildlife in the park, but you may have to be patient and spend more time here. Unlike animals, birds are a lot easier to spot and if you are into birding you will certainly not be disappointed.

One more interesting feature of the
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Male avatar icon Martijn Netherlands flag NL       Visited: January 2014 Reviewed: Jun 27, 2015

Email Martijn  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

A once in a lifetime experience

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Our trip to Kenya and vistit to Tsavo West National Park was our first (and so far only) safari. It was one of our most enjoyable and memorable vacations so far. Although we did not spot any cats, we basically saw every other animal: giraffes, elephants, zebras, hippos, owls, etc.

We slept in a (fully equipped) tent , which made the experience complete. In the night you could literally hear the animals passing by. Amazing.

After a couple of days we stayed in a resort at the beach. That was nice as well, but we all hoped the safari would have last a little longer. The days just seemed to flew by!

Please have a look a my pictures to get an impression of Kenya and Tsavo West National Park: https://www.flickr.com/photos/beukhof/sets/72157639847428163