Tsavo East National Park

𝐓𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐨 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 is a 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤      in 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚 with an 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 of 𝟏𝟑,𝟕𝟒𝟕 𝐤𝐦^𝟐 . It was 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 in 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟖 and 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 a 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢-𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 previously known as the 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐮 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭. 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 with the 𝐓𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐨 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤, it 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 an 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 of about 𝟐𝟐,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. The 𝐓𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐨 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 to 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 through the national park, which is 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 in the 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐚-𝐓𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 of the 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞.

𝐓𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐨 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 is 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭, with 𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 across which the 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬. Other features include the 𝐘𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐮 and 𝐋𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬.Inside the national park, the 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐢 and 𝐓𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞 to form the 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐢-𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐚-𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐢 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫. Most of the park consists of 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢-𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 and 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚.

𝐓𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐨 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 is 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 of the 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝'𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 to 𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 of 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬.𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 are the 𝐓𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, a 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 whose 𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲. As of 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔, there were about 𝟔𝟕𝟓 𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬  in the 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐢-𝐓𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐨 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦.The national park is 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 to 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐬 of "𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭-𝐫𝐞𝐝" 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐫𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐨, and a 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 of 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 have been recorded in the area, including 𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬, 𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬 and 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐬.