Best time to visit Tsavo West National Park.
The best time to visit Tsavo west national park largely depends on your preferences and what you want to experience during your safari adventure. Generally, the park experiences a dry season and a wet season, each offering a unique advantages for the wildlife viewing and exploration. The dry season, which generally runs from June to October and then this is often considered as the best time to visit Tsavo west national park. During this period, that’s when the weather is usually warm and dry, with the minimal rainfall, making it the best time for game drives and spotting wildlife. The dry conditions cause animals to congregate around the water sources, such as the Mzima springs, making it easier to spot a variety of the species, including the elephants, lions, buffaloes, elephants, giraffes, leopards and among many others. Additionally, the dry season offers the clear skis and then the better visibility, enhancing the overall safari experience. The temperatures during this time are generally pleasant, with the cooler mornings and then evenings and then warm afternoons, making it more comfortable for the early morning and late afternoon game drives. In constraint, the wet season, which run from November to May brings lush green landscapes and then rejuvenated vegetation, providing a picturesque backdrop for the photography and offering a unique perspective on the parks wildlife and then habitats.
During the wet season, that’s when many animals in the park disperse across the park, making game drives more challenging but also potentially more rewarding for those seeking a more adventurous safari experience. The wet season is also a great time for bird watching, as migratory bird species more abundant, adding to the park’s the rains can make some roads within the park impassable, and the increased vegetation can make wildlife spotting more difficult. Overall the best time to visit Tsavo west national park is during the dry season, that’s when the weather is favorable and wildlife viewing is optimal, but those seeking a more off-the-beaten-path experience may find the wet season appealing for its lush landscapes and potential for spotting migratory birds and dispersed wildlife.
Tsavo west national park.
Tsavo west national park is smaller than Tsavo east national park that covers an areas of 7065 square kilometer (2728 square miles) .The Park is known of the rugged terrain with the volcanic hills, rocky outcrops and then lush riverine forests. The park’s volcanic origins are very evident that you spot on this African safari in its varied topography, like the attractive shetani lava flow, that results of the relatively recent volcanic activity. The park is very incredible and certainly more accessible than Tsavo east national park.
Tsavo west national park has got the massive landscapes with the heavily wooded hills in the northern part of the park, where there are more safari lodges that offers you the perfect game-viewing tracks concentrate. The southern part of the park is flat with more open plains, and then parts of the park are disjointed and crossed by another highway that is between Voi and Taveta. One of the park’s attraction is the Mzima Springs, with the most clear water emerges from beneath volcanic rock, that creates a lush oasis that supports numerous wildlife and majorly on a Kenyan safari in this area you will spot the large numbers of the hippos, crocodile populations and it offers the unique opportunities for the wildlife viewing.
Tsavo west national park is known for its fertile volcanic soils and then the variety of water, the park is such known for the large numbers of the bird species, animal species, plant species and among many others, with its inhabitants that reside that includes the big five mammals that includes the lions, elephants, leopards, rhinos, buffaloes, and among others that includes the various numbers of the antelopes like Grant’s gazelles and among others. On a Kenya safari this is the only safari destination that hosts the endangered black rhinoceros at Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary. As well on a safari you will spot the spotted hyenas, beautiful Maasai giraffes and among many others. The park is a home of the various numbers of the birds that are over 532 species and some includes African Open bill, Great white pelican, African Darter, Kori Bustard, Rock Pigeon, Laughing Dove, Helmeted Guinea fowl, Eurasian Nightjar, African Emerald Cuckoo, Red-chested Cuckoo and among many others. On a safari to Tsavo west national park the tourists will enjoy various safari activities that includes the guided game drives, rhino tracking experience, guided nature walks along Tsavo River and among many others with African Vacation Safaris.
How to get to Tsavo west national park.
If you are planning and thinking about the Tsavo west national park, the tourists access the park through different ways that is either the road transport or then the air transport.
By road transport. Depending on where you are coming from, that is either from Mombasa or Nairobi. While coming from Mombasa you will cover a distance of about 259 kilometers while using A109 highway and you will pass through the towns of Voi and Mtito Andei, that both takes you to the park the distance from Mombasa to the park takes you about 5 to 6 hours. Then you will enter the park through using either Mtito Andei or Chyulu gate. And if you are coming from Nairobi the road distance from Nairobi to Tsavo west national park is 3hours and 20 minutes.
By air transport. Air transport is the most fast means of transport to reach the park, this is where you will fly from Wilson airport in Nairobi and then you will land to one of the several airstrips to the park like Kamboyo and Kilaguni that takes you a period of less than an hour while using airlines like Kenya Airways and Precision Air that operate these flights, and once you arrive your safari guide from African Vacation Safaris will drive you to your lodge. For more information about a Kenya safari to Tsavo west national park, contact us and our senior tour consultants will plan, advise and even taking you through the safari to the park and Tsavo east national as well.