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Discover Amboseli

Amboseli National Park consists of a great scenery is created by the backdrop of mountain Kilimanjaro, the park has consist of many spots where animals and attractions in park can be spotted and they include observation hill where you can spot many animals.

Amboseli park was officially declared a national park stretching over an area of 392 square kilometers in 1974 but that the park has a history dating back to the times before the coming of the British colonial rulers

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Discover Amboseli

Get acquainted with some of the remarkable attractions or simply alures that make amboseli national park such and incredible travel deatination. Amboseli national park is such athrill interms of what of what to see and what do hence deeming it one of kenyas top place to visit. see below in detail some of the deatils of the scenic amboseli national park attractions

Wildlife

Amboseli national park is a prominent home for wildlife, the park is more recognized for being a home to the largest population of elephants that is why it referred to as the home for elephants and it is the place to see them in Kenya in large numbers. Wildlife in Amboseli national park is concentrated in five specific areas/ habitants that is dried up bed of Lake Amboseli, Sulphur spring wetlands, savannah vegetation cover, open plains and woodlands, wildlife hosted in the park include giraffe, spotted hyena, zebra, buffalo, blue wildebeest, cheetah, elephant, giraffe, hippopotamus, Thomson’s gazelle, impala, lion, cape buffalo and many more.

These numerous wildlife species offer spectacular game drive and the best time to enjoy the game drive and see animals in during dry season, dry season happens in the period of June to October. The most fascinating part of visiting the park in dry season for animal viewing is that when large herds of animals are crossing the sandy plains they kick up a lot of dust thus offering a great opportunity for photography. Animals in the park are perfectly viewed from the observation hill and at sinet delta.

Bird Life

Amboseli national park hosts a good population of birds estimated to be more than 420 species, the park habits three categories of birds that is water birds which thrive in the swampy region of the park, grassland birds living in savannah plains and forest birds living in acacia vegetation.

Bird species in the Amboseli national park include African jacana, goliath heron, African swamp hen, Hartlaub’s bustard, rufous chatterer, common redshank, Dickinson’s kestrel, Eurasian thick-knee, greater flamingo, Hartlaub’s bustard, lesser flamingo, long-toed lapwing, Pangani longclaw, rufous chatterer, rufous-bellied heron, spike-heeled lark, steel-blue whydah, Taveta golden weaver, von der Decken’s hornbill, yellow-necked spurfowl and many more.

Lake Amboseli

Lake Amboseli is a temporary lake found in northwest region from the delta and occupying the largest portion of the park, Lake Amboseli is usually dry most especially in dry season but in wet season period the lake is filled up and at times floods. Lake Amboseli being dry is attributed more to Nyiri desert that stretches along southern border of Kenya to Tanzania, the lake is basin is a habitant to many animal species like elephants more so in dry season when it is dried up. Lake Amboseli is also used as a camping site by adventurous tourists who love camping while in Amboseli national park.

Clear Views of mountain Kilimanjaro

Amboseli national park is one of the most scenic national park in Kenya, the park is clowned by Mount Kilimanjaro the highest peak in Africa. While in Amboseli national park you get to enjoy clear views of snowcapped Kilimanjaro peaks which offer the best photography opportunity because of the scenic view.

The Masasi Culture

The out skirts of Amboseli park are dominated by the fascinating Masai people, when in Amboseli national park visiting the Masai village is very much unavoidable as it offers the authentic African culture. In the Masai village you get to encounter Masai cultural traditions which include Masai dances, traditional song, and their unique way of addressing which is similar to the Karamojong of Uganda, local food dishes and also you can buy Masai artifacts. There is also an annual 7 day Masai gala organized in Loitoktok were most the culture, norms and traditional practices of the Masai people are showcased and masai annual Olympics which take place in kimana.

Amboseli National park Further more remains one Kenya’s best most kept secret, the ambiance alone is beguiling . The park exhibits uniqueness which brings travelers who have visited on Amboseli on safari with unheard off experiencesof. The uniqueness of this park is derived from the views of the Kilimanjaro mountain which by no means qualifies to be africas watch tower, in other words retains its unchaging position as africa’s tallest mountain, amboseli also derives its spectable from the topogprapy, vegetation , climate , as well as its constituents the wildlife that are the major attractions to amboseli national park . The views of snow caped mount kilimanjaro also top up the experience.

Game drives in Amboseli national park cultivate another form of satifaction . The parks availablity of five distinct environnmets that range from the wetlwands/ swamps to Savanna and woodlands has supported the thriving of everal wildlife species to metion large herds of elephants , cape buffaloes , lions,impalas, hyenas , zebras, wildbeests, cheetahs, giraffes among several other unmetioned mamals that can be refered as suprises in your game drives, the climate also supports several scores of bird species upto the tune of 600 species. fractions can be sighted in the game drive.

Discover Amboseli

7 Days amboseli, nakuru and masai mara safari