2 Days Road Safari in Tsavo West National Park, Kenya

Facilities

Day 1: Mombasa - Tsavo West

This morning, you will be picked up at your beach hotel in Mombasa at 07:00 and drive via an air-conditioned shuttle service to the park gate where you are met by your guide and vehicle. Drive to Severin Safari Camp or similar in Tsavo West National Park with a game drive en route, arriving for a well-prepared and tasty lunch menu.

Check into your camp and relax in the lounge area with spectacular views of wildlife at the waterhole just 100 meters away. Complete the day in Tsavo West National Park with a game drive and return to the camp for dinner and overnight at Severin Safari Camp. Activities included are day game driving.

Day 2: Tsavo West - Mombasa

After an early wake-up call, a morning game drive is experienced. Chief among Tsavo West National Park ranks the marvel of Mzima Springs, replenished with two hundred and twenty million liters of crystal clear water every day, from the underground streams stemming from the lava massif known as the Chyulu Hills, 40-50 kilometers away.

Mzima forms a haven for a rich wildlife pageant with elephant soaking half immersed in the waters, light-footed but ponderous looking hippo, apparently weightless, tip-toeing across the bottom, crocodiles basking on the bank or swirling through the water; gazelles, zebra and giraffe wandering around the banks through the thick acacias and raffia palms together with hundreds of chattering monkeys and birds.

Attractions

• Physical attractions: Mzima Springs, Shetani Lava Flow, Poachers Lookout, views of Mount Kilimanjaro weather permitting
• Wildlife: elephant, lion, leopard, crocodile, waterbuck, kudu, gerenuk, zebra, Hunter’s hartebeest, red elephants, etc. and 500 bird species including ostrich, migratory kestrels, buzzards, weaver birds, African fish eagle, etc.

Transportation

Ali Baba Tours and Safaris' vehicles are six-seater custom safari minibusses (4x4-wheel-drive, custom-made Nissan) with pop-up roof ideal for game viewing and sightseeing. The minibusses are well-maintained to provide a maximum level of comfort and safety and are fitted with HF long range radios for easy communication. The vehicles are fully equipped with cool boxes and first aid kits.

Driver / tour guides

Ali Baba Tours and Safaris provide knowledgeable and professional driver / tour guides who know wildlife and animal behavior as well as the local fauna and flora. They are not only drivers but they are also qualified and experienced driver / guides trained to reveal the beauty of the destination's wildlife, culture, and people. The driver speaks English, French, and Spanish. Other foreign-language-speaking guides / tour leaders are available on request. A supplementary cost might be involved.

This two-day road safari will take you from Mombasa to Tsavo West National Park. Tsavo West National Park is a 9,000-square-kilometer game park in southern Kenya, located about 200 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. Separated only by the Mombasa / Nairobi road from Tsavo East, Tsavo West is part of the entire Tsavo ecosystem. Tsavo West National Park features the Chyulu and Ngulia Hills, Chaimu Crater, Lake Jipe, Tsavo River, Mzima Springs, Shetani Lava Flow, Shetani Caves, as well as outcrops rock and ridges (Roaring Rocks). All these landmarks and nature treasures erupted million years after the energic shake-up of the earth of Tsavo.

Tsavo West National Park's landscape is dominated, especially off the hills by the giant baobab, a tree that is reputed to live a thousand years. After the rains, Tsavo West National Park is showered with white and pink Ipomoea, the morning glory family, and the acacia trees are festooned with feathery masses of white and pink blossom. The desert rose, somewhat like a miniature baobab, produces fuschia-pink flowers of striking beauty at almost any time of the year. The game in the park includes leopard, cheetah, buffalo, rhino, elephant, giraffe, zebra, lion, plains game, crocodile, and plenty of additional small mammals, birds and insects.

Nearby places

• Waterhole, 100 meters

Severin Safari Camp's cuisine is a la carte and is served in the open-sided dining room, which, like the lounge and Thorn Tree Bar, overlooks two waterholes and the adjacent plains.

• Game drives in a minibus
• A well-trained safari driver guide
• 1 night's accommodation
• Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
• 1 liter of bottled water per person per day
• Pick-up from and to the hotel
• Park entry fees

• Other drinks including sodas, beers, and wines
• Personal costs
• Tips and gratuities

• A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.