Tsavo West National Park, like its counterpart Tsavo East National Park, is the two national parks that form the great Tsavo National Park. The park is known as the “ Land of Lava, Springs, Man-eaters and Magical Sunsets”. Its popularity is based on the man-eating lions that killed hundreds of people during the construction of the Railway line and the highway during the colonial era. Tsavo West National Park is the second largest national park in Kenya, covering an area of 9,065 square kilometres. It’s separated from Tsavo East National by the A109 highway that connects Nairobi to Mombasa.
The park also has over fifty million gallons of crystal clear water under parched lava rock. The park is more scenic than Tsavo East National Park, with rouged mountainous areas. The Mzima springs and the Shetani lava flows are unique attractions at the park. Tsavo West National Park is wetter than Tsavo East National Park.
The park is among the oldest national parks in Kenya, it was established in April 1948 alongside Tsavo East National Park. It was named after the magnificent Tsavo river, which is the main river that drains the park. It’s one of the strongholds of biodiversity across the world.
