On our first day, our safari tour jeep 4*4 will be at your hotel outside the gate to pick you for your safari to Tsavo National park by 6.30 a.m A brief of the safari and packing will be done at meeting point where you can have your breakfast before departure to tsavo east park. We will drive straight to Tsavo East National Park through the Sala Gate.Make stop over at Sala gate for 15 minues get to see the River Sabaki crocodiles. After 4 hours game drive, we shall check in to our lodge for lunch and relaxing before embarking on our evening game drive. Our two hours game drives will take us through the extensive park of Tsavo search for the big five and big cats. With the help of our professional guide and driver, we will be sure to spot a few if not all animals. Later check in back to the lodge for dinner and overnight OVERVIEW OF TSAVO EAST Tsavo East National Park is one of the oldest and largest parks in Kenya at 13,747 square kilometers. Situated in a semi-arid area previously known as the Taru Desert it opened in April 1948, and is located near the town of Voi in the Taita-Taveta County of the former Coast Province. Location: Kenya Area: 13,747 km2 (5,308 sq mi) Established: 1948 In 1898, long before Tsavo National Park was created, a pair of maneless male lions terrorized the area. They reputedly killed 135 railway workers who were building the Kenya-Uganda railway. These man-eating lions dragged men from their tents, despite the thorn fences (bomas) built to keep them out. The maneless lions evaded traps and ambushes and were finally shot by Lt. Col. John Henry Patterson Tsavo East National Park is a natural area of flat, dry plains, with thorny bushes and swampy marshland near the river. It is teeming with diverse Kenyan animals including large families of giraffes, gazelles, hartebeests and zebras, as well as the "Big Five" must-see animals - buffalo, African elephants, lions, rhinos and leopard