1 Day Tsavo East Express Safari

Detailed Itinerary: 

Day 1: Nairobi – Tsavo East National Park

Early in the morning at 7.00am you will be met at your residence and be warmly received by the driver and/or Tour Manager who will brief you on your safari and escort you to your vehicle for departure to Tsavo East National Park. Upon arrival you will carry picnic lunch from one of the lodges and depart for game drives within the park. In the evening at 4.00pm you will depart from the park and head back to Mombasa and be transferred back to your residence.

The Tsavo East National Park has an interesting and diverse history including: the Waliangulu and Kamba tribes who used the park as a hunting ground prior to gazette-ment; the first European to see Mount Kenya, rev. Dr. L. Krapf, journeyed on foot through this area in 1848; during the construction of the railway bridge over the Tsavo River in 1898, lions (the famed man-eaters of Tsavo) terrorized the workers, killing over 130 people before being killed by Col. J. H. Patterson. During World War 1, British forces along the Tsavo River encountered threats from invading German soldiers from Tanganyika (now Tanzania); the European explorer Captain Lugard a European explorer passed through the area on his way to Uganda. Some of the attractions that visitors can enjoy within Tsavo East National Park are the Aruba Dam; located on the north bank of the seasonal Voi River, visited by thousands of animals and making it a great game viewing destination, Mudanda Rock; which is a whale-backed rock towering above a natural dam and which acts as a draw to hundreds of elephant, The Yatta Plateau; which is the longest lava flow in the world and an ornithological paradise that attracts migrating birds from all over the world and The Lugard’s Falls; through which the waters of the Galana River plunge into foaming rapids and crocodile-infested pools.

End of safari 

Cost: $420 per person sharing 

Cost includes:

• Transport in a private safari minivan with pop up roof for game viewing and photography
• Park entry fees and game drives
• Packed picnic lunch during excursion
• Services of an experienced English-speaking driver guide 
• Driver’s allowances and park fees for vehicle and driver
• Applicable government taxes

Package excludes:

• All international or local flights and departure taxes
• Tips to driver/guide or lodge staff
• Extras during the excursion e.g. tips, drinks, phone calls, email e.t.c.
• Items of personal nature
• Personal travel insurance
• Any other item not included in itinerary