Excite your sense of adventure and love for nature and wildlife by embarking on this 3 Days Tsavo East and Taita Hills Salt Lick Safari. Your destination is a national park and a private sanctuary with beautiful savannahs, flat red-earth plains with 'open blue skies' - a perfect setting for savouring an amazing array of wildlife in their natural habitat
Depart from Mombasa early in the morning and drive to Tsavo East National Park, nicknamed "Theatre of the Wild" via the Mombasa-Nairobi highway. After completing park entry formalities enter the park through Bachuma Gate and commence your game viewing drive in search of Lions, Elephants, Giraffes, Buffalo etc. We will visit the Aruba Dam - a man-made dam on the seasonal Voi River. The dam attracts big game and bird species especially in dry seasons. After lunch, you will have an afternoon game viewing. Dinner and overnight at your pre-booked Safari Camp or Lodge. Tsavo East National Park is located in Taita Taveta County (formerly Taita Taveta District of Coast Province, Kenya) on the peripheries of Voi Town. The park is 120 kilometers away (about 2.5 hours drive) from Mombasa and 325 kilometers (about 6.5 hours drive) from Nairobi City. Tsavo East National Park is one of the world's largest game reserves, providing undeveloped wilderness homes to vast numbers of animals. Famous are the "Red Elephants" and "The Man-eaters of Tsavo" - some adult males often lack manes entirely. Other big game likely to be seen include zebras, giraffes, hyenas, cheetahs, leopards and buffaloes among others. Over 400 bird species have been recorded in the area, including ostriches, kestrels, buzzards, starlings, weaver birds, kingfishers, hornbills, secretary birds and herons. Pre and after breakfast game drive looking for animals. After breakfast leave the park and proceed to Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary - a privately owned conservation area located at the foot of the Taita Hills adjacent to Tsavo West National Park. Check-in at Sarova Taita Hills Game Lodge for l unch. After lunch transfer to Salt Lick Lodge for a short rest followed by afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at the Salt Lick Lodge. Salt Lick Lodge is one of Kenya’s flagship lodges, famed for its warmth, vibrancy and legendary hospitality. It is a luxurious safari escape set in the heart of Taita Hills Game Sanctuary, a privately owned game sanctuary located in Taita-Taveta County (formerly Taita Taveta District of Coast Province, Kenya), is located 220 kilometers away from Mombasa and covers an area of 28,000 acres (110 km2). The sanctuary is adjacent to Tsavo West National Park and the LUMO Community Wildlife Sanctuary (a community owned wildlife sanctuary formed by the Lualenyi, Mramba Communal Grazing Area, and Oza Group Ranch, hence the acronym "LUMO"). The combined sanctuaries of Taita Hills and Lumo are host to cape buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion, cheetah, Masai giraffe, zebra, hartebeest, impala, waterbuck, Thomson's gazelle, lesser kudu, dik-dik, and other smaller animals, including a diversity of birdlife Wake up early in the morning for a hot cup of coffee/tea and cookies - the little beautiful things in life as you listen to the early morning bird calls, the hyenas laughing, roaring lion or the elephants trumpeting then at 6.30am leave the lodge for your early morning game drive. You will be driven back to the lodge at 8.30 for refreshment and full breakfast. After breakfast enjoy more game viewing before departing for Mombasa arriving at your respective hotels in the afternoon. BOOK/INQUIRE ABOUT THIS SAFARI Itinerary
Day 1: Mombasa - Tsavo East
Day 2: Tsavo East - Taita Hills Game Sanctuary
Day 3: Taita Hills Salt Lick – Mombasa
