Destination Overview
At 870 square kilometers, it is one of Kenya's wildlife sanctuaries with the most varied landscapes. The park boasts a rare array of habitats for such a short region. Parakeet flocks and monkey colonies coexist in the deep riverine forest on the Tana itself. Hippo and crocodile are frequently spotted lounging on the wide sandpits that resemble beaches. The snow-covered peak of Mount Kenya can be seen in the southwest on clear days, but the Nyambene range at sunset is the most beautiful sight.
The area's northern limit is surrounded by open grasslands, and fifteen perennial rivers that originate from Mount Kenya and fall into the Tana River sustain the area's springs and wetlands year-round.
Naturally, the reserve is well-known across the world as the place where Elsa, the lioness that was released into the wild and the protagonist of Joy Adamson's book, now calls home. The park is teeming with avifauna, and some bird species are particularly abundant. Beautiful stands of doom and raphia pals, as well as comiphora in the south and combretum bush in the north, may be found in the reserve.
