Tsavo West National Park - Kenya
Kilimanjaro's Kingdom
With a spectacular view of mystical Mount Kilimanjaro, and easy access to the wild attractions of Tsavo West National Park, Voyager Ziwani Safari Camp offers a tranquil retreat in one of the wildest places left on Earth. Located on a private 30,000-acre farm on the western edge of Tsavo, the camp sits on a secluded dam on the Sante River - home to turtles, crocodiles and hundreds of basking hippos.
The 25 tents guarantee a high level of privacy and personal attention, and have made the camp one of Kenya's most popular honeymoon destinations. Voyager Ziwani offers a host of exciting safari activities, from game drives in Tsavo West, night drives among the resident game, walks with highly qualified naturalists, and trips among the battlefields and colonial relics along the Tanzanian border
Location
The camp lies 250 km south (four hours drive, one hour flight time) of Nairobi and close to the Tanzanian border and Mount Kilimanjaro. Amongst the wide range of Kenya hotels, some make the ideal Kenya safari destination. Choose a safari lodge, safari hotel, bush camp, luxury lodge, safari camp, tented camp or bush lodge. National park accommodation usually takes the form of a traditional safari lodge or tented camp, but numerous other options exist on the park boundaries. Luxury lodges and luxury camp options are also offered in the private wildlife conservancies.
The Background
The joint mass of Tsavo East and West national parks represent the largest national park in the world, covering a massive 4% of Kenya's total land area. Tsavo East, one of the last great wilderness landscapes on Earth, offers a vast arena of emerald-fringed meanderings of the Galana River, guarded by the limitless lava the world. Tsavo West, land of lions and lava, is painted on a sprawling canvas of endless skies, emerald hills, liquid lava flows, palm-fringed rivers, teeming wildlife and sparkling oases, where rafts of hippo wallow, snort and blow in the crystal clear melt-waters of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Kenya's largest National Park supports all the members of the ‘Big Five' as well as the country's largest elephant population. Tsavo achieved notoriety in the 1900's when ‘the Man-eaters of Tsavo', a pair of rogue man-eating lions, preyed gruesomely on the builders of the Uganda Railway. Today the Park is more famous for the numerous prides of mane-less lion that patrol the plains and police the herbivore herds.
Wildlife highlights: elephant, lion, hippo, rhino, zebra, hartebeest, lesser kudu, eland, waterbuck, Grant's gazelle, impala, gerenuk, giraffe, dik dik and klipspringer. Birds: 600 recorded species.
Accommodation
• 25 comfortable double tents beside the Sante River
• Large double or twin beds and classic furnishings
• Modern en suite bathrooms with hot showers
• Five special Deluxe Tents with king size beds
• Private wooden verandahs overlooking the river.
Dining and bars
• Restaurant serving homemade table d'hote cuisine
• Special vegetarian kitchen and dedicated chef
• Intimate lounge bar overlooking the riverbanks
• Candlelit dinners on the riverside lawns
Child-friendly
The camp welcomes children.
What to see and do
Visits to the magic of Mzima Springs
The lush, hippo-inhabited pools of Mzima Springs, fed daily by 250 million litres of water gushing from the lava flows of the Chyulu hills, provide an oasis of green, an under-water hippo-viewing chamber, two nature trails and some unique picnic spots.
Exploring the Shetani caves and lava flows
Other attractions
The camp has its own all-weather airstrip and offers a boutique and safari bookshop, phone, fax and email services, laundry and valet services.
Highlights and special features
• Escorted game walks with experienced naturalists
• Night drives to view hippos and nocturnal game
• Boating among crocs and turtles on Ziwani Dam
• Walking trails around historical Grogan's Farm
• Trips to the twin volcanic lakes of Chala and Jipe
• Tours of World War II battlefields on Slaughter Hill
• Bush breakfasts and barbecue dinners in our sanctuary
• 'Bush-wise' activities with our Adventurers' Club.
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