The spectacular Mzima Springs is an impressive sight of a million gallons of crystal clear waters gushing out from under parched the lava rocks forming the most welcoming and lovely scenes from Africa’s rolling jungle. Painted on a sprawling canvas of endless skies, emerald hills, liquid lava flows, palm fringed rivers, teeming wildlife and sparkling oasis set against the impressive backdrop of mile upon mile of cloud shadowed African savannah, Tsavo West National Park is the second largest protected area in Kenya and is famous for the man eater lions who to date carry a bizarre history long after they terrorized, maimed and killed construction workers of the Kenya-Uganda Railway in 1898. The railway construction was temporarily halted by the most voracious and insatiable man-eating lions.
Tsavo West, located in Mtito-Andei along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway is home to the Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary; this is where the growing population of highly endangered black Rhino. The park offers glorious game drives and the most magnificent game viewing experiences in the world. Other wildlife includes; leopard, cheetah, buffalo, rhino, elephant, waterbuck, hunters hartebeest, gerenuk, giraffe, zebra, lion, plains game, crocodile, hippo, mongoose, hyrax, Oryx, dik dik, lesser kudu, Klipspringer and the nocturnal porcupine.
