Wildlife Amboseli Park | Attraction in Amboseli Park

Wildlife: Amboseli National Park is one of the best places to see elephants in Kenya. In addition to the elephants, you are sure to see the zebra, gnu, hippopotamus, buffalo, spotted hyena, waterbuck, Masai giraffe, Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, impala, lion and cheetah. Note also the presence of the rare gerenuk and the fringed-eared Oryx in the arid northern part of the park. Most mammals stay around the swamps during the day and move towards the hilly countryside (southern section) before night. The birdlife is also abundant as about 420 species of birds have been recorded in the park

Lake Amboseli: is a flat and dry area which was 10'000 years ago a large and permanent lake of 40 meters deep. Today it is a small seasonal lake existing only after heavy and prolonged rains. Most of the dry-lake bed is covered by alkaline white ashes, remains of the eruption of the Kilimanjaro a few thousands of years ago. when dry, you can drive on the lake bed, when it it is full hippo inhabit it and elephants and buffaloes and other game visit it to quench their thirst and wallow

Enkongo Narok, Ol Tukai and Olokenya Swamps: Swamps are oasis in a arid and dry surroundings and offer a wide variety of habitats for mammals and birds (e.g. large pools for hippopotamus, elephants and buffalos and small pools for antelopes, zebras, waterbuck and gnus) and many fresh grasses and aquatic plants. The presence of swamps is due to the streams running down from the Mt Kilimanjaro towards Amboseli plains. All streams are underground

Mount Kilimanjaro: The view of Mount Kilimanjaro from Amboseli. Opportunities to photo graph Elephants as they stride in front of the mountain invite every tourist