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AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
The most distinguishing feature of Amboseli is its dramatic setting. Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, raises a majestic 19,340 feet (5,895 meters) just across the Tanzanian border, in full view of the park. Most of the game can be found clinging to the swamps and grasslands in the center of the park, an oasis for buffalo, lions, cheetah, and over 420 species of birds.
Amboseli is also one of the best parks in Kenya to see elephant, which travel in large herds near Ekongo Narok Swamp.
It lies some 240 km South-East of Nairobi.
The snow-capped peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro rising above the saucer clouds dominates every aspect of Amboseli. Gazetted as a National Park in 1974, it covers only 392 sq km but, despite its small size and its fragile ecosystem, it supports a wide range of mammals (well over 50 of the larger species) and birds (over 400 species).
Years ago, this was the locale around which famous writers Ernest Hemmingway and Robert Ruark spun their stories of big-game hunting in the wilds of Africa.