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User Reviews of Tsavo East National Park (85 Reviews)

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Average User Rating

4.4588 / 5 4.5 /5
4.3875 / 5 4.5500 / 5 4.4474 / 5 3.9649 / 5

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Male avatar icon Carlos Oliveira Mauritania flag MR       Visited: November 2006 Reviewed: Jun 6, 2012

Email Carlos Oliveira  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

4 / 5 4 /5
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A park that is not so crowed and where it is possible to enjoy wildlife experiences.

Avatar icon Pauli Visited: February 2012 Reviewed: Jun 6, 2012

A wonderful experience.

5 / 5 5 /5
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We designed a safari for almost a year. East and West Tsavo seemed like a good option, so we booked trips for six months prior to departure. We spent the rest of our vacation in Mombasa.

The three-day safari surpassed all expectations. Lodges were excellent. It was strange to see all the exotic animals that walked past our bedroom window.

Guide / driver was excellent to find the animals. The first night we stayed at Voi Safari Lodge and the other at Ngulia Safari Lodge. I took about 800 photos and five hours of video.

I fell in love with Africa, I will return back there.

Male avatar icon Henning Germany flag DE       Visited: March 2011 Reviewed: Jun 5, 2012

Email Henning  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Great wild life adventure

5 / 5 5 /5
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It was our first trip to Africa. We booked the unfenced Satao Camp. It was an amazing experience to be able to view the animals from our tent, comming to the water hole. All stuff at the camp are very friendly, brilliant service and food. We learned a lot about the nature and wildlife of Africa. We learned to love Africa. Our trip is more than a year ago, but we still dreaming of it and decided to go again to Africa latest next year.

Female avatar icon WW United States flag US       Visited: October 2008 Reviewed: May 25, 2012

50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

4 / 5 4 /5
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We stayed at the former warden's house with a group of friends where we hired a cooked and maid. There happened to be 2 wells/water holes behind the house so it was amazing to see the elephants and buffalo in "our backyard", though a little scary. Lions roaring nearby was even scarier. The self-drive tours were just ok and we didn't try to do more. I wanted to see but did not the famous lions of Tsavo which are descendants of the man-eating lions which were infamous during the construction of the Mombasa to Kampala railroad.

Male avatar icon Wim Kenya flag KE       Visited: February 2009 Reviewed: May 7, 2012

50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

4 / 5 4 /5
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Huge. No guarantees for wildlife spotting.

Male avatar icon Ian Macfadyen United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: September 2010 Reviewed: Apr 30, 2012

50-65 years of age

4 / 5 4 /5
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Very wild. Not so easy to see the game, - far more bush than elsewhere, Masai Mara or Amboseli for example.

Female avatar icon MeisjeSanne Netherlands flag NL       Visited: August 2006 Reviewed: Apr 16, 2012

35-50 years of age

The review below is the personal opinion of MeisjeSanne and not that of SafariBookings.
3 / 5 3 /5
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Most of the park consists of semi-arid grasslands and savanna. A diverse wildlife that can be seen, including the famous 'big five'.

Female avatar icon Sistercja United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: July 2010 Reviewed: Mar 18, 2012

20-35 years of age

5 / 5 5 /5
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We didn't manage to see great five, but all the animals and views were amazing.

Avatar icon John Carthy United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: September 2009 Reviewed: Jan 25, 2012

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4 / 5 4 /5
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Dry park - not the most amazing scenery but has unusual things like gerenuk and vulturine guinefowl (we didn't find any of the latter, despite looking hard). Makes a good alternative route from the coast back to Nairobi or vice versa rather than using the main road. You can spend two days in the park and only have to pay for one expensive lodge. Fairly easy on a self-drive, unlike some other Kenyan parks.

Avatar icon Claus Hjoernet Visited: August 2011 Reviewed: Jan 9, 2012

5 / 5 5 /5
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One of the best. Not too crowded, stunning scenery