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A single elephant coated in red earth walking across green grass

Tsavo

Red earth and very large spaces.

Tsavo East and West together make up one of the largest protected areas in Africa. The elephants here dust themselves in red soil, which is why they look the colour of the ground.

It sits between Nairobi and the coast, so it pairs naturally with a few days on the beach.

Getting there
5 hours by road, or by SGR train to Voi from Nairobi
Good for
  • Elephants
  • Combining with the coast
  • Space

When to go

  1. J: Good
  2. F: Good
  3. M: Rains, quieter
  4. A: Rains, quieter
  5. M: Rains, quieter
  6. J: Good
  7. J: Best
  8. A: Best
  9. S: Best
  10. O: Good
  11. N: Rains, quieter
  12. D: Good
  • Best
  • Good
  • Rains, quieter

Trips that include Tsavo

A herd of red-dusted elephants gathering at a waterhole6 days

Tsavo · The Coast

Tsavo to the coast

Three days among Tsavo's red elephants, then three on the beach at Diani.

From US$1,380 per person, 2 sharing

Two camels standing in shallow, clear sea water11 days

Maasai Mara · Amboseli · Tsavo · The Coast

Safari and sea

Mara, Amboseli and Tsavo, then four nights on the beach.

From US$3,150 per person, 2 sharing, Jan to Jun

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