Facts about Amboseli National Park
Facts about Amboseli National Park. Amboseli National Park is one of the most amazing safari destinations in Kenya, situated just on the border of Kenya and Tanzania. Amboseli National Park was formerly referred to as the Maasai Amboseli game reserve, and is one of the most beautiful places in the world to see large herds of elephants especially on the backdrop of the Kilimanjaro Mountain.
Amboseli National Park is a home to a variety of other wildlife species apart from the elephants, say zebras, giraffes, lions, and so much more. Visiting Kenya for a Kenya safari tour in the Amboseli National Park should be on your priority list. Below are some of the facts about Amboseli National Park that you might want to know as you plan your visit;
- Amboseli National Park was formerly referred to as Maasai Amboseli game reserve, and covers a total area of 240 square kilometres.
- Amboseli National Park is located in one of the most scenic areas in Kenya. Amboseli National Park lies at the border of Kenya and Tanzania, with a beautiful backdrop of the Kilimanjaro Mountain, the highest mountain in Africa. Scenic viewing and picnicking in selected areas are some of the things you will enjoy while in Amboseli National Park.
- Amboseli National Park has a large concentration of elephants, up to a several hundred freely grazing in the park. Given the large concentration of elephants on free range in the park, Amboseli National Park is considered one of the best places to view free range elephants.
- Amboseli National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park was recognised as a UNESCO world heritage site in 1991 for its unique ecological system.
- Amboseli National Park has a dried up lake bed. Lake Amboseli was a permanent lake which thrived through all seasons, in the very past years. Lake Amboseli National Park is however now a seasonal lake which dries up during the dry season, with it filling up only during the wet season and sometimes even floods.
- Amboseli National Park is home to a variety of wildlife species given the savannah vegetation which is a habitat for the wildlife. Some of the most common sightings of wildlife species in Amboseli National Park include blue wildebeests, elephants, cape buffaloes, Maasai giraffes, cheetahs, gazelles, Maasai lions, leopards, dik-dik, hippos, and zebras, among so many others.
- Amboseli National Park is also one of the best birding areas in Kenya. Amboseli National Park has a record of over 600 bird species, including among others pelicans, kingfishers, African swamp hen, lesser flamingo, pangani long claw, steel-blue whydah, taveta golden weaver, and Eurasian thick-knee.
- Migratory birds can also be seen in Amboseli National Park especially in the month of November, making it the best time for bird watching in Amboseli National Park.
- The best time to view elephants in Amboseli National Park is in the early morning and evening, as they graze. During the day, Amboseli National Park can be very hot, prompting the elephants to seek shade from the scorching heat. This makes viewing elephants in the afternoon quite hard and less rewarding, thus the recommendation to do so in the early morning and evening time. You shall enjoy watching the sun set over the horizon with elephants freely crazing against the backdrop of the Kilimanjaro.
- Amboseli National Park receives both the dry and wet season, with the dry season falling in the months of June, July, august and September while the rainy season falls in the months of October, November, December, march, April and May. Irrespective of the season however, Amboseli National Park is open to visitors all throughout the year, for as long as one has time to travel to encounter the mazing wildlife of the natural habitat.
- Much as Amboseli National Park gives travellers some of the most amazing scenic views of the landscape and wildlife, travellers are not allowed to unnecessarily leave the safari vehicle if not in the designated view points and in the presence of a park ranger who is most a times armed. This is because Amboseli National Park has a variety of predators say lions and leopards.
The above facts about Amboseli National Park are some of the reasons as to why travellers do visit Kenya to enjoy the vast wildlife and scenic beauty of the park, all year long. Some of the activities that you can do while in Amboseli National Park include wild game drives, bird watching, community encounters, among others. Take time to plan out an amazing Kenya wildlife safari and get to visit and experience first-hand all about the facts about Amboseli National Park as mentioned above, and more.
