Gates of Tsavo East National Park
Gates of Tsavo East National Park are the various entry and exit points of the park that travellers who visit Tsavo East National park can use to access and enjoy the various attractions and activities in Tsavo East National Park. Apart from being entry and exit points, gates of Tsavo East National Park are also clearance points from where travellers get to be cleared to be able to enter and leave Tsavo East National Park. Tsavo East National Park is the largest Kenya national park, covering about 13747 square kilometres, and has an altitude of 1388m above sea level. Tsavo East National Park is located in the southern part of Kenya, and together with Tsavo West National Park were once a combined protected Kenya national park Tsavo National Park, until they were divided due to the vastness of the area, birthing two great wildlife safari destinations in Kenya.
Tsavo East National Park is one of the famous and most visit Kenya national parks, and registers thousands of travellers every other year. With the large numbers of wildlife in the park, Tsavo East National Park was named a “Theatre of the wild” given that the park hosts very large numbers of wildlife roaming the vast savannah plains of the park. red-dusty elephants shall have you captivated once you step in Tsavo East National Park; in addition to which you shall encounter the other African big five like buffaloes, lions, leopards, and other wild game like hippos, crocodiles, giraffes, gazelles, among so many others all of which travellers can encounter with various activities in Tsavo East National Park like game drives.
Tsavo East National Park is also a birder’s haven that hosts over 500 bird species. With so much to offer, Tsavo East National Park became favourite tourist destination to many visiting Kenya, thereby prompting the need to know the various gates of Tsavo East National Park that travellers can use to access Tsavo East National Park.
The gates of Tsavo East National Park are opened to tourists as early as 6:30am and closes at 7pm daily, thus time management should be considered by travellers for no entry is permitted before the time set, and no entry or exit after the 7pm hour. Tsavo East National Park can be easily accessed by both road and flights. Tsavo East National Park is a very large protected area, and thus has entry and exit pints evenly distributed throughout the park for travellers to easily access the park as per their region of interest. Below are the gates of Tsavo East National Park that travellers can use to get to the park;
Sala Gate
Sala gate of Tsavo East National Park is one of the most developed gates of Tsavo East National Park that travellers can use to access the park, and enjoy various tourist activities in the park. The Sala gate has is located in the North eastern part of Tsavo East National Park with facilities like toilets, restaurants that travellers can make use of. Given that Sala gate of Tsavo East National Park is located in the southern part of the Galana River, and its remoteness all add to the scenic beauty of the gate which travellers who do visit through this gate of Tsavo East National Park can enjoy. Sala gate is only 1-2 hours road drive from Malindi town, and can be easily accessed through Tsavo-Malindi road.
Voi Gate
Voi gate of Tsavo East National Park is located in the southern part of the park, and is at a near distance to the Kenya Wildlife Services offices in the park. Travellers who use Voi gate can easily use credit cards to make purchases and payments, and not cash. Travellers who would rather fly-in and use Ikanga airstrip can use Voi gate to access Tsavo East National Park.
Buchuma gate
Buchuma gate of Tsavo East National Park has a security checkpoint, and is the very first gate that travellers from Mombasa can use to access Tsavo East National Park. Buchuma gate is located in the south eastern part of Tsavo East National Park.
Manyani gate
Manyani gate is located in the south western part of Tsavo East National Park. Manyani gate is one of the well-developed gates of Tsavo East National Park with facilities like toilets, an information centre, among others, which travellers can use while here. Manyani gate is near Voi town, and can be accessed by both air, road and railway. Travellers who use airstrips like Ikanga and Manyani airstrip could best use Manyani gate to access Tsavo East National Park.
