AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK

Amboseli National Park is a place of visceral beauty, with the blue skies filled with blowing wind that drives hot air balloons throughout the park, enabling tourists to view the landscape of the area and the moving animals on the ground. This park not only involves itself in hot air balloon safaris but also camping, where groups of people from different countries gather in one place, each with his or her tent, and spend a night in a given camping site if they have paid for a public site. Some people dislike congestion, so they book a built tent and gather with only family members. This type of camping is referred to as private camping. Game drives also attract many participants, where many board safari vans in the morning if they have booked morning drives and set off into the bush while following the early birds of the National Park. For example, carnivores and herbivores. Morning hours are considered the best time to spot animals since you are fresh and active, and there are low chances of missing out on viewing certain species. Nature walks involve walking throughout the park, and many delight in this activity since they get a chance to have a walk with the fierce animals in the National Park. The local people are also visited, enabling them to experience their authentic culture.
Amboseli National Park derives its name from a Masai word referred to as salty dust found in Kajiado constituency in Kajiado County (Loitoktok district), famously known for having a variety of elephants. Those who love green covering can visit the dried-up bed of Lake Amboseli, wetlands with sulfur springs, the savanna, and woodland. This park has underground water supply filtered through thousands of feet of volcanic rock from Kilimanjaro’s ice cap, which funnels into two clear springs in the heart of the park, feeding a great number of animals.
The attractions at this park include:
Sinet Delta: This area is a birding haven, so most of the tourists who love the beauty of flying birds should book this place before coming for a safari. The area is also dominated by Acacia trees, which giraffes love a lot, and it offers a perfect viewpoint of the mighty Kilimanjaro mountain.
Observation Hill: Tourists can observe the beauty of the entire park on the pyramid-shaped hill with a rewarding summit. To see beyond the clouds, you need binoculars to enjoy the rewarding scenic nature with different animal species that move from one point to another looking for water.
Bird Life: The park has 420 species, and 47 species are raptors. Migrant birds come to this National Park, though they later travel back, mostly moving during the rainy season. These include egrets, pelicans, hornbills, kingfishers, herons, hammerkops, flamingos, steel-blue whydahs, secretary birds, lovebirds, ostriches, starlings, white-bellied go-away birds, long-toed lapwings, rufous-bellied herons, spike-heeled larks, yellow-necked spurfowl, Taveta golden weavers, lesser flamingos, Eurasian thick-knees, African swamphens, to mention but a few.
Wild Species: Amboseli National Park is known to have a high population of elephants. It is also home to lions, the kings of the bush, tigers, the meat eaters, leopards, cheetahs, the fast runners, foxes, topis, hyenas, the great enemies of lions, Oribis, hippos, African wild dogs, caracal, antelopes, baboons, duikers, waterbuck, gerenuk, buffaloes, gazelles, to mention but a few.
Lake Amboseli National Park: The National Park also got its name from this water body, which has existed for over a million years. It’s a relaxing area for animals, especially elephants, who gather there with their young ones to drink some water. This lake also habitats a number of swamp birds and enables tourists to take part in a boat trip, allowing them to relax their minds.
Elephants Research Camp: The National Park is used to carry out research on elephants. Different trackers are sent to the park to observe their behaviors in their shelters and health in most cases. Doctor Cynthia Moss contributed to the tourism of Kenya and wrote about Amboseli Elephants. This book marketed a lot, thus attracting a number of tourists to the country.
The best time to visit the park is during the months of October to December to February when animals are actively roaming, looking for water. This enables tourists to spot a variety without having to move too much within the National Park. The entry fee at the park is 600 KSh for citizens (adults) in the low season and 800 KSh in the high season, while non-residents pay 40 US$ in the low season and 30 US$ in the high season. Tourists can reach the park via road transport and air transport. The cheapest means is road transport, which is also flexible, while air transport is more expensive and less flexible, mostly chosen by tourists with a luxury budget.
Accommodations at the park range from budget, moderate, to luxury. They have restaurants with glass windows and a central fireplace, bar, and pool bar, laundry service, gift shop, two conference rooms accommodating 110 people, and an open-air local craft market. Some accommodations include:
Luxury:
Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
Elewana Tortilis Camp Amboseli
Sentrim Amboseli Lodge
Kibo Safari Camp
Mid-Range:
Kibo Villa-Amboseli
Ol Tukai Lodge Amboseli
Kilima Safari Camp
AA Lodge
Budget:
Red House
Amboseli Eco Camp
Bed Lionesses Family Tent in Amboseli National Park
If you are a traveler who loves nature, the amazing place you will witness Eden is Amboseli National Park in Kenya.