AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK (KENYA)
Amboseli National Park, formerly Maasai Amboseli Game Reserve,
is in Kajiado County, Kenya.
The park is 39,206 hectares (392 km2; 151 sq mi)[1] in size at the core
of an 8,000 square kilometres (3,100 sq mi) ecosystem that spreads
across the Kenya-Tanzania border.
The local people are mainly Maasai, but people from other parts of the country have
settled there attracted by the successful tourist-driven economy and intensive
agriculture along the system of swamps that makes this low-rainfall area
(average 350 mm (14 in)) one of the best wildlife-viewing experiences
in the world with 400 species of birds including water birds, pelicans,
kingfishers, crakes, hammerkops and 47 types of raptor.[2]
The
park protects two of the five main swamps, and includes a dried-up Pleistocene lake
and semi-arid vegetation.
240
kilometers (150 miles) southeast from the capital city Nairobi,
Amboseli National Park is the second most popular national park in Kenya after Maasai Mara National Reserve
ANIMALS IN THIS PARK (ELEPHANTS)
The park is famous for being the best place
in Africa to get close to free-ranging elephants.Other attractions of
the park include opportunities to meet Maasai and visit a Maasai village. The
park also offers spectacular views of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the
world.
Amboseli
offers some of the best opportunities to see African wildlife because the
vegetation is sparse due to the long dry months. Amboseli National Park is home
to many species, including the African elephant, cape buffalo, impala, Masai lion, Tanzanian cheetah, spotted hyena, Masai giraffe, plains zebra and blue wildebeest among
other African animals. There is also a host of Kenyan birds, both large and
small.
The
park has several rules to protect the wildlife: to never getting out of the
vehicle, except at designated spots; to not harass the animals in any way; keep
to the tracks; no off-road driving; and animals always have the right of way.
The roads in Amboseli have a loose surface of volcanic soil that is dusty in
the dry season and impassable in the wet season.
There
is a small airport in Amboseli, the Amboseli Airport
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