...not all the park is open to the public: some areas are designated as "remote animal wilderness". Tsavo East can be accessed by
three main gates: from Voithrough the
Manyani gate, from Mombasa through the
Bachuma gate or from Malindi through the
Sala gate. There are many interesting aspects to the park among which the spine of the
Yatta Plateau, one of the world's longest lava flows. An additional attraction is the
Athi river flanked by stately doum palms which, near the Manyani gate, forms the famous
Lugard Falls. Droughts are much more common in Tsavo East than West but this wilderness, seemingly so hostile, is nevertheless inhabited by a wide range of plains game including zebra, several species of antelope as well as large families of giraffes, gazelles and zebras.