Tsavo East Safari and Diani Beach Escape

The Tsavo East Safari and Diani Beach Escape is the most satisfying Kenya safari and beach combination available at this price point, seamlessly joining two of the most outstanding destinations in the country within a single five day itinerary. Tsavo East National Park is the largest national park in Kenya and one of the most evocative, a vast red dust savanna bisected by the palm fringed Galana River and famous for the iconic red elephants whose distinctive colouration comes from rolling in the iron rich volcanic soil. The park is raw and elemental compared to the more manicured reserves in southern Kenya, with a frontier wilderness quality that rewards patient observers with exceptional lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dog, buffalo and elephant sightings. Mudanda Rock rising 1.5 kilometres above the surrounding plain creates a natural dam that concentrates wildlife during the dry season, producing some of the most reliable and spectacular elephant aggregations in Africa. From the dust red plains of Tsavo East the safari transitions to the luminous tropical world of Diani Beach on the south Kenya coast, a 17 kilometre stretch of coral white sand fronting the turquoise and azure waters of the Indian Ocean. The offshore reef protects the beach from ocean swell, creating a warm shallow lagoon ideal for swimming, snorkelling and kayaking, while the ancient coastal forest behind the beach shelters the endangered Angola colobus monkey and diverse forest birdlife.