The defining image of Amboseli National Park
- August 28, 2023
The Home of Elephants
Few images are quite so evocative of East Africa as that of a heavily tusked elephant striding through the bush below Mt Kilimanjaro. 
This is also the defining image of Amboseli National Park, which protects a mosaic of dusty plains and marshy wetlands below the northern slopes of Africa’s highest mountain. 
Despite being relatively small at 390km²/151mi², Amboseli is one of Kenya’s most popular national parks. It is famed for its high elephant densities, but it is also home to good numbers of lion, cheetah, buffalo, giraffe, and other wildlife
