subject: Amboseli 1 Day Tours: Amboseli National Park Day Tour Safari [print this page] The Amboseli national park day tour is one of the most rewarding from Nairobi as you get to see most of the big five animals and the highest mountain in Africa. Amboseli day trips start very early in the morning by 6am and take a full day of driving and game drive. You will get tired but you will equally have a once in a lifetime experience seeing the animals and attractions here.
Amboseli national park is located 240km from Nairobi and lies on the shadow of Kilimanjaro. The park is 160 sq km in size and has more than 1500 elephants that can be seen around the swamps. The Amboseli elephants are the major attraction here as they can be seen swimming and feeding on the water grass in their hundreds. These are the longest studied group of elephants with a research by Cynthia moss lasting more than 30 years. They have also been featured many times on EUR~National GeographicEUR(TM) wildlife nature films.
The next best Amboseli Park attraction is the mount Kilimanjaro which is the highest free standing volcanic and equatorial mountain in the world and the highest overall in Africa. The mountain is so huge from its base that it dominates the scenery with its blue foot and the snow covered bald shaped summit that extends beyond the white clouds into the blue space above.
Other attractions in your Amboseli one day tour include the lake Amboseli which is a seasonal lake which dries up to a baked white sand which has hundreds of whirl winds by mid afternoon when the winds pick up. The dry lake bed has some very interesting mirages that seem like blue waters complete with animals drinking and birds flying around.
The observation hill in Amboseli park is a must visit place where you climb the gently sloping hill to have a panoramic view of the whole of the park. From here, you see the elephants and hippos below and the many lush green swamps. You will have your picnic lunch here from a glass shed and take as many pictures as you can of the park.
Amboseli day trip also brings you close to many other animals including the hippos, lions, elephants, leopards, impala, gazelles, wildebeests, hyenas, jackals and many more. The birds in the park include the blacksmith plovers, martial eagles, vultures, crested cranes, Egyptian geese, ibis, great white pelican, and the giant heron, go away birds among others.
You can choose to go to Amboseli or to the lake Nakuru national park to see the worldEUR(TM)s largest spectacle of birds with more than 2 million flamingos. Lake Nakuru is also famed with the almost guaranteed sighting of rhinos and leopards and the tree climbing lions.
You can book your one day Nairobi wild safari today and enjoy a full day watching Kenyas biggest animals in some of the most fun filled parks. Contact your Nairobi one day travel agent now to book a Nakuru or Amboseli park game drive tour here: One-Day Amboseli Tours
