Mombasa -Tsavo East National Park

Understanding these ecosystem-use dynamics by elephants and other large mammals is important in their management. The Tsavo ecosystem is home to Kenya’s largest elephant population (Blanc et al. 2007). This popula- tion was over 35,000 animals by the end of 1974 (Cobb 1976) and about 11,733 in 2008 (Omondi et al.

savo East can be accessed through four gates: Manyani, Voi, Buchuma, and Sala. If you’re coming from Mombasa by car, you drive 65 miles on the Nairobi-Mombasa Road (A109) to the Buchuma Gate. Most people coming from Nairobi enter through the Manyani Gate, driving 180 miles to get there.Nov