Amboseli National Park lies immediately north-west of Mount Kilimanjaro, on the border with Tanzania. The park covers 392 square km, and forms part of the much larger 3,000 square km Amboseli ecosystem. Large concentrations of wildlife occur here in the dry season, making Amboseli a popular safari reserve.

Amboseli National Park embodies five main wildlife habitats (open plains, acacia woodland, rocky thorn bush country, swamps and marshland) and covers part of a Pleistocene lake basin. Within the basin is a temporary lake, Lake Amboseli, that floods during years of heavy rainfall. Amboseli is famous for its big game and its great scenic beauty – and the landscape is dominated by the towering Mount Kilimanjaro.

Amboseli National Park has over 80 different mammals to be found ranging from tiny (and rarely seen) spectacled elephant shrew to the huge to the huge bulk of the African elephant. Few visitors will go home without superb elephant pictures with Kilimanjaro as a backdrop. There are over 400 bird species.

Amboseli Safari Camps and Lodges

Amboseli Sentrim Camp http://www.sentrim-hotels.com/sentrim_amboseli.html

Amboseli Kibo Safari Camp, http://www.kibosafaricamp.com/

Amboseli Sopa Lodge, http://www.sopalodges.com/amboseli/home.html

Amboseli Ol Tukai Lodge, http://www.oltukailodge.com/

Amboseli Kilima Camp, www.madahotels.com/kilima/kilima-amboseli.php

Amboseli Serena Lodge, http://www.serenahotels.com/serenaamboseli/default-en.html

Amboseli Satao Conversation Camp, http://www.sataoelerai.com/

Amboseli Camp http://www.porini.com/kenya.html?sub=amboseli-porini-camps

Amboseli Tortilis Camp , http://www.tortilis.com/