{"id":14,"date":"2026-10-17T17:36:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T17:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourconcerntour.com\/index.php\/destinations\/tsavo\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T17:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T17:36:41","slug":"tsavo-national-parks","status":"publish","type":"destination","link":"https:\/\/yourconcerntour.com\/index.php\/destinations\/tsavo-national-parks\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsavo National Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tsavo East and Tsavo West together form one of the largest protected areas in Africa, covering more than 20,000 square kilometres in south-eastern Kenya. The landscape is vast and wild, and the park is famous for elephants whose skin is stained red by the local soil.<\/p>\n<h2>What makes Tsavo special<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Red elephants:<\/strong> large herds coated in iron-rich dust, especially photogenic in the dry season.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tsavo East:<\/strong> open plains, the Galana River, Lugard Falls and large predators such as lion.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tsavo West:<\/strong> more varied scenery with Mzima Springs, lava flows and the Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Space and quiet:<\/strong> Tsavo is less crowded than the Masai Mara.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Best time to visit Tsavo<\/h2>\n<p>June to October and January to February are the driest periods and make wildlife easier to find. Green-season visits are quieter and the landscape is lush.<\/p>\n<h2>Combine Tsavo with the coast<\/h2>\n<p>Tsavo sits between Nairobi and Mombasa, so it is a natural stop on a safari and beach holiday. See <a href=\"https:\/\/yourconcerntour.com\/destinations\/diani-beach\/\">Diani Beach<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/yourconcerntour.com\/destinations\/watamu\/\">Watamu<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/yourconcerntour.com\/destinations\/mombasa\/\">Mombasa<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/yourconcerntour.com\/plan-your-trip\/\">ask us to plan a Tsavo itinerary<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tsavo East and Tsavo West safaris in Kenya: red-dust elephants, Mzima Springs, the Galana River and big skies. Plan a Tsavo safari with Your Concern Tours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":97,"template":"","class_list":["post-14","destination","type-destination","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourconcerntour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourconcerntour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourconcerntour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/destination"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourconcerntour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourconcerntour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}