AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK

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Amboseli National Park is in Kajiado District, Rift Valley Province in Kenya. The park is 39,206 hectares (392 km²; 151 sq mi) in size at the core of an 8,000 square kilometres (3,100 sq mi) ecosystem that spreads across the Kenya-Tanzania border. The local people are mainly Maasai, but people from other parts of the country have settled there attracted by the successful tourist-driven economy and intensive agriculture along the system of swamps that makes this low-rainfall area (average 350 mm (14 in)) one of the best wildlife-viewing experiences in the world with 400 species of birds including water birds, pelicans, kingfishers, crakes, hammerkops and 47 types of raptor.

Amboseli Park

The park protects two of the five main swamps, and includes a dried-up Pleistocene lake and semi-arid vegetation.
240 kilometers (150 miles) southeast from the capital city Nairobi, Amboseli National Park is the second most popular national park in Kenya after Maasai Mara National Reserve and the visit can easily be done in a weekend.

The park is famous for being the best place in Africa to get close to free-ranging elephants. Other attractions of the park include opportunities to meet Maasai and visit a Maasai village. The park also offers spectacular views of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world.
Amboseli offers some of the best opportunities to see African animals because its vegetation is sparse due to the long dry months. Amboseli National Park is home to wild animals, which include the African elephant, cape buffalo, impala, lion, cheetah, hyena, giraffe, zebra, and wildebeest among other African animals. There is also a host of Kenyan birds, both large and small, to see if you keep your eyes open and stop at every sighting.
The park has several rules to protect the wildlife: do not get out of your vehicle, except at designated spots; do not harass the animals in any way; keep to the tracks; no off-road driving; and animals always have the right of way. The roads in Amboseli have a loose surface of volcanic soil that is dusty in the dry season and impassable in the wet season.
PARK GATES TO ACCESS THE PARK

1. Kulunyiet Gate
2. Meshanani Gate
3. Kitirua Gate
4. Iremito Gate
5. Airstrip Gate

THE  MAJOR ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE

1. Herds of Elephants
2.  A glimpse of the Maasai culture
3. The big Five
4. A Great view of the whole park especially the swamps and elephants from an observation hill.
5.  Many elephants, buffaloes, hippos and a variety of water fowls like pelican, Egyptian goose
6. Mt. Kilimanjaro