Located in southern Kenya's Kajiado County, Amboseli National Park ranks among Africa's top safari destinations. This 392 square kilometer park gets its name from the Maasai language, meaning "salty dusty place." You'll experience exceptional wildlife viewing with Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain, as your backdrop.

Amboseli earns its nickname "Land of Giants" from magnificent elephant herds with impressively large tusks that made the park famous globally. Approximately 1,800 elephants roam freely across the landscape. You get guaranteed close encounters with these creatures in their natural habitat.

The park hosts incredible wildlife diversity beyond elephants. Lions, leopards, cheetahs, buffalo, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, and various antelope species live within its boundaries. Bird watchers enjoy 400 species that inhabit the park, including pelicans, kingfishers, and 47 different raptor species. This diversity earned Amboseli recognition as an Important Bird Area.

Amboseli's varied ecosystem makes it truly unique. The park contains five distinct habitats: open plains, acacia woodland, rocky thorn bush country, swamps, and marshland. This diversity creates a dynamic landscape that changes dramatically between seasons. During wet periods, ancient Lake Amboseli fills with water, sometimes flooding. In dry seasons, the parched landscape draws animals to remaining water sources, creating spectacular wildlife viewing opportunities.

Amboseli National Park experiences a semi-arid climate characterized by hot, dry conditions throughout most of the year. The park's unique ecosystem is sustained by underground streams originating from Mount Kilimanjaro's melting glaciers, which feed the local swamps despite the generally dry conditions.