Amboseli National Park is located on Tanzania’s border, directly to the northwest of Mount Kilimanjaro. In 1968, Amboseli Reserve was created, and in 1974, it was gazetted as a National Park. Part of the considerably larger 3,000 km Amboseli environment, the Park spans 392 km. Amboseli is a well-liked tourist attraction because of the large concentrations of species that occur here during the dry season. The five primary wildlife habitats found in Amboseli National Park are marshland, open grasslands, rocky thorn bush terrain, and acacia forest. The Maasai people own the land in Amboseli. Although Amboseli may appear to be a dry and dusty place, it is actually teeming with water year-round—underground, that is. Kilimanjaro’s snowmelt flows downhill and soaks the porous subsoil rock layers formed by volcanic eruptions. Two clean water springs in the park’s center are the source of several underground streams that the waters converge into.
Things to visit at the National Park of Amboseli.
Amboseli is home to a wide variety of mammal species, including warthogs, jackals, cheetahs, gazelles, buffaloes, lions, hyenas, zebras, and baboons. A sizable herd of elephants inhabits the wetlands of Enkongo Narok and Olokenya.Amboseli National Park is well-known for its abundant wildlife and breathtaking scenery, with Mt. Kilimanjaro dominating the landscape.There are five gates in the park: Airstrip, Kitirua, Ilmeshanan, Remito, and Kelunyiet. The Observation Hill, the park’s solitary elevation and a smooth hill that can be ascended, rises in the western section that offers a stunning overview of the entire park and surrounding area when walked. The terrain takes on a lunar appearance as layers of volcanic rocks that Kilimanjaro erupted hundreds of years ago rise to the surface in the south.