Amboseli is home to the giant African elephants. The park also has views of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world. Its freshwater lakes, its swampy ditches that are home to pelicans and flamingos, or its dusty desert shrub areas inhabited by wildebeest, zebras and impalas. Amboseli’s geography is so simple that its description brings to mind the pirates’ treasures maps. The vast plain starts in the dry bed of Amboseli Lake, that welcomes the visitor with its desolating image.
Southward and eastward the area named Ol Tukai shows up, a patch of luxuriant green that hides some of the park’s lodges. Following southward there is a palm tree forest, a cool oasis that supplies shade, water and shelter for plenty of wildlife.
