Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary

Elephants at Taita Hills.

Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary is a privately owned wildlife sanctuary in Kenya. It is located in Taita-Taveta County approximately 220 kilometers from Mombasa. The sanctuary covers an area of 28,000 acres (110 km2), and is adjacent to Tsavo West National Park and the LUMO Community Wildlife Sanctuary. It hosts cape buffalo, African bush elephant, African leopard, Masai lion, Tanzanian cheetah, Masai giraffe, zebra, hartebeest, impala, waterbuck, Thomson's gazelle, lesser kudu, dik-dik, and other smaller animals, including a great diversity of birdlife.

Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary was established in 1972 by Hilton International. [1] The sanctuary has two lodges, the Sarova Salt Lick Game Lodge and the Sarova Taita Hills Game Lodge, both operated by Sarova Hotels.

References

  1. ↑ Salt Lick Safari Lodge
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, August 09, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.