4 Days Tsavo West ,Amboseli and Tsavo East Adventure Safari.

Picked my clients at Amani Tiwi beach Hotel at 5.00 a.m and started our 4 days Tsavo West ,Amboseli and Tsavo East Adventure Safari.




                                                                            

Mzima spring in Tsavo West.

Mzima Springs are a series of four natural springs in Tsavo West National Park in Kenya. The source of the springs is a natural reservoir under the Chyulu Hills to the north. The Chyulu range is composed of Volcanic lava rocks and ash, which is too porous to allow rivers to flow. Instead, rain water percolates through the rock, and may spend 25 years underground before emerging 50 kms away at Mzima. The natural filtration process gives rise to Mzima's famously clear stream, which flows through a series of pools and rapids. 2 kms downstream from the springs, the stream is blocked by a solidified Lava flow and disappears below the surface again.

Mzima is one of Tsavo's most popular wildlife attractions owing to its resident populations of Hippos and Nile crocodiles. Mzima's isolation makes both species are dependent on its waters: other sources are too distant for them to reach by overland travel. The hippos also sustain an entire Food chain They browse the surrounding Savanna by night and return to Mzima's pools by day, where their dung fertilises the water. Fruiting trees such as Dates and Raffia Palms, Waterberrys and Figs grow beside the water, using their submerged roots to absorb nutrients. Their fruits are a source of food for Varvet Monkeys and a variety of birds. Below the water's surface, the Invertebrates which feed on the hippo dung are preyed on by fish and Cormorants.