Amboseli National Park is located in southern Kenya, near the Tanzanian border, approximately 240 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. The park’s landscape is dominated by the majestic backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro, whose snow-capped peaks provide a stunning contrast to the park’s arid plains and swamps.

Amboseli is famed for its large elephant herds, often seen traversing the plains with the imposing Kilimanjaro in the background. These elephants are known for their impressive tusks, making them a favorite subject for wildlife photographers.

Here you can also see lions, cheetahs, hyenas as well as gnus, kaffir buffaloes, Burchell’s zebras and herds of elephants. All these animals come to drink at water-holes consisting of small lakes or muddy ponds kept filled up by water from the melting snows of Kilimanjaro. The northern Lake Amboseli is rain-fed and fills up only in the wet season.