Gates and airstrips of Tsavo West National Park. The various gates and airstrips of Tsavo West National park are the entry and exit points of Tsavo West National Park, one of the popular Kenya safari parks that travelers can visit and enjoy wild game viewing with Kenya wildlife safaris. Tsavo West national Park is a large Kenya safari park covering about 9,065 square kilometers. Tsavo West National Park was once a larger Tsavo National Park until the construction of the railway where the park was divided into 2, making up Tsavo West National Park and Tsavo East National Park.
Given the vastness of the Tsavo West National Park, and that many travelers visit Kenya on Tsavo National Park safaris, there are a number of gates and airstrips of Tsavo West National Park that travelers can use to get to the park and enjoy the various activities and attractions in Tsavo. Below are the different gates and airstrips of Tsavo West National Park.
Airstrips in Tsavo West National Park
Lake Jipe Airstrip
Lake Jipe airstrip is one of the airstrips in Tsavo West National Park that travelers can use to access the park. Lake Jipe airstrip is 45 minutes south of the Voi-Taveta highway. In the vicinity of Lake Jipe airstrip are various facilities including Kenya Wildlife Services offices that tourists can use to register and also pay for their park entrance fees. Other facilities include clean toilets that travelers can use.
Kamboyo Airstrip
Kamboyo airstrip of Tsavo West National Park is located in the northern part of Tsavo West National a few minutes drove south west of Mtito Andei entrance gate. Kamboyo airstrip has facilities like an airport lounge where tourists can stay at while waiting for their flights, a rangers post from where travelers can hire rangers for their use.
Kilaguni Airstrip
Kilaguni airstrip is located in the western part of Tsavo West National Park and is indeed one of the most used Tsavo West National park airstrips. Kilaguni airstrip mostly operates best for travelers staying at Kilaguni Safari Lodge and surrounding camps and lodges of Tsavo West National Park.
Kasigau Airstrip
Located on the south-eastern border of Tsavo West National Park, Kasigau airstrip is very close to Kasigau gate of Tsavo West National Park and only about 20 minutes’ drive from the base of Kasigau Mountain. Facilities around Kasigau airstrip include the Kenya Wildlife Service offices and ranger outpost, clean toilets among others.
Maktau Airstrip
Maktau Airstrip is located in the south eastern part of Tsavo West National Park off the Voi-Taveta road.
Finch Hatton’s Airstrip
The finch Hatton’s Airstrip is a private airstrip in Tsavo West National Park located near the north western border of Tsavo West National Park. Finch Hatton’s airstrip is very close to attractions in Tsavo West National Park including the Mzima springs, Shetani Lava flows and the Chaimu crater.
Gates of Tsavo West National Park
There are 5 Tsavo West National park gates that travelers can ise to access the park. the different Tsavo West National park gates include Maktau North gate, Maktau South gate, Mtito Andei gate, Tsavo gate and Lake Jipe gate.
Mtito Andei Gate
Mtito Andei gate is located in the northern part of Tsavo West National Park just near Mtito Andei. Mtito Andei gate is easily accessed by road even on bus and train too. A gift shop, clean toilets and Kenya Wildlife Services offices can be found here and thus made use of by the travelers.
Tsavo Gate
Tsavo gate is located in the north eastern border of Tsavo West National Park also a few minutes’ drive also from Mtito Andei. Tsavo gate easily serves travelers from Nairobi and Mombasa as well as travelers using Tsavo airstrip. Kenya wildlife services offices, toilets and other facilities.
Maktau North Gate
Maktau north gate is one of the main Tsavo west national park gates located on the south eastern border of the park and Maktau town. Maktau north gate is located in the vicinity of the Voi-Taveta highway.
Maktau South Gate
Also located in the south eastern part of Tsavo West National Park, Maktau south gate is one of the large gates of Tsavo West National park, easily accessed by road via Voi-Taveta route. Arranger post, Kenya Wildlife Services headquarters can be found here.
Lake Jipe Gate
Lake Jipe gate is located just near the western shores of Lake Jipe, with a number of facilities that travelers can make use of including toilets and a ranger post.
The above are the different gates and airstrips of Tsavo West National Park that travelers can use to access the park and enjoy the different attractions and activities in the park.
