Amboseli National Park is in Kajiado district, Rift Valley Province in Kenya. The park is 392 sq km in size and the local people are mainly Maasai, but people from other parts of the country have settled there attracted by the successful tourist-driven economy. The park is a combination of swamps, dried-up lake and semi-arid vegetation. In geology, a rift valley is a valley created by the formation of a rift. ... A Maasai tribesman The Maasai or Masai, an indigenous African tribe of semi-nomadic people located primarily in Kenya and northern Tanzania, are probably one of the most familiar tribes of East Africa. ... A freshwater swamp This article is about the wetland type (a landform). ...

Very near from the capital city Nairobi, Amboseli National Park is the third most visited game area in Kenya after Maasai Mara National Reserve and Nakuru National Park and the visit can easily be done in a weekend. Nairobi skyline Nairobi is the capital of Kenya. ... Wildebeast and Zebra Migration in Masai Mara The Maasai Mara (also spelt Masai Mara) is a large park reserve in south-western Kenya, within the Great Serengeti region, and is effectively the northern continuation of the Serengeti National Park and game reserve in Tanzania. ... Nakuru, the provincial capital of the Rift Valley province with roughly 300,000 inhabitants lies about 2,100m above sea level. ...

In 1883, Joseph Thompson was the first European to penetrate the dreaded Maasai country known as Embosel (meaning dust in Maa) and he was astonished by the fantastic contrast between the arid areas of the dry-lake bed and the oasis like swamps. Joseph Thomson (February 14, 1858 - August 2, 1989) was a British geologist and explorer who played an important part in the Scramble for Africa. ...

Gazetted National Park in 1977 in order to protect this unique ecosystem, the park is famous for being the best place in Kenya to spot elephants. Furthermore, it is a must to photograph the majestic Mt Kilimanjaro (5,985 m - 17,685 ft), the greatest single moutain of the world standing amidst large herds of elephants wandering in the swamps.

Particular attractions of this park include a high concentration of elephants and spectacular views of Mt Kilimanjaro Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas recki (extinct) Stegodon (extinct) Deinotherium (extinct) Mammuthus (extinct) Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of animals, the only family in the order Proboscidea that still exists today. ... Kilimanjaro is a mountain in northeastern Tanzania. ...

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