Chyulu Hills National Park

Chyulu Hills National Park is a collection of ancient volcanic cinder cones and craters, with the most recent volcanic peak formed only 500 years ago. Chyulu Hills National Park offers breathtaking views of the landscape including Mount Kilimanjaro.

Within Chyulu Hills National Park is the longest lava tube in the world, this was formed by hot lava flowing beneath a cooled outer crust. Caves on the side of the volcano can be explored.

Animals commonly seen in Chyulu Hills are buffalo, bushbuck, eland, elephant, leopard, warthog, wildebeest and zebra. The western half of the park is part of the West Chyulu Game Conservation area, owned by several Maasai groups. Chyulu Hills has no permanent water supply but rainfall permeates the porus rock forming an underground river, which provides fresh water sources in the surrounding plains, most notably Mzima Springs as well as the Tsavo and Galana Rivers.

Ol Donyo Wuas is an exclusive lodge in the foothills of the Chyulu Hills. Visitors to the lodge enjoy a variety of activities such as game drives, walking safaris, horse riding, hiking in the mountains or exposure to traditional Maasai customs. Other accommodations are a tented camp, Iltalal Camp, near the hills.