Mombasa - Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary

Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary was created in 1933 to preserve a corridor along an ancient elephant migration route. The Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary conserves rare and endangered African elephants, moist deciduous forest and riparian vegetation. The ecosystem in Mwaluganje has rolling hills, steep ridges, cliffs and winding water shades. The Mwaluganje forest and Mwaluganje Travelers Tented Camp, close to a watering hole, are part of sanctuary.

Over 150 elephants currently live in the sanctuary amongst a variety of flora and fauna including a rare cycad forest. The cycad species can grow to be 150 years old and were most abundant during the Jurassic period (180 million years ago).