Amboseli National Park, which is roughly 240 kilometers (150 miles) southeast of Nairobi, is widely known for its herds of large tusked elephants.

Amboseli is a beautiful park in and of itself, but it is most known for two things in particular: magnificent elephant herds and views of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, over the border.

After the Masai Mara National Reserve, Amboseli is the second most visited national park in Kenya. It was designated a UNESCO-Mab Biosphere Reserve in 1991.

The park's central basin floods with heavy rains, drawing swarms of species. The reserve is a great location to see the Big Five as well as uncommon and less well-known wildlife species.