Tsavo


Tsavo is a region of Kenya located at the crossing of the Uganda Railway over the Tsavo River, close to where it meets the Athi-Galana-Sabaki River. Two national parks, Tsavo East and Tsavo West are located in the area.
The meaning of the word Tsavo is still unclear, but because of tribal conflicts, the Kamba people used to refer to the region as the place of "slaughter". Until the British put an end to the slave trade in the late 19th century, Tsavo was continually crossed by caravans of Arab slave traders and their captives.

Nature

Typical flora of the region includes:
Typical fauna of the region includes:
Native human inhabitants:
The place achieved fame in The Man-eaters of Tsavo by John Henry Patterson , a 1907 book about the eponymous pair of lions who attacked workers building the railroad bridge. The book has been made into several films; mostly famously The Ghost and the Darkness, starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas, which, in spite of mostly “mixed or average” reviews, won an Academy Award for sound editing in 1997.