Tsavo West National park is in the southern circuit, its current size is 9065km², and the name Tsavo means Slaughter in the Kamba language. This park offers tremendous views and diverse habitats ranging from mountains, river forests, plains, lakes, and wooded grassland there are varieties of landscapes, from swamps and natural springs to rocky peaks, extinct volcanic cones, to rolling plains and sharp reddish outcrops. It is especially attractive at the end of the rain when the countryside turns green.

Mzima Springs is a pool of natural spring water that attracts a lot of game and there is even an underwater hippo-viewing hide. Tsavo west national park is also known for its ‘Roaring Rocks’, which if climbed gives a good view to see eagles and buzzards that whirl around these cliffs. It has also volcanic formations (Shetani Lava Flow) in Mzima Springs where Hippos, Fish, and Crocodiles are seen from the underwater hide, there is the Rhino Sanctuary. You will spot Elephants, Giraffes, a variety of bird life, and of course the Rhino and beautiful mountains.

This park is known for its maneater lions who ate the laborers who were building the iron bridge across the river (next to the highway between Tsavo East National Park and Tsavo West National Park).