Tsavo east park is one of the oldest and largest park in Kenya .Dubbed as the theatre of wild , it is home to larger mammals , vast herds of dust -red elephants , buffalo , lion , leopard , cheetah , pods of hippo , crocodile , waterbuck , gerenuk , lesser kudu and the prolific birdlife feature of about 500 species . During game drives in the park such animals are to be spotted .