You'll leave your hotel in the morning and drive along the Mombasa-Nairobi road to Bachuma gate, heading into Tsavo East for your first game drive. During the drive, you're looking for elephants, buffalos, cheetahs, giraffes, and antelopes throughout the park. Stop by the Aruba dam where a lot of game gathers, especially if you're traveling during the dry season when animals congregate near water. By evening, settle in for dinner and your first night at the lodge