It provides undeveloped wilderness homes to vast numbers of animals. Famous are the Tsavo lions, a population whose adult males often lack manes entirely.
The Yatta plateau is a key destination in Tsavo East National Park and the park hosts a large number of permanent resident animals that include the big five 9 lions, leopards, buffalo, elephant, rhinos), hippos, crocodiles, gerenuk, zebras, waterbucks and many more.