Tsavo River Railway Bridge
Tsavo River Bridge
The site of the 1898 'Tsavo man-eaters' incident, at the spot where the Uganda Railway crosses the Tsavo River.
In 1898, while the British were building the Uganda Railway, two maneless male lions repeatedly attacked workers at the Tsavo River bridge site. Lieutenant Colonel Patterson eventually shot them. The story was later adapted into the film The Ghost and the Darkness, and the lions' preserved specimens are now held at the Field Museum in Chicago. Today you can see the Tsavo River and the railway near the bridge site, and there are memorial markers in the area. It is located near Tsavo station and can be visited on the way while touring eastern Tsavo.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Yatta Plateau
- Mudanda Rock
- Lugard Falls
- Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary
- Roaring Rocks
- Tsavo East National Park
- Chaimu Crater
- Taita Hills