Echo of the Elephants Home Field Work in Africa | Amboseli National Park | Elephant Communication | Resources Amboseli National Park, where Cynthia Moss studies elephant families, covers 150 square miles in southern Kenya, near the Tanzanian border. The name Amboseli comes from the word empusel, which in the language of the local Masai tribe means salty dust. Amboseli is indeed dusty, mostly ...

Amboseli National Park (Kenya) Location Located in the Rift Valley, on the Tanzanian border north-west of Kilimanjaro. The Amboseli National Park is 392 sq. km. in extent, lying at an altitude of 1150 meters above sea level. Accommodation: Lodging immediately in or near the National Park include the Tortilis Camp run by Cheli & Peacock Mobile Tented Safaris. as well as Amboseli Serena Lodge.