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This club is set on 30 acres of gardens and parkland. It is a magnet for a profusion of birds and butterflies. Built in the 1920s and 1930s, public areas are large and airy, reminiscent of those years. The gardens are well tended with rolling lawns and views of Mount Kenya framed by the white water of Chania River. This hotel serves as the reception point for visitors to the Tree Tops.
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Accommodation: There are 44 rooms all spacious and airy, most with fireplaces and garden access. The Chania wing houses eight wood paneled deluxe rooms, each with a minibar, satellite TV and a balcony. Hotel facilities include a swimming pool, squash and tennis courts and a snooker room. |
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Activities: Game Drives in the Aberdare Salient, tribal dances in the small Kikuyu homestead erected on the grounds and visits to Coffee and Tea Farms. Reservations are recommended for these activities. Other local attractions include the Mount Kenya - 23 miles away. Aberdare National Park - 10km, the Paxtu is a cottage, where Lord Baden Powell chose to spend the last years of his life, and which has been preserved as a museum. Golfers are welcome to enjoy a game at Nyeri Golf Club which is adjacent to the Outspan. |
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The most famous game viewing lodge in the world overlooks a water hole and salt lick high in the Aberdare National Park. Treetops is the original tree lodge, legendary for its historical royal connection, for the sheer joy of exploring a tree house visited by rhino, elephant ,buffalo, lion, bushbuck, waterbuck and many other species.
The lodge rises straight out of the ground on stilts. It has four decks and a rooftop viewing platform. Solely dedicated to game viewing, the accommodation is compact and cozy. At 6,450 feet above sea level, it is cold at night at all times of the year and during the Kenyan winter from June to September you will need sweaters and hats for comfort and warmth. |
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Accommodation: Accommodation comprises of 50 twin bedded rooms, small, neat and cozy like cabins on board ship. The emphasis is on making as little noise as possible so as scare away the animals. For this reason children under 5 are not allowed at Treetops. An optional buzzer in your room will alert you if something special shows up during the night. The die-hard animal lover will wrap himself in a blanket and keep a vigil over the waterhole with binoculars and camera at the ready.
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Open balconies are ideal are ideal vantage points for viewing and photography and photographic hides at ground level at either end of the lodge allow really close shots of unsuspecting animals. The excitement of Treetops stems from the fact that although the animals realise you exist they still approach fearlessly. Not only is it the closest you can get to wildlife, but it makes a welcome change to have animals come to you instead of the other way round. Meals are imaginatively served at refectory tables with bench seating, which heightens the sense of adventure and stimulates conversation. Coffee and Liquors are served in the comfortable lounge which features picture windows and trees growing |
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Here you can check the animals counts for days and years past and learn about the history of Treetops where, in February 1952, Princess Elizabeth became Queen on learning of the death of her father, King George VI. A night at a Treetops is a night to remember. |
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Set in the heart of the Aberdare National Park, this unique game lodge overlooks a floodlit waterhole and salt lick which attracts a host of wildlife - elephant, rhino, leopard, bushbuck and occasionally an elusive bongo or giant forest hog. Resembling and named after Noah's Ark, The Ark comprises three decks from which numerous balconies and lounges provide superb vantage points for game viewing. A ground level bunker provides excellent photographic opportunities and takes you closer than you would believe possible to the animals.
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Accommodation: The Ark has 60 'cabin-styled' rooms, comprising 6 single, 37 twin, 10 double and 7 triple-bedded cabins. All rooms have private bathrooms with shower; all are comfortably furnished and enjoy a view of the forest waterhole. The cabins are fitted with buzzers to announce the arrival of one of the "Big Five" at the waterhole. |
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| The Aberdare Country Club nestles on the slopes of Mweiga Hill. All rooms and cottages have spectacular views of the plains below, the Aberdare Mountains to the west and Mount Kenya to the east. With an enviable reputation for hospitality and excellent cuisine, the Club is a popular weekend resort for Nairobi residents. The Club's 1,300 acre wildlife sanctuary abounds with Thompson and Grant's Gazelle, Zebra, Giraffe and |
the more reclusive Leopard. You can walk or ride through this unspoilt paradise, play a round of golf - watched by a family of Warthog, fish for Trout , play tennis or just relax by the pool or in the beautiful gardens.
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Accommodation: There are 28 twins and 18 double-bedded rooms, 36 of which are in cottages. A total of 107 guests can be catered for. The bedrooms are tastefully furnished and all have a private bathroom with shower and telephone. The cottages have two bedrooms, each with inter-connecting doors, and most have fireplaces. A balcony provides superb views of either Mount Kenya or a pretty woodland where bushbuck often come to graze. |
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| Standing at 7,200 feet on the slopes of Mount Kenya, Mountain Lodge is ringed by a dense rain forest which comes alive at dusk with a myriad of sounds of creatures all sizes. This is the adventure offered at the Mountain Lodge, regarded by many as having the most consistent high record of animal "visits" and sightings in the area. |
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Accommodation: The lodge has 42-rooms, each with private showers, toilets and spacious verandahs. Game viewing throughout the evening and the night includes elephant, buffalo, rhino and waterbuck. Children under eight years are not allowed at Mountain Lodge.
Facilities: A specially constructed viewing bunker, connected to the lodge by a short tunnel, offers spectacular closer views of wildlife at the waterhole. |
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Constantly towering the scene are the majestic rocky peaks of Mount Kenya, providing some dramatic photographic opportunities.
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