Travelers Mwaluganje Camp (Along South Coast of Mombasa) Kenya

Travellers Mwaluganje Camp is set in the heart of the Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary, in the Mwaluganje Hills and a 45 km drive from Mombasa, Kenya's city seaport and Coast capital. Travellers Mwaluganje Camp is set along the shoulder of a low hill facing a traditional elephant trail, allowing guests to watch the elephants from the comfort of their well-appointed comfortable tents.

 

Travellers Mwaluganje Camp is the only tented camp in Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary and guests have the entire 6,000 acres to themselves .Mwaluganje camp consists of 20 twin-bedded tents each with its private timber verandah, shower with hot and cold water, WC and wash hand basin. The tents are comfortably furnished to a very high standard. Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary is close to the south coast beach resorts and offers virtually guaranteed sightings of large numbers of elephants in perfect safety.

 

Travellers Mwaluganje Camp has all the comforts one would expect from a four star hotel. The camp consists of 20 twin bedded tents (there is provision for an extra bed), each tent with its private timber verandah, shower with hot and cold water, toilet and wash hand basin. Mwaluganje Camp tents are comfortable and have a private power supply, 220/240 V. The bird life is prolific and amazingly varied and bird watchers will find the camp area and sanctuary full of interest.

Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary days may be hot, reaching 28 degrees centigrade (approximately 85 degrees Fahrenheit) but the evenings are comfortably cool. The conventional rainy seasons are May and June and October and November and the climate may best be described as tropical and fairly humid.

Price Per person Sharing: From 56 US Dollars | Full Details

Shimba Rainforest Lodge, (Along South Coast of Mombasa) Kenya

Shimba Rainforest Lodge is mere forty-five minutes from the Indian Ocean. Shimba is a spectacular, award winning, wooden tree lodge overlooking a waterhole in the middle of a tropical rainforest Shimba Hills Game Reserve. The 192 square kilometer Game Reserve is the last remaining habitat of the sable antelope in East Africa.

 

Shimba Rainforest Lodge can accommodate 65 people. All rooms have balcony vantage points overlooking the waterhole. The rooms are small but well designed and cheerful with big windows, twin beds and a ceiling fan. A wooden walkway extends 120m into the tropical rainforest. At the end is a place for bird watchers to sit quietly and enjoy the birds and butterflies, the sights and sounds of the forest and soothing trickle of water flowing from a spring.

Shimba Rainforest Lodge dining room is a covered verandah facing the floodlit waterhole. There's a special atmosphere of a night in the jungle, the rasp of cicadas, croaking of frogs and the screams of the bush babies who often visit the bar for tit bits. Shimba Rainforest Lodge guests can enjoy a walk to the Sheldrick's falls which is generally a 2 - 3 hour excursion either morning or afternoon. Guests drive for about 20 minutes through the reserve to the `set-off' point.

Price Per person Sharing: From 83 US Dollars | Full Details

Kutazama Lodge Shimba Hills Conservation Area, (Along South Coast of Mombasa) Kenya

Kutazama Lodge is located in an absolutely gorgeous location in Shimba Hills National Reserve on the edge of an escarpment overlooking the Mwalugange Elephant Sanctuary.

Built to extremely high standards Kutazama Lodge is a luxury retreat which offers full use of the main house areas (lounges and dining area), and guest accommodation in private suites each with its own verandah, decking and huge beds. Kutazama Lodge property extends to 31 acres, of which 7 acres are electrically fenced both for guest security and to keep the elephants out of the garden areas! The grounds are extensively landscaped and terraced with numerous meandering pathways and steps leading to viewing vantage points or shaded patio areas. All mature indigenous trees have been left in situ and a reforestation programme, together with the planting of complimentary exotic trees, shrubs and flowers creates a tropical paradise for the guests to explore and enjoy.

 

The grounds are alive with many species of birds and exotic butterflies and the hosts have prepared lists of what guests might expect to see throughout the year. Game drives, walks and picnics are organized in the elephant sanctuary or in Shimba Hills and any trip and activities in the Diani area can easily be arranged for guests.

 

Price Per person Sharing: From 350 US Dollars | Full Details