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Sandai Homestay and Cottages is relatively located close to many attractions found in the central part of Kenya. Some of the safaris you can take include the following:

Safari to the Solio Ranch

Half Day Solio Ranch Safari Costs : 170 Euros Per Safari vehicle

With a picnic basket you set off for a half-day safari to Solio Ranch for an extensive game drive in the Rhino Sanctuary, which has the world's largest concentration of black rhinos. Solio Ranch is a fenced and protected area geared toward Rhino conservation.

The private 17,500-acre Solio Game Reserve, 22 Kilometers north of Nyeri Town, plays a major part in preserving and breeding black rhinos in Kenya. White rhinos are also found here as well as the reticulated giraffe, plains game and bird life.

Over 120 black and white rhinos live here. Other animals to lookout for include predators such as lion, leopard, cheetah and hyena, as well as two northern species, the reticulated giraffe and the beisa oryx. Solio Ranch has a safe picnic sites where you will enjoy your meal.

Safari to the Aberdare Country Club

Half day or full day tour to the Aberdare Country Club costs: 60 Euros Per Person

Aberdare Country Club was a former private English villa, is not far from Sandai Sandai Homestay and Cottages and features relaxing, wonderful gardens with tropical trees and flowers. There you can swim in the pool, play golf or tennis, go riding, or just enjoy the comfortable restaurant with its African and international cuisine while soaking in a spectacular view of Mt. Kenya.

Aberdare Country Club has a game sanctuary where you can go for a walking safari, Aberdare to see giraffes, elands, zebras with the backdrop of Mt. Kenya and Aberdare ranges. Warthogs and impalas roam free on the golf course of the sanctuary. There are lots of opportunities to encounter Thompson and Grant's gazelles, zebras, reticulated giraffes and the biggest antelopes: elands. On their own these animals are a wonder to watch but to do so while you are walking is an experience that has always brought joy to our guests.

Bird Watching at Sandai Homestay and Cottages

Ornithologists will love Sandai for its three very rare birds, such as the Spotted Creeper, the African Lilac Breasted Roller Grass owl and the Little Rock Thrush. An experienced bird watcher will accompany you on your walk. Over 160 different bird species have been identified here.

Little Rock Thrush

* 6 Days riding package, per day including overnight, camping or guesthouse including one Jeep Safari in Park 1,200 Euros

Only 4 km from Nakuru lies a very idyllic place, Lake Nakuru National Park. This unique and beautiful soda lake, situated in the basin of the Great Rift Valley is 10 km long and 4km wide.

Hundreds of thousands of flamingos form a pink strip all around the shore, a sight which will entrance you. Other animals such as zebras, lions, monkeys, giraffes, waterbucks, buffalo, and rhinos also make this their home.

In the late morning African Spice Safaris will bring you to the Aberdare Country Club where you will enjoy a wonderful lunch. Before leaving for the Ark in the early afternoon, you can take your time, go for a swim or have a nice walk through the sanctuary. Early afternoon you will be driven into the Aberdare Park to the lodge, called The Ark.

In this so-called, Salient Zone, people are expected to be quiet and only animals are allowed to make noise. The lodge has friendly personnel and offers delicious meals and special drinks.

The Ark which looks like a ship is situated near a saltlick where you can watch day in and day out the visits of the wild animals that come to the watering hole. At night you can choose to be wakened if one of the big five animals comes into view. For your safety guests are not allowed to leave the lodge.

Early next morning you will have a nice breakfast in the Ark, after which you will be driven back to the Aberdare Country Club. African Spice Safaris awaits you here and will bring you back to Sandai.

After an early breakfast you will set off with a prepared picnic basket for the Aberdare's National Park. The Park with its magnificent landscape offers a wonderful unique opportunity. To view scenery you don’t necessarily expect in Africa.

Heavy rainfalls provide a very lush green looking flora in the lower parts of the forest. The rainforest reaches an altitude of 2400 meters; bamboo forest grows up to 3000 meters from where the landscape changes to Afro alpine zone.

The highest peak on these moorlands reaches an altitude of 4000m. Plant species, such giant lobelia, groundsels and others, can be found in the sheltered valleys. Deep gorges cut off the mountain areas, where you will find crystal clear rivers well stocked with mountain trout, threading their way across the moorlands and cascading over a series of magnificent waterfalls to form the headwaters of several major rivers.

Main animals to be seen here are the buffalo, elephant, bushbuck, wild pigs, colobus monkeys, but the rhino, lions, leopard, hyena are also at home in this National Park. You will stop at a beautiful and secure place for a picnic and arrive at home just before nightfall.

If you want to reach the third highest and most popular peak of Mt Kenya (almost 5000 meters high) you don’t need special climbing skills. What you need is a good guide and you should be in good physical condition. After you have managed to reach one of the peaks your guide will honor you with a certificate and you will be proud of your extraordinary achievement.

On average this hike will take 3 days and two nights sleeping either in a tent or in huts. Beside your guide you will also have a porter who carries your luggage and food. All you need is a light warm sleeping bag, good mountain boots and warm clothing. You will be either collected from Sandai or African Spice Safaris will take you to your departure place, and the same on your return from the Mountain.

An hour's drive from Sandai you will find Ol Pejeta Farm with its big game reserve near Mount Kenya called Sweetwaters. Here you can watch elephants, rhinos, zebras, giraffes, hippos and of course all sorts of antelopes. A special area of the park is dedicated by the Jane Goodall Institution for a group of chimpanzees.

These primates are not indigenous to Kenya but mostly have been rescued from the Congo where their lives have been threatened.

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