Ashnil Aruba Lodge Tsavo

Ashnil Aruba Lodge Tsavo is a luxury safari lodge in Tsavo East National Park on the shaded northern bank of the Voi River. Its location is superb, just a couple of hours from the coast of Mombasa, 5 5-hour leisurely drive from Nairobi.

The lodge is easily accessible by air and road, and is approximately 160 kilometers from Mombasa and 326 kilometers from Nairobi. The nearest airstrip is 25 minutes away from the lodge. The lodge is located on the banks of Aruba Dam, which was built in 1952 as a sport fishing recreational point in the park. Several watering holes nearby attract wildlife, and spotting animals is easy because the park lies flat with savannah grassland.

Ashnil Aruba Lodge features 46 rooms and 6 tents, each with its panoramic terrace. Interconnecting rooms can be provided for families. The lodge also offers facilities for the physically challenged.

Child-friendly: The lodge welcomes children and offers its own children’s pool.

Conference Facilities: The lodge offers its own conference facility, which will accommodate 45 seminar style and 80 theatre style. Package includes: Stationery, water, coffee and tea – coffee tea, LCD facilities, and exclusive barbecue on the final/start day.

 Other facilities: The lodge has two pools (one of which is for children), extensive reception facilities, and a spacious gift shop.

Ashnil Aruba Lodge Tsavo Activities

 ✓African dance
✓ Sundowners
✓ Champagne Breakfast
✓ Game Drives, nature walks, and medicinal plant discovery
✓ Bush lunches and dinners: Private ‘bush’ lunches and dinners can be arranged in the bush, complete with waiters, private bar and private BBQ cooking station, campfires and hurricane lamps.
✓ Experience the real safari – morning and afternoon game drives through the park with our trained driver-guides. Picnic lunches and sundowners can be provided. Tsavo offers some of the most magnificent game viewing in the world – vast herds of dust-red elephant, fat pods of hippo, giant crocodile, teeming herds of plains game, a fantasia of bird life, and some magical flora
✓ Game tracking: Wildlife highlights: Larger mammals include lion, leopard, elephant, black rhino, hippo, giraffe, lesser kudu, oryx, Cape buffalo, zebra, yellow baboon, waterbuck, gemsbok, Coke’s hartebeest, gerenuk, and gazelle. Birds: The prolific bird life features 500 recorded species

Places to visit in Tsavo East National Park

✓ Aruba Dam: Aruba Dam is an 85-hectare man-made dam built by the Parks authorities in 1952 to staunch the waters of the seasonal Voi River, which flows down from the Taita Hills in the southwest. It usually holds water throughout the year and is frequented by huge numbers of ibis, many grey herons, and a kaleidoscope of other water birds.
It is also part of the territory of a large pride of lions, which can often be seen in the dam’s vicinity.

✓ Kanderi Swamp: The Kanderi Swamp lies near Voi Gate and during the dry months provides one of only two drinking areas in Tsavo East, thus attracting large herds of buffalo, impala, and antelopes as well as yellow baboons and lion.

✓ Mudanda Rock: Kenya’s answer to Ayer’s Rock of Australia is called Mudanda Rock, a massive 1.5km whale-backed rock which rears out of the shrub between Manyani Gate and Voi and is famous for its photo-opportunities, offering marvellous light, panoramic vistas, and an excellent chance of prime wildlife shots. It is also an excellent vantage point from which to look down on the natural dam below, which can sometimes attract hundreds of elephants. This area is also known as a favourite leopard haunt, though daytime sightings are rare.

 ✓ The Galana River: The Tsavo and Athi Rivers join above Lugard’s Falls to form the Galana River, which then flows down to the Indian Ocean. A major feature of the park, the serpentine reaches of this river are fringed by riverine forests dominated by Acacia elatior, the Doum Palm Hyphaene compressa, and the shrub Suaeda monoica.

✓  Lugard’s Falls: Named after Britain’s first proconsul in East Africa, Captain (later Lord) Lugard, the falls are better described as rapids than falls progressing from foaming cataracts to narrow cascades that gouge deep into the gneiss bedrock creating fantastic shapes that have been surreally rounded by thousands of years of rushing water.

Mighty when in full spate, the falls gush through a small fissure, narrow enough for the foolhardy to leap across, before plunging to the pool below, where massive crocodiles bask motionless in the sun. There is a parking area at the falls, and visitors either climb around the bizarrely eroded rocks or walk down the river to view the rapids.

Crocodile Point: 1km east of the falls, another short diversion takes you to Crocodile Point, where hippos and buffalo wallow and zip-jawed crocodiles grin.

✓ The Yatta Plateau, an ancient valley frozen in time: The Yatta plateau is a ridge or tongue of lava about 300km long and a maximum of 10km wide, which forms a seemingly never-ending backdrop to Tsavo East. One of the longest lava flows in the world, the Yatta affords fabulous views across the rolling reaches of the Park, is an ornithological paradise, and makes a peerless sundowner or picnic spot.

It is made up of a form of lava known as phonolite, which is between 11 and 13.6 million years old. Current thought suggests that the Yatta Plateau was formed when a stream of lava flowed across the land until it found its way into an ancient river valley. The lava then flowed down the valley, taking on the shape of its contours, until eventually it cooled and solidified. Thereafter, the surrounding land was gradually lowered by erosion, leaving the frozen river of lava standing up as a ridge.

Ashnil Aruba Lodge Tsavo Non-Resident Accommodation Rates Per Night Include;

Full Board Accommodation

Notes

* Lunch – 25 US Dollars per person
* Lunch (Extra) – 20 US Dollars per person
* Half board reduction rate: 5 US Dollars per person
* Park entry fees and any other extras are not included
* Upgrade to the tent – 35 US Dollars per person Night
* Rooms are available for new arrivals from 12 noon on the scheduled arrival date. Rooms should be vacated by 10.00 a.m. on the scheduled departure date
* Game Package Supplement: 100 US Dollars per adult per night & 70 US Dollars per Child. Includes return VOI SGR Station transfers and shared game drive in 4×4 Safari Vehicles

Child Policy

* Child up to 3 years of age – Free of charge
* Child 4-12 sharing with adults – 50% of adult rate
* Two children in their own room – 75% of adults rate each
* Three children in their own room – Full double room rate
* One adult sharing with one child – Adult single room rate & child 50% of half twin rate

Accommodation Rates Exclude:

* Flights
* Activities
* Park Fees
* Game drive
* Alcoholic drinks
* Gratuities/ Tips
* Domestic Flights
* Excursions from the camp
* Medical/ Travel insurance
* Items of a personal nature
* Transfer to and from the camp
* Medical evacuation and flying doctor insurance

Ashnil Aruba Lodge Tsavo Resident Accommodation Rates Per Night Include;

Full Board Accommodation

Notes

* Lunch – 3,000 Kenya Shillings per person
* Lunch (Extra) – 3,500 Kenya Shillings per person
* Park entry fees and any other extras are not included
* Half board reduction rate: 500 Kenya Shillings per person
* Upgrade to the tent – 4,000 Kenya Shillings per person Night
* Easter and Christmas supplement – Adult pay 3,500 Kenya Shillings per night and Children pay 2,000 Kenya Shillings Per night
* Rooms are available for new arrivals from 12 noon on the scheduled arrival date. Rooms should be vacated by 10.00 a.m. on the scheduled departure date
* Game Package Supplement: 9,000 Kenya Shillings per adult per night & 7,000 Kenya Shillings per Child. Includes return VOI SGR Station transfers and shared game drive in 4×4 Safari Vehicles

Child Policy

* Child up to 3 years of age – Free of charge
* Child 4-12 sharing with adults – 50% of adult rate
* Two children in their own room – 75% of adults rate each
* Three children in their own room – Full double room rate
* One adult sharing with one child – Adult single room rate & child 50% of half twin rate

Accommodation Rates Exclude:

* Flights
* Activities
* Park Fees
* Game drive
* Alcoholic drinks
* Gratuities/ Tips
* Domestic Flights
* Excursions from the camp
* Medical/ Travel insurance
* Items of a personal nature
* Transfer to and from the camp
* Medical evacuation and flying doctor insurance

Ashnil Aruba Lodge features 46 rooms and 6 tents.  Each guestroom features a seating area, wardrobe, mosquito net, fan, safety deposit box, and furnished verandah. The bathrooms are en-suite and have showers and a flush toilet.

The onsite restaurant serves international, oriental, and traditional African cuisine. The restaurant is strategically situated and overlooks the dam at all angles. Guests can dine in the dining area or on the wooden deck shaded by canvas umbrellas.

The lounge bar is elegantly decorated with an African touch that makes it a wonderful place to pass time and relax. Drinks served to include liqueur, soft drinks, cocktails, wines, and spirits, local and international beers.

The lodge has a conference facility with modern technology which includes an LCD projector for clear vision and a good sound system. This is an ideal venue for meetings, exhibitions conferences, and other corporate events.

The outdoor swimming pool provides a perfect place to relax and laze around in the calm afternoons. Guests can take a dip or simply relax by the pool which overlooks the game park.

Ashnil Aruba Lodge Tsavo activities include; game drives, bush dinners, sundowners, guided nature walks, bush barbecues, wildlife lectures, and bush weddings. Guests can also visit the Commonwealth War Graves.

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