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| The Sarova Panafric Hotel, Nairobi • Superior *** |
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High on Nairobi Hill, overlooking central park and the city skyline, this efficient, spacious yet welcoming hotel offers immediate city-centre accessibility, a wide range of accommodation options and both the cosmopolitan Flame Tree Restaurant and the open-air Pool Garden Grill.
Services comprise:
• 153 rooms, suites and fully-serviced apartments (private balconies, 24-hour room service, mini-bars, tea/coffee-making facilities, direct-dial phone, satellite TV and WiFi)
• Swimming pool, hairdressing salon, massage and beauty services and shops
• ‘The Ozone’ children’s club
• Conference centre
• Evening entertainment
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| The Sarova Stanley Hotel, Nairobi • First Class **** |
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Built in 1902, The Sarova Stanley Hotel is one of Nairobi’s oldest and most famous. A place of colonial style and Edwardian elegance, it stands in the centre of town and boasts the famous Exchange Bar (once the Nairobi stock exchange) and the world-famous Thorn Tree Café, the city’s best known meeting spot, brasserie, bar and live music venue.
It also offers:
• 217 rooms and suites (air-conditioning, direct-dial telephone, WIFI, safe, satellite TV, mini-bar and 24-hour room service)
• Heated roof-top swimming pool, pool-deck and restaurant
• Health Club (sauna, steam, yoga, aerobics, and beauty treatments)
• Thai Chi Thai restaurant
• Conference centre, ballroom and shopping arcade
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| Tribe at the Village Market, Nairobi • Deluxe ***** |
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Undoubtedly Nairobi’s most modern, minimalist and chic hotel, Tribe is situated adjacent to The Village Market Shopping Centre, the largest undercover shopping mall in Kenya. A place of light, glass and space, Tribe features ‘African Fusion’ cuisine in its stylish Epic Restaurant, as well as a pool-side brasserie and water gardens, and a roof-top café.
It also offers:
• 142 rooms and suites (24-hour room service, LCD TV, phone, WiFi, mood lighting, rain showers and ‘Eartherapy’)
• Central swimming pool and relaxation court
• Conference centre and private board rooms
• ‘Wellness Spa', gift shop and travel desk
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| Mountain Lodge, Mount Kenya • Deluxe ***** |
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| Sailing like an ark amid the primeval forests of Kenya's highest mountain, Mount Kenya, this timbered tree hotel offers champagne-clear mountain air, sweeping views across the tree-canopy, sparkling trout streams, and gentle forest walks. Located at 7,200 feet above sea level, on the lower slopes of the mountain, the lodge is cool, tranquil and hushed for optimum game-sightings. The open-air viewing-deck looks down on to its own water hole and salt-lick, which attracts numerous herds of elephant and buffalo. There is also a tunnel leading to a photo-hide, which offers spectacular viewing and photographic opportunities just yards away from the wildlife at the water hole. Ringed by a dense rain forest which comes alive at dusk with a myriad of sounds of creatures all sizes. Constantly towering the scene are the majestic rocky peaks of Mount Kenya, providing some dramatic photographic opportunities. This is the adventure offered at Mountain Lodge, regarded by many as having the most consistent high record of animals "visits" and sightings in the area. Mountain lodge is a two and half hour drive from Nairobi and has 42 rooms each with private showers, toilets and spacious verandahs. Game viewing throughout the day and evening includes elephant, buffalo, rhino and waterbuck. 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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| Sarova Shaba Lodge, Shaba • First Class **** |
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| The Lodge is situated in the Shaba National Reserve. This Reserve is part of a conglomeration of reserves in the Eastern Province, descending from Mt. Kenya, at the entrance to the vast scrub desert that reaches beyond L.Turkana, are situated Samburu National Reserve, Buffalo Springs National Reserve and the third contiguous National Reserve, Shaba. The Ewaso Nyiro River whose origin is the northern slope of Mt. Kenya around the Nanyuki Township borders all the reserves. The river's name is a derived from the local community's language. It means the river of brown or muddy water. Shaba is the only lodge in the 239 sq. km Shaba National Reserve. The reserve was gazetted as a conservation area in 1976. Thirteen (13) years later, the lodge became officially operational. This is an 85-room, three-star lodge whose dÈcor perfectly blends with the adjoining environment. The lodge is set on a natural oasis and the water is channeled into cascades and fishponds on the entire premises. The Lodge basks in a legacy bequeathed by Joy Adamson of the 'Born Free' fame. She was wife of a prominent conservationist, George Adamson, who was a senior game warden of the area. Joy raised her adopted animals next door to the current Sarova Shaba Lodge's site. She first came to Kenya in 1910 with her first husband. Located in the Semi-desert Shaba Game Reserve in the Central Kenya the Sarova Shaba Lodge offers the guests a chance to see the bounty of unique wildlife made famous by the film "Born Free". In March 1998, the Lodge played host to the cast and crew of the “Born Free", true-life story of George and Joy Adamson and starred both Kenyan actors and International film stars. The majority of the filming took place in the Game Reserve but some of the scenes were actually shot in the lodge. |
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| Sarova Lion Hill Lodge, Nakuru • First Class **** |
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| Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge is nestled along the Lion Hill overlooking the spectacular flamingo pink rimmed Lake Nakuru. Its location affords panoramic vistas of the Lake and the picturesque Lake Nakuru National Park. A short two hour drive from Nairobi, the Lodge is a favorite with residents and visitors to Kenya, among the Lake Nakuru lodges. The Lodge is cleverly laid out such that most rooms and sitting areas afford stunning views of the Lake and the Park. The Lodge incorporates natural landscaping with tall acacia trees, winding walkways and greens dotted with bird feeds. Spread over acres, the Lodge is a natural haven for bird life and attracts over 50 species of birds amongst the 400 species that inhabit the Park. Lake Nakuru National Park, situated in the Rift Valley, was created in 1968 to protect the huge flocks of over a million of the lesser flamingo that breed and nest at the edge of Lake Nakuru, giving it the characteristic pink rim. Lake Nakuru National Park located at an altitude of 4,000-5,767 feet above sea level, covers 188 square kilometers of land of great ecological diversity - from lake water, woodland, bush grassland, to rocky ridges. The park is home to not just the lesser flamingo but over 400 species of birds and one of the few places to see the endangered white rhino. Other wildlife at the park includes lions, leopards, zebra, gazelles, eland, giraffe and the hyrax. |
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| Sarova Mara Camp, Masai Mara • Deluxe ***** |
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| Nothing quite captures the true spirit of East Africa, like a safari in Kenya’s richest game reserve, the Masai Mara. Among the various Mara lodges, Sarova Mara Game Camp offers front seats to nature’s most breathtaking show - the wildebeest migration. The endless plains of East Africa are the setting for the world’s greatest wildlife spectacle where, from the vast Serengeti plains to the champagne colored hills of Kenya’s Masai Mara, over 1.4 million wildebeest and 200,000 zebra and gazelle, relentlessly tracked by Africa’s great predators, migrate in a clockwise fashion over 1,800 miles each year in search of rain ripened grass. Sarova Mara Game Camp is well positioned to enjoy this unique phenomenon. The rolling plains around the tented Camp are teeming with wildebeest, gazelles and zebras, during the migration months and the Camp is situated right in the center of their migration path. Sarova Mara Game Camp is also the ideal choice for those seeking a richer experience of Masai Mara that goes much beyond just game drives. By virtue of its location and layout, the Camp offers an unparalleled plethora of activities and experiences from luxury tented living to bird-watching, mini golf, sport fishing and a unique insight into the Masai culture at the adjoining Masai village. |
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