The Great Kenyan Safari

"Let the Life travels through Kenyan jungles"

The Aberdares are a mountain range located North of Nairobi the capital city of Kenya. The Aberdares National Park is located in the ranges and it’s approximately 180 km North of Nairobi. The Aberdares National Park was established in 1950 with the intention of protecting the Aberdare flora and fauna.

The Aberdare Mountain Range was named after Lord Aberdare who was President of the Royal Geographical Society in the late 1800's.The rain in the Aberdare region is intermittent and heavy especially within the park itself.
The park is a total delight to savor. A three hour safari through the undulating Kenyan countryside will get one to the Aberdares National Park.

The Aberdares National Park boasts of flourishing dense forests that cover the slopes of the enormous ranges and provide a fitting backdrop for an extensive range of flora and fauna.

The Lions of the Aberdares have a more hairy mane that would put the manes of the lions in the savannah plains to shame. Other animals include reedbuck, dikdik, suni, waterbuck, bongo and duiker. Rarer animals like the Golden Cat and the forest antelopes can only be viewed by taking a safari into the Aberdares Park.

The Ark is a tree lodge constructed in the shape of Noah's Ark and built to blend into the Aberdare vegetation and not to disturb the animals that come to the waterhole. The Ark has three terraces or ‘decks’ overlooking the Yasabara waterhole and salt lick. The decks which have balconies offer a terrific close-up view point. This glass enclave viewing area gives guests a life-size experience of the game. At 6.00 p.m. the crimson floodlights are turned on so that viewing goes on uninterrupted. One can expect to see various animals within a few meters like the elephant, buffalo, rhino, bush bucks, giant forest hogs and Sykes monkey. It is always interesting to see the elephant scratch the saltlick rock with its massive tusks and then proceed to crunch and munch the salt. When the Jumbo licks the salt to its liking it then proceeds to quench its thirst.
The Ark is not a place to sleep because the animals keep arriving. There are bells in the cozy self contained rooms that chime softly to alert you when the big game appears. The number of rings lets you know exactly which animal has arrived since each animal is assigned a different number of rings. This allows one to choose whether to go and view the latest arrival. One can turn the bell off completely in case the urge to sleep overwhelms.