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This Facility is by far the most authentic and unforgettable way to immerse yourself in the wilderness and experience this remarkable ecosystem with all your senses.

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The Ark

Set in the heart of the Aberdare National Park, iconic and yes, quirky. The Ark overlooks a floodlit waterhole and salt lick, which attracts a host of awesome wildlife. Resembling and named after Noah’s Ark, The Ark comprises of three decks from which numerous balconies and lounges provide a superb location for wildlife to be seen. So that you don’t miss any animal sightings, the night guard will buzz your room when special animals come to the waterhole. The Ark has four viewing areas for observing the ever-present animal activity.
There is also a ground-level bunker – the perfect hideout for the discerning photographer. This is a circular pillbox-like structure, and it is from this vantage point, pictures of animals on the salt lick only yards away may be taken through the view holes in complete safety.
"In this intimate recess one can almost, but not quite, pat the animals, hear their sounds and smell the aroma of the night. This is a magical corner, where there is close contact with the essence that tells of an unexplored Africa, and where, very often, the visitor may enjoy in the solitary state the beauty of it all."- Monty Brown's book, Haven Under the Hill

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Aberdare National Park

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The Aberdare National Park lies in the Aberdare mountain range and extends over a wide variety of terrain. Moorlands, full of mist, bamboo- and rainforests where elephants roam through the thick, dense vegetation, spectacular waterfalls, plunging into pools and streams filled with trout, and mountain peaks up to 4000 meters high. The Aberdare are an important water catchment area providing water to the Tana and Athi rivers, both among the largest rivers in Kenya. The Aberdare National Park was established in 1950 and it covers an area of 766 square kilometers. Besides its natural beauty, it is renowned also as the site where, in 1952, Princess Elizabeth found out she became a Queen.

Details of Aberdare National Park

Aberdare National Park is located in central Kenya around 160 kilometers from Nairobi by road and it stretches a hundred kilometers north to south within the third highest mountain range in Kenya. The Aberdare National Park is covering the higher areas of the Aberdare mountain range which is an isolated volcanic range that formed on the eastern end of the Great Rift Valley.

Elephants roam through the thick dense forest

In the moorlands full of mist, elephants roam through the thick, dense forest and sights of spectacular waterfalls plunging into pools and streams filled with trout are on display.

Mixed vegetation creates a peculiar topography

The two peaks of the Aberdare and the mixed forest vegetation create quite a peculiar topography, ensuring a perfect habitat for many species. The Eastern black rhinoceroses, leopards, olive baboons, black and white colobus monkeys, Skye’s monkeys, buffaloes, jackals, East African wild dogs live in these mountains. There are rare sightings of lions, African golden cats, servals, and bongos, the elusive forest antelopes that live in the mountain. Over 250 bird species rule the skies over the Aberdare, including the endangered Aberdare cisticola, African goshawk, sparrow hawk, Jackson’s spurfowl, African fish eagle, plover, and sunbird. Insects and reptiles complete the picture.

A great perspective view of the ice peaks of Mount Kenya

The park hosts some of Kenya’s most famous lodges, where you have a great perspective view of the ice peaks of Mount Kenya, providing water to the Tana and Athi rivers, both among the largest Kenyan rivers. It also supplies water to part of the central rift and northern drainage basins.

Major attractions

  • The Treetops Lodge in the park is where Queen Elizabeth II learnt of her accession to the British throne.
  • The Kimathi/ MauMau hideout caves (for the freedom fights) can be seen.
  • Seeing the waterfalls such as Karura, Lesatima and Kinangop Peaks, Twin Hills, Elephant Hills.
  • The park has second largest population of black rhinos, endangered rare bongo and the giant forest hog including the leopard, some bird species insects and reptiles.

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