Mountain Lodge

The Mount Kenya National Park & Forest Reserve covers the slopes of Mount Kenya and the park is only a two and a half hour's drive from Nairobi. Apart from the Big Five, the bird life is prolific. At the height of 7,200 ft., on the slopes of Mount Kenya, is Mountain Lodge. The lodge is ringed by a dense forest which comes alive at dusk with the myriad sounds of animals. It is the closest "tree lodge" to Nairobi and can be reached by a good road passing through coffee, sisal and pineapple plantations. Each of the Lodge's rooms has private showers and toilets.

Once in the snug surroundings of the lodge, with its spacious public verandahs or from one of the bedroom balconies, the visitor looks beyond the branches of the tall trees to witness the endless parade of game animals. A specially constructed viewing bunker, connected to the lodge by a short tunnel, affords a spectacular close-up view of the game at the waterhole. Constantly towering over the scene, at their clearest in the early morning or late afternoon, are the rocky peaks of Mount Kenya, with half a dozen glaciers.