Kilalinda - Tsavo East (Kenya)

Location:

The lodge is situated on the banks of the Athi River, at the edge of Tsavo East National Park. It looks out onto the Yatta Plateau and on a clear day Mt. Kilimanjaro can be seen to the South.

The lodge is surrounded by a beautiful and well-tendered garden that contrasts with the arid countryside, so typical of Tsavo. As one would expect, we take pride in providing first class cuisine. Most of the fresh vegetables are grown on a farm nearby and therefore are obtained daily.

All our bread, cakes and pastas are home-made. We can vary menus from the traditional to the exotic and can accommodate most diet preferences.

Accommodation:

Accommodation consists of 6 cottages in total. Each cottage has its’ own individual character each with its own bathroom tiled with locally hand-made tiles, shingle roofs, private veranda, and built so as to make maximum use of the cool breeze that blows up and down the river during the different seasons.

The cottages are located along the river giving each room its own view and sandy beach. Privacy is a must. One of the cottages is much larger with its own Jacuzzi/plunge pool. All the cottages can accommodate extra beds. The main house consists of a large open circular building that includes a dining room with a large table that sits 16 guests and a lounge cum bar area which overlooks both the river and the pool.

Game Viewing /Activities:

- Game drives in open 4 wheel drive vehicles
- Night game drives
- National Park excursions
- Fishing
- River trips in inflatable rafts
- Escorted game walks
- Bird watching
- Fly camps
- Star Baths

The lodge is open all year round. Temperatures in all seasons are around 95F/35C daytime and around 70F/20C night time. The coolest month is July, with January and February being the warmest. During and just after the rains of November and April/May the area is particularly green and the river is high.

The aim at Kilalinda is to re-introduce game to an area that has been greatly depleted due to poaching in the 70/80s and also to educate the local community in conservation and how it could actually become profitable for them. A conservation fee is charged per person per day and is managed by the Kilalinda Trust. The conservation fee will be used to improve education, build a Rhino sanctuary and for the re-introduction of wildlife species to the area. Kilalinda has been built with all local materials without felling any trees or ruining the natural environment.

The furniture has also all been made locally. All the locals who helped build the lodge have been trained in different departments and now help run the lodge. Food scraps are made into compost for use in the organically grown vegetable garden.

Rates:
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