AANB11 Aberdare Experience – 2 Nights

Day 1 Nairobi – Aberdares (LD)

Drive north through pineapple, coffee and sisal plantations to the lower slopes of the Aberdares, arriving at the base hotel for lunch. Transfer to the tree lodge for game viewing as the animals come to the floodlit water hole to drink and scratch for salt.

The park is the highest in all Africa and the landscape is dominated by deeply foggy rain forest, which confers the park a fairyland atmosphere.

Overnight at Treetops or the Ark.

The Treetops is the original tree lodge, and is world famous for its location facing a water hole and a salt lick in the Aberdares National Park as well as its historical royal connection.

The Ark overlooks the Yasabara waterhole, perhaps the largest salt-lick in the Aberdare Mountains and the haunt of a variety of forest game unequalled in Africa .

Day 2 Aberdares (BLD)

Enjoy breakfast at your tree lodge. The day is spent at leisure enjoying the various optional activities available from the lodge (not included).

The Aberdare wildlife is awesome, the rich forest sustains populations of elephant, buffalo, warthog and several species of antelope, a healthy population of black rhino and also offers the chance to see some of the typical forest species, such as the giant forest hog or the shy and beautiful bongo, perhaps the rarest and most splendid of all Kenyan antelopes. Regarding the felines, lions show their mountain adaptation, tree-climbing behaviour and a longer and speckled coat.

Overnight at the Outspan or Aberdare Country Club.

With views of Mount Kenya and framed by the white water of the Chania River, the Outspan is the nearest hotel to the spectacular Karua Falls in the Aberdare National Park.

Nestling on the slopes of Kamatongu Hill, the cottages of the Aberdare Country Club offer splendid views of the plains below with the Aberdare range of mountains to the West and Mt Kenya to the East.

After breakfast this morning return to Nairobi before lunch.