Aberdare National Park

The Solio lodge on the 55 000 acres of Solio Game Reserve, a private wildlife sanctuary is in the scenic valley between the peaks of the Aberdare Mountains and the slopes of Mount Kenya. Kenya's Solio Lodge is recognized as the most successful private rhino breeding reserve in the country allowing guests to experience fantastic sightings of up to 42 rhinoceros at a time. As the only lodge in this reserve, travelers enjoy the most exclusive stay at this luxurious lodge.

This lodge, modeled on Noah’s Ark from the Bible, overlooks a floodlit waterhole and salt lick inside the Aberdare National Park. tucked into the thick, verdant forests of Kenya's Aberdare National Park, iconic and yes, quirky. The Ark overlooks a floodlit waterhole and salt lick, which attracts a host of awesome wildlife. you get to be holed up in The Ark as animals come to drink at the nearby brightly lit waterhole.

The Aberdare Country Club, only a two-and-a-half-hour drive northeast from Nairobi, is nestled on a slope of Mweiga Hill in the Aberdare Highlands, part of the Great Rift Valley. The Aberdare Country Club offers views that had me proclaiming this area the most beautiful part of Kenya I had ever seen.The views, consisting of the Solio Game Sanctuary (famous for its rhinos) to the north, the Aberdare Mountains to the west, and Mount Kenya to the east, are simply stunning!

Thomson's Falls Lodge is located at the world's famous Thomson's Falls. One can always view the falls from the Lodge as the site is breathtaking or take 20 minutes or so to walk down the bottom of the Gorge. The area was originally a part of the indigenous forest surrounding the famous falls which to date is home to many animals like the Columbus monkeys and various bird species.