Amboseli National Park is in Loitoktok
District, Rift Valley Province of Kenya, about 250 kilometres southeast of the
capital Nairobi, close to the border with Tanzania.
The park is 39,206 hectares (392 square
kilometres; 151 square miles) in size that spreads across the Kenya-Tanzania
border. On a clear day there are views of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest
free-standing mountain in the world.
The park is famous for being the best
place in Africa to view free-ranging elephants. The park has plains and
wetlands, which the elephants wander around freely. The climate can change from
drought to flood, so the landscape can change from one season to another.
Amboseli has
an underground water supply, filtered through thousands of feet of volcanic
rock from Mount Kilimanjaro’s ice cap, which funnel into two clearwater springs
in Amboseli National Park.
Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge is
located within Amboseli National Park, which lies close to the Tanzanian
border. There is only one other accommodation lodge located within the national
park, about 6 kilometres from the Serena.
The
Serena Safari Lodge is surrounded by acacia trees, overlooking the Kapiti
plains. The luxury rooms are single-stoned buildings with Masai-inspired hand-painted
wall frescos, mosquito-curtaining, bathroom (with walk-in shower), writing desk,
and private veranda.
Visitors
cross a small wooden bridge and water garden to the central dining area. There
is also a large lounge and bar with a broad terrace for viewing the plains,
where staff continuously serve tea and coffee throughout the day. Next to this
area is an outdoor swimming pool.
MARTINA NICOLLS is an international
aid and development consultant, and the author of:- Similar But Different
in the Animal Kingdom (2017), The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament
(2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a
Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).
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