Accommodation
Tawi Lodge offers twelve well appointed Cottages (70m2) with en-suite bathroom, bathtub, fireplace, minibar and wooden-deck veranda. The views of Kilimanjaro mountain are equally great from the rooms as well as from the main builing. The top of Kilimanjaro is often hidden in clouds, however when it shakes off these clouds, the sight is exceptionally beautiful. The main building compromises dining area, lounge with fireplace, bar and a large swimmingpool in front of the lodge.
The lodge is located on a private conservancy of 6,000 acres just five minutes from Kimana Gate, the eastern entrance to Amboseli National Park.
Location
Amboseli became a wildlife sanctuary in the 1940s and was declared a national park in 1974. Amboseli can be very dry and dusty, but the permanent swamps and lakes sustain big numbers of elephants and plains game. It is probably here, at Amboseli National Park, where you encounter Africa's largest and most beautiful big-tusked elephants. Largely untouched by poaching, the park supports about 1500 of these great animals. A photo of an elephant with snow-capped Kilimanjaro in the background is the number-one subject for most vistors and worth the entire trip.
Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, rises more than 5000m above the Amboseli plains. The swamps in Amboseli are fed by rain and meltwater from the peaks of Kilimanjaro.
Wildlife
The elephants are no doubt the kings of the park and they are available in big numbers. These elephants can be seen and photographed easily because of the flat terrain. The elephants in Amboseli, which are also considered to be among the biggest in the country, mainly enjoy the swamps, in which they get cool waters that they share with hippos that hide beneath the papyrus.
A large resident population of wildbeest together with Burchell’s zebra, also have a home in the park. Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelles, bufallo, warthog, black rhino, Maasai giraffe, impala, waterbuck and dik-dik, are also among the grass-eaters there. Baboons and vervet monkeys live in the scarce woodlands.
Lions, spotted hyenas, wild cats, jackals and caracals represent the carnivores. Cheetah and leopards are not so common. As far as birds are concerned, there exists more than 400 species. The park gathers a big population of water birds after the rains.
Activities
Game drives to Amboseli National Park.
Good to know
There is a spa where all types of massages and beauty treatments are offered.
