Aberdare Reviews – Page 3 – Reviews 21-30 of 43

Mitchell Klein Visited: July 2014 Reviewed: May 5, 2015

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5/5

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Again, beautiful opportunities to see animals and birds in the wild. I stayed up all night looking at the elephants and other animals at The Ark hotel. Lots of photographic moments.

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aaroy –

KE

Visited: May 2015 Reviewed: May 6, 2015

20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris

The review below is the personal opinion of aaroy and not that of SafariBookings.

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3/5

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Wildlife less visible than in most other parks, because of the thick vegetation. However, when you do see animals, they are usually quite close.

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Sue Green LRPS (suebg1) –

UK

Visited: December 2013 Reviewed: May 26, 2015

Email Sue Green LRPS (suebg1) | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris

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4/5

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The scenery is superb

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denis –

KE

Visited: July 2015 Reviewed: Aug 19, 2015

Email denis | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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5/5

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Everything was actually beyond my expectations

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Rich Vliet –

US

Visited: June 2015 Reviewed: Sep 2, 2015

Email Rich Vliet | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari

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4/5

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In Aberdare, we stayed at the Ark lodge. The ark is unlike anywhere else we went to - once you arrive, you are locked in until the next day. The lodge is surrounded by wildlife, and there are several viewing decks from which to see them. I'm glad this was the first location we went to - I think it would not compare to the parks we went to later on in the safari, but for a first night outside of Nairobi it was a lot of fun. The food and drinks were very good, and the wildlife viewing was very good as well - you can get very close to the animals on the lower level of the lodge. A good first night - I would recommend it as a way to start a safari.

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Russell –

CA

Visited: August 2015 Reviewed: Sep 17, 2015

Email Russell | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari

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4/5

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We were only there for one night, so did not get enough time to assess the area properly. That said, The Ark was a very special place with its own watering hole. We saw a limited number of animals, but the proximity to those animals, and photo opportunities, were excellent. Bird life was abundant first thing in the morning and towards sunset. The biggest regret of our safari was that we wish we'd have stayed at The Ark longer. One down side to The Ark as a safari destination is that you can't travel around the area in search of wildlife, so what you see is what you get. It is very much down to luck what you see.

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NSStone –

AU

Visited: January 2016 Reviewed: Apr 3, 2016

Email NSStone | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari

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4/5

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A beautiful area but harder to spot some wildlife as the jungle is dense

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Cookswell Jikos –

KE

Visited: April 2016 Reviewed: May 4, 2016

Email Cookswell Jikos | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris

Overall rating

5/5

best trout fishing and high moorland waterfalls at 13,000ft with frost in the morning.

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Migara Wijesinghe –

LK

Visited: July 2016 Reviewed: Aug 15, 2016

Email Migara Wijesinghe | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris

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4/5

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Aberdare was quite a chilled out experience. We stayed down at the Ark and that is a really nice place to stay at. Was lucky enough to see 2 leopards during our short one night stay and the experience down at the salt lick was amazing.

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Richard Benjamin –

US

Visited: September 2018 Reviewed: Sep 25, 2018

Email Richard Benjamin | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari

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5/5

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I gave 5 stars to all the parks. We saw the wildlife and the scenery was great.
That’s what we came for