| Budget & Midrange accommodation in | | | | Despite its quirks Treetops reeks of charm, and |
| Aberdares | | | | there is still one lone tree meandering its way, |
| The following accommodation must be booked | | | | through the floors, ceilings, and walls near the |
| through park headquarters | | | | reception. Besides a great rooftop, wildlife viewing |
| Public campsites basic sites with minimal | | | | area and photographic hides, there's an onsite |
| facilities-some have hot water. | | | | naturalist who give talks and happily answers |
| Tusk camp near Ruhuruini gate, these four | | | | question. |
| cottages provide beds for eight to 10 people,a | | | | ARK what this modern upscale version of the |
| kitchen area (no pots utensils etc),toilets, hot | | | | treetops lacks in history and charm, it makes up |
| water, a dining,/lounge area and great views. | | | | for in comfort and wildlife viewing. Sitting higher in |
| Sapper Hut a simple Banda, with an open fire two | | | | the Aberdares Arks floodlit waterholes surrounded |
| beds and a hot-water boiler, overlooking a | | | | by grasses and mountain forests, which attracts |
| waterfall on the upper Magura River. You will need | | | | a wider array of animals than Treetops. |
| to bring everything from drinking ware to bedding. | | | | Nightly visitors typically include elephants, rhinos, |
| Kiagondoro fishing lodge | | | | buffalos and spotted hyenas. Spotting a leopard is |
| Sitting in an excellent spot on the high moor by | | | | less likely, but still a real possibility. Like Treetops, |
| the Gura River, these two large cottages offer | | | | they dubiously spread salt to attract wildlife, but |
| bathrooms, gas-powered kitchens, dining rooms | | | | here its confined to a smaller area, meaning there |
| and fireplaces. | | | | is less trampling of vegetation along the water line |
| Luxury Accommodation in Aberdare Park | | | | (crucial for timid species to approach). |
| Prices below include transfers (self drive isn't | | | | Getting there and away |
| permitted) form Outspan Hotel in Nyeri (for | | | | Access roads from the B5 hwy to the Wanderi's, |
| Treetops) and Aberdare Country Club near | | | | Ark, Treetops and Ruhuruini gates are in descent |
| Mweiga (for Ark).Children under seven are | | | | shape, while the road from Nyeri to Kiandongoro |
| prohibited at both lodges. | | | | is just horrendous. |
| Treetops (mid-Jul-Dec full board s/tw with shared | | | | Regular Nyeri-Mweiga pass KWS headquarters and |
| bathroom, it was at this very floodlit waterhole in | | | | the main park gate. Since trekking the Salient is |
| 1952 that a sleeping princess became queen | | | | inadvisable, most trekkers use the Wanderi's gate. |
| Elizabeth after the death of George In 1957 after | | | | Nyeri's Outspan hotel charges for wildlife drives |
| the Mau Mau guerillas turned the original into ashes | | | | into the lower Salient, while the Aberdare Country |
| a much larger rendition was built on the opposite | | | | Club charges per vehicle; both rates exclude park |
| side of the waterhole. | | | | entry fees. |
| Today, with faded, peeling, bark siding and cast | | | | If you are lover of nature and forest |
| iron spiral staircases, treetops' exterior resembles | | | | sorroundings, we suggest you try either the Ark |
| a weathered shipwreck. The narrow lined | | | | or the Treetops, favourably reffered to as the |
| hallways, miniature rooms, bench-seated dining | | | | Africa Kenya tree house. |
| halls and shared bathrooms are just as ship-like, | | | | Enjoy! |
| but thankfully they don't scream nautical disaster. | | | | |