Ashnil Aruba Lodge | Tsavo National Park
Ashnil Aruba lodge is a luxury accommodation (4-star) found in the heart of Tsavo East National Park in south East Kenya. The lodge is found in Voi areas while overlooking the Aruba dam where it takes its name from. The lodge is set on 25 square miles of land scape . One can be at the lodge by Road Transport from Nairobi city which takes approximately 400km (4-5 hours drive ) to the lodge and 160 km from Mombasa to the lodge then an hour to fly from Nairobi to the closest airstrip then 25 minutes’ drive to be transferred to the lodge. The lodge is under Ashnil hotels that offers unique luxury accommodations across Kenya and Tanzania. The lodge is business friendly and convenient to the luxury guests with its beautiful view over the Aruba Dam , Tsavo savannah grass land , wildlife and surrounding areas.
Ashnil Aruba Lodge consists of 46 en-suite elegant rooms and 6 luxury tents that reflects Kenyan traditional building styles with modern comfort . Rooms and Tents are well decorated, elevated with raised wooden platform and furnished with private en suite facilities like flushing toilets, hot and cold showers/Bathtubs, mosquito nets, satellites , flat screen TVs , extinguishers , hair driers and many more facilities . Rooms have private balconies, terraces and sitting areas, you relax while enjoying the stunning view of the savannah plains and surrounding area . Rooms are well equipped with comfortable clean beddings containing king and queen sized beds . There are campfires at the lodge that provides warmth to visitor in cold nights. Rooms are in different categories and sizes like ; single ,double ,twin and triple/family rooms and room cost 300$ per night and above, sometimes the rate goes slightly high during peak/high seasons than in Low season.
Ashnil aruba lodge offers more services and facilities which include; A restaurant that serves different meals both international and African- inspired meals that meets guests choice ; A continental breakfast ,lunch and dinners both in and outdoor dinners served by well trained, friendly and organized staff ,they also serve bush diners , A well stocked bar with variety of drinks , local ,cocktail , wines, spirits and international beers, A blue water outdoor swimming pool that cools off the hot afternoon of Tsavo with a pool bar/lounge, you relax in water/ sundeck and sip the cocktail or monk tail while overlooking the spectacular view of the dam , Savannah plains , wildlife visiting the lodge and surrounding area , Free parking space available, offers airport pick -ups and drop-offs, Laundry services available , WIFI available in the rooms that enables visitors to keep in touch with their families and friends, business centers with receptions , conference halls with a capacity of 20 people , meeting places and honey moon packages etc. Healthy and fitness centers with beauty spa , Gym, massage ,steam bath , Excellent and comfortable clean beddings, Craft shop available at the hotel with more African style gifts like shoes, safari essentials, Recreational facilities include ; swimming , game viewing, football playing , boating to mention but a few.
Tsavo national park is largest national park in the world covering the total area of 22,000km squared and its divided into two separate parks located in Kenya Province between Nairobi city and Mombasa. The two different parks in Tsavo national park include; Tsavo east national park which is the oldest and largest park in Kenya found in the semi arid areas of Taru desert occupying the total area of 13,747 kilometers squared and Tsavo west national park also covers the total area of 9,065 kilometers squared . The Two park are most visited with different categories of accommodations; Budget , Mid range and Luxury accommodation that are convenient and affordable to visitors visiting the park. Tsavo national park has a variety of wildlife like; Elephants, Rhinos, Hippos, Buffaloes, Zebras , Leopards, Giraffes , Cheetahs, Lions Mention but a few and over 500 species of birds which include; ostriches, starling , weaver birds, Kingfishers, hornbills etc. There are more activities to do while in the park and at the lodge which include , game drive in the park which enables you to spot different animals in the park and the lions visiting the camp , nature walks in the park, Hot air balloon rides that gives good view of the Savannah plains at 450$ per person , hand craft safaris, Camping ,Flying safaris, cultural visits in the villages, Farm visits , Horseback riding in the park, Bird watching/Birding since the park has more species bird ,the watchers cant be disappointed, Nature walks etc. The park has some other attractions like; Rolling rock , Mzima springs, safaris Moru Kopjes, Tsavo river and many others.
