Last weekend, Nyaguthi and I plus some other random people visited the Amboseli National Park. On one day, we had lunch at Kibo Safari Camp and we stayed at Ol Tukai Lodge inside the park.
Kibo had great staff who went out of their way to make sure that our time there was great. I even got irritated by this Assistant Manager who was all up in our faces just making sure that we were fine. Later on I realised that it was because someone had arranged for a surprise birthday cake for Nyaguthii. That was fun!
Photos from Kibo:
If you are looking for the following:
1. Open plains with clear views all around;
2. A quiet place to rest;
3. To see endless views of elephants and more elephants;
4. Uninterupted views of Mount Kilimanjaro; and
5. A pretty lodge to relax in.
Then Ol Tukai Lodge is the place for you. The one thing I really didn’t like about the lodge was that the staff were so grumpy. They were not happy, it looked like they were being forced to be there. They didn’t greet guests (unless they were white!) and our group had the only blacks there. It was like they were doing us a favour by being there. Only 2 staff members said hi and one even went the extra mile to make that effort. For that reason, if I was paying a shilling, I would not go to Ol Tukai. I miss Sarova Shaba. They should train the staff at Ol Tukai.
Photos from Ol Tukai: