2-Day Safari in Taita Hills from Mombasa

Salt Lick Lodge is located in the heart of a private Wildlife Sanctuary which lies adjacent to Tsavo National Park, therefore playing an increasingly important role in the protection and conservation of Kenya’s wildlife heritage.  All rooms are built in two storey blocks from a central pod and linked together by elevated platforms overlooking a salt slick and small waterhole.

Early morning and late afternoon game drives provide an ideal opportunity to view and photograph the diverse array of wildlife within the sanctuary. The water holes below provide a wonderful opportunity to view animals at close proximity in their habitat.

The lobby and terraced bar offer excellent views and photographic opportunities, while an underground tunnel and bunker with ground level windows provides unbelievably close, yet safe access to variety of animals as they drink water. Night game drive provide guests with an opportunity of seeing animals not usually encountered on daytime game drive.

Salt Lick Lodge is located in the heart of a private Wildlife Sanctuary which lies adjacent to Tsavo National Park, therefore playing an increasingly important role in the protection and conservation of Kenya’s wildlife heritage.  All rooms are built in two storey blocks from a central pod and linked together by elevated platforms overlooking a salt slick and small waterhole.

Early morning and late afternoon game drives provide an ideal opportunity to view and photograph the diverse array of wildlife within the sanctuary. The water holes below provide a wonderful opportunity to view animals at close proximity in their habitat.

The lobby and terraced bar offer excellent views and photographic opportunities, while an underground tunnel and bunker with ground level windows provides unbelievably close, yet safe access to variety of animals as they drink water. Night game drive provide guests with an opportunity of seeing animals not usually encountered on daytime game drive.

Itinerary

Day 1: Mombasa to Taita

Stop At: Voi, Voi, Coast Province
Meet your driver/guide and depart from your hotel around 6am. Drive North, along the main highway towards Nairobi, following the route of the railway line built by the British, late in the nineteenth century. The road passes through the warehouses and workshops on the outskirts of Mombasa, climbing steadily and soon the vast plains of Tsavo become visible in the distance, with the rolling Taita Hills on the horizon. 

Enter Ngutuni Sanctuary for a game drive which borders with Tsavo East National Park. Lunch at Ngutuni Lodge overlooking a waterhole. 

Afternoon proceed to the Taita Hills Sanctuary arriving at the Salt Lick Lodge, built on stilts overlooking a waterhole where animals come to drink. Around 4pm proceed on a game drive that beholds captivating views of the Taita Hills. The Sanctuary hosts varied species of birds and animals that include Lions, Elephants, Giraffe and Zebras returning to the lodge for dinner.
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Ngutuni Lodge Tsavo East, Ngutuni Wildlife Conservncy, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya
Ngutuni Lodge is located 15 minutes from Tsavo east main gate and 1hr from Tsavo west and Taita Hills.
Ngutuni is one of the lodges situated in the land of history where the European army camped during the construction of the Kenya Uganda railway where many locals and Indians were eaten by the man-eaters of tsavo but the lodge has finally converted the guns into cameras.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, Tsavo West Off Voi Taveta Highway, Tsavo National Park West Kenya
Taita Hills Sanctuary built on stilts overlooking a waterhole where animals come to drink The Sanctuary hosts varied species of birds and animals that include Lions, Elephants, Giraffe and Zebras returning to the lodge.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Saltlick Lodge – Rooms are spacious and the restaurant and main balconies have views over the water hole and salt lick.

Day 2: Taita Hills Lodge – Mombasa

Stop At: Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, Tsavo West Off Voi Taveta Highway, Tsavo National Park West Kenya
Early morning game drive in the Sanctuary. On a clear day, the imposing magnificence of the snowcapped Mount Kilimanjaro crystallizes your morning drive returning to the Resort for breakfast.
09h30 After breakfast proceed on a short game drive in the Sanctuary arriving at the Taita Hills Lodge for lunch. Afternoon drive to Mombasa and onward to your hotel arriving in the evening
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.