A crescent of workmanlike stone-built, airily thatch-roofed buildings linked by broad timbered walkways, set amongst green grounds and overlooking a large murram-red waterhole that was jointly constructed with the Kenya Wildlife Service, Voi Wildlife Lodge was opened in 2003 and stands on a 25-acre site just outside the boundary of the national park. It enjoys spectacular views of nearby volcanic outcrops, such as the Kasigau, Sagalla and Mwakingali Hills. Designed to blend unassumingly into the surrounding environment, the lodge boasts a natural waterhole often attracting big game, including elephant, lion, cheetah, buffalo as well as a rich variety of birdlife.

Location

Tsavo East National Park is easily accessible by air and road, and is approximately 160 kilometers from Mombasa, and 326 kilometers from Nairobi. The lodge stands outside the Park boundaries, 5 km from the main Nairobi-Mombasa highway. 

Accommodation

The lodge offers 72 rooms and additional tented accommodation. All rooms are ensuite and feature African décor and private verandas. Rooms for the physically-challenged are available. Laundry services available. 

Dining and bars

The large central dining room (capable of seating 250) offers buffet-styled meals and boasts an entirely separate vegetarian kitchen. There is also an open-air rondavel bar, and a raised promenade to an out-shot ‘Spa Bar’ where soft cream sofas look out over the waterhole, the guardian marabou storks, the acacia-feathered horizons of Tsavo East and, according to the staff, regular visitations from elephant and lion, both of which are attracted by the Lodge’s unwavering supply of water to their pond.   

Child-friendly

The lodge welcomes children; baby-sitting services available, children’s pool area and educational centre.

Conference Facilities

The lodge offers a small gym (charged additionally). The lodge offers a variety of activities for families, including a children's outdoor recreation area, swimming pool and jacuzzi, two badminton courts, a volleyball court as well as table tennis and a pool table. There is also a Discovery Area complete with a mini-library, TV and DVD facilities. 

What to see and do

Highlights and special features

• Game Drive: Experience the real safari – morning and afternoon game drives through the park with our trained driver-guides. Picnic lunches and sundowners can be provided. Tsavo offers some of the most magnificent game viewing in the world – vast herds of dust-red elephant, fat pods of hippo, giant crocodile, teeming herds of plains game, a fantasia of bird life and some magical flora.  
• Bush lunches and dinners: Private ‘bush’ lunches and dinners can be arranged in the bush, complete with waiters, private bar and private BBQ cooking station, campfires and hurricane lamps. 
• Sundowners
• Game tracking