Tamimi Kenya Ltd is delighted to announce that they are building a lodge on Solio Game Reserve to add their portfolio of properties (Giraffe manor, Sasaab and Sala's camp). As of june 2010, Tamimi will takeover the tourism management of Solio Game Reserve.
Solio Ranch is a 45,000 acre ranch, with a 17,000 acre game conservancy.Tamimi Kenya Ltd will be constructing a small luxury lodge within the conservancy, which will open in July 2010. The lodge will be built using local materials and will consist of 6 opulent individual cottages. Each unit will have ensuite bathrooms and private decks and will excuisitely finished with a warm comfort zone feeling, large plate glass windows to encapsulate the expansive views and cosy fireplaces in the bedrooms.
Established in 1970, Solio Game Reserve is home to over 74 Black and 155 White Rhinoceros which live in harmony with other wildlife including Buffalo, Zebra, Giraffe and other game species such as Eland, Oryx, Impala, Waterbuck, Thomson's Gazelle and Warthog. cats include Lion, Leopard and Cheetah. In addition to this, an abundance of birdlife is scattered amongst permanent water holes and the acacia lined Moyo River which traverses the entire reserve. Nestles between the Aberdare Mountain Range and the majestic Mt. Kenya, Solio Game Reserve is a true Jewel not to be missed while visiting Laikipia.
Solio Game Reserve is also internationally recognized as the most successful private rhinoceros breeding reseverve in Kenya and is responsible for having translocated to other parts of Kenya over 100 black and 60 white rhinoceros over the years, including 6 to Uganda. The main purpose of the game reserve is to provide a refuge to wildlife which would otherwise be deprived of suitable habitat and such, is an immensely important contribution to the conservation of wildlife in Kenya.
The Carr-Hartley family has long had a relationship with Solio, as the conservancy was originally stocked with rhinoceros and other wild animals by Mikey Carr-Hartley's family to create the reserve which protects the endangered Black Rhino.
Solio's geographic position makes it the perfect destination enroute to the "Northern Circuit" and provides plenty of exciting activities including walking, trout fishing on the Aberdares and Mt Kenya, helicopter flights and horse riding. The lodge is accessible both by vehicle and plane. Charter flights can access the Solio Private Airfield and scheduled flights regularly fly to Nanyuki ( a 20 minute road transfer from Solio). By road, the journey takes around 3 hours from Nairobi (situated 180 kilometers north of Nairobi or 30 kilometers north of Nyeri on the Nyeri-Nyahururu road).
Bookings for Solio will open on 1st march 2010. For more information, please contact the Safari Collection on marketing@thesafaricollection.com.
