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SOLIO LODGE LAIKIPIA

Solio Lodge Laikipia provides a soothing retreat into the natural world of Kenya’s wonderful wildlife. Simple, chic and modern, Solio offers a fresh look on lodge design. Veering away from a traditional rustic lodge feel, it instead embraces a cleaner look with greenery as a theme throughout, embracing the surrounding vegetation and bringing the natural world in. Stepping through Solio Lodge’s main entrance, guests are immediately hit with a sense of space and light, alongside spectacular views out onto Solio Game Sanctuary through the floor-to-ceiling glass doors and windows. Open-plan spaces together with the high ceilings give a contemporary feel to the lodge which is dotted with plants and funky artwork. A wooden sundeck on the front lawn provides a peaceful dining experience for al fresco breakfasts and lunchtime feasts. Guests will find a bar, various indoor and outdoor seating and plenty of reading material scattered throughout the open plan mess area.

Just five individual cottages provide intimate accommodation at Solio Lodge Laikipia. Each luxury cottage is spaced well apart and is surrounded by greenery looking out into the sanctuary. Private sundecks are perfect for relaxing to the sounds of nature whilst open fireplaces, sumptuous beds and deep bubble baths make the cottages delightfully cosy in the evenings. Guests can luxuriate in double-ended tubs, gazing out through glass-fronted rooms at the star-lit night’s sky. One cottage comprises of a spacious family unit, ideal for larger groups who like to be together.

Guests are welcome to visit Solio’s kitchen ‘shamba’ which is Swahili for small farm or field. Located just behind our family cottage, it’s bursting with herbs, veggies, lemons, a variety of salad leaves and more for our chefs to prepare fresh and nutritious meals. The soils are rich and fertile in this area of Kenya, perfect for nurturing a flourishing kitchen garden. Everything we grow is organic and pesticide-free, making for delicious farm to fork style cuisine for guests to enjoy, as well as helping us to be as sustainable as possible. Our veggies are nurtured by homemade compost made from our garden waste, whilst all organic waste is donated as feed to a local pig farm; it’s too tempting for the monkeys if we add it to our own compost.

Food is very much a part of the guest experience at Solio Lodge Laikipia. Budding young chefs often enjoy a stroll around the shamba to see where their meals come from. If you’re interested in taking a look simply let one of our team know and the gardener will give you a tour. Our managers and kitchen team are passionate about coming up with new recipes which use seasonal ingredients from the garden. Vibrant healthy salad platters and delicious vegetable dishes won’t disappoint those who love to nourish their bodies. An assortment of bright orange, green and red chillis thrive in Solio’s shamba, so if you’re a chilli lover don’t miss Solio’s famous in-house chilli dressing or ‘pilipili hoho’ as it is known in Swahili; be careful as it packs quite a punch! The fragrant aroma of a fresh kafir lime leaf in our welcome drink is always appreciated by guests and homemade tea-time delights can be enjoyed with a freshly brewed cup of locally grown tea or coffee.

We also have a lovely little boutique gift shop located near to the main entrance which you are welcome to visit at any time. It’s full of beautiful, handcrafted goodies made by Kenyan artisans so you can take a little piece of the safari home with you.

TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR OF OUR

OASIS AT SOLIO LODGE

Take a virtual tour of our peaceful oasis at Solio Lodge Laikipia. Check out our customised roof top safari seating. Take in the views from our outdoor dining deck. Discover our stunning rooms. Check out the family cottage. Get excited for your next adventure to Solio. Solio Lodge Laikipia offers the ultimate way to experience this beautiful area of Kenya tucked in a valley between mountains. Take flight in our helicopter. Enjoy a picnic at dawn. Gaze at Mount Kenya. Go fishing. Search for the rare Bongo antelope. Relax. Breath. Reflect.

FIND US ON GOOGLE

Solio Lodge is easy to get to and can be found on Google Maps – you will spot it directly north of Nairobi in the valley between Mount Kenya National Park and the Aberdare National Park. You can also find our other three properties on Google: Sala’s Camp in the Masai Mara, far down on the southern border with Tanzania; Sasaab up in the Samburu region north of Mount Kenya and Giraffe Manor in Nairobi. Guests can fly to Solio Lodge, landing at Nanyuki Airstrip where we will collect you for the 45 minute drive back to the lodge. Alternatively, you can fly directly into the airstrip at Solio with a private charter flight. Driving from Nairobi is also straightforward and takes around four hours, traffic dependent, on good tarmac roads.

SOLIO’S FOOTPRINT

Rhino conservation and more

Conservation Fees

The conservation fees you pay to stay at Solio Lodge directly support the running of Solio Conservancy and its successful rhino breeding programme, helping to protect this vulnerable species for future generations. With rhino horn fetching up to $60,000 on the black market, a full-time team of rangers protect each and every rhino from poachers at all times of the day and night. As such, Solio Conservancy is a rhino paradise, with prolific numbers of both black and white rhinos living harmoniously alongside the other wildlife.

Community

In keeping with The Safari Collection’s ethos of making a positive impact on the communities and wildlife surrounding each of our proprieties, Solio Lodge supports various local initiatives in the community. This has included the improvement of two nearby primary schools with various building projects and teacher training initiatives, as well as supporting a local orphanage.

Visit Solio’s Footprint page to discover how your stay helps make a positive impact. You might also like to visit Our Footprint to see the impact that all our properties and generous donors have made on Kenya’s landscapes, wildlife and people.

SHOP OUR COLLECTION

At home or in the bush, we’ve lovingly chosen our favourite Giraffe Manor items.

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