Ol Tukai Lodge is that lodge that makes you wander for distraction, but at the same time, it makes you feel fulfilled anytime you visit it. This is a place you visit that quietly rewrites your idea of an escape. This is one of the best lodges in Kenya that offers you the best spots where you will see elephants and the backdrop of the tallest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro. Welcome to Ol Tukai Lodge with Adequate Safaris and let your life begin at the end of your comfort zone. At the end of the day, no one can discover the world for you, apart from you. Email us directly via our email at deals@adequatesafaris.com or call our WhatsApp at +254 711 711 498
History Of Ol Tukai Lodge
Ol Tukai Lodge was originally opened in 1996 when a group of film makers were making their film of snow in Mount Kilimanjaro. The lodge shares a rich cultural history with the Masai community, the European explorers and the colonial government. Filming of The Snows of Kilimanjaro in 1948, gave this lodge more popularity to the Western people and all over the world. Today this lodge holds as a place of unique safaris and is most ideal for first time travelers, wildlife enthusiasts, honeymooners and families.
Location Of Ol Tukai Lodge
Ol Tukai Lodge Amboseli is positioned well inside Amboseli National Park. Its strategic position in the park, ranks it as one of the best lodges in Kenya that offers the best unparalleled views to watch massive herds of elephants. Most famous writers have named these views as “A home for the gods”. At the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro is where this lodge has been built in Amboseli, at the border of Kenya and Tanzania. The lodge is also a luxury accommodation lodge, but hey, it doesn’t break your bank.
Accommodation Offered At Ol Tukai Lodge
The lodge has done a great job in investing, especially when it comes to accommodation. They have a total of 80 luxury chalet-style twin rooms. These rooms are divided into different categories, double rooms, twin rooms, disability-friendly rooms and triple rooms. All rooms are spacious and suited for all types of different travelers as they offer views of the Amboseli National Park and what it offers. The twin rooms are ideal for groups of friends, triple rooms are the best for families and the standard ones offer the best uninterrupted views of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Room Amenities
For a comfortable stay and to ensure guests match their internet expectation to the reality of what the lodge offers. Expect to have certain amenities in your rooms such as a small refrigerator, coffee making facilities, 24/7 Wi-Fi, en-suite bathrooms, safes, a comfortable chair and working desk, an LCD TV screen air conditioning and an individual terrace.
Culinary Options Offered At Ol Tukai Lodge
Dining at Ol Tukai Lodge is just as matched as it is with the whole experience of staying at this lodge. The lodge has well trained professional chefs, who prepare for your local and international cuisines that match your expectations. As you dine, there is always a local artist playing musical instruments in a way you will feel relaxed. Where lunch is served, it is open to allow you watch wildlife such as elephants, buffalos and zebras.
Elephant Bar & Pool Bar
The beautiful elephant bar is open air located between the dining room and the lounge area. This place serves you, your favorites alcoholic drinks, cocktails fresh juices, beers and spirits. The selection is endless. It is also the best place to relax and unwind after tiresome morning and afternoon game drives. At the pool bar the staff their make tasty fruit punch, as you soak in the beautiful sunsets and swim in the pool. Adequate Safaris surely knows the best accommodation places that match up to your tastes and preferences.
Things To Do At Ol Tukai Lodge
In Amboseli National Park, one of the best lodges in Kenya that offers you dopamine engaging activities is the Ol Tukai Lodge. Some of the most exciting activities and excursions you will enjoy at this lodge include:
- Game Drives: Every morning after breakfast and late in the afternoon, you will head out for an engaging game drive to explore Amboseli National Park. You will spot wild life such as buffalos, zebras and herds of elephants with a well-trained professional guide from Adequate Safaris.
- Birdwatching: According to records, there are more than 300 bird species recorded in Amboseli National Park, that you will get to spot in the company of a specialist Ornithologist. Don’t forget to bring along a camera for this excursion.
- Visits To The Masai Community: This activity is usually an optional one, but one that connects you intimately with your Amboseli National Park safari. You get to learn the Masai culture, dance with them and use their colorful red tunics.
- Visiting The Elephant Research Center: Amboseli National Park is associated for having the best massive herds of elephants unlike anywhere else in the world. Since you are staying at Ol Tukai Lodge, this is something you have to do. Here you will learn more about preservation efforts the park does to conserve the elephant population. How they do their research and more.
- Wildlife Viewing: On your open air 4×4 Landcruiser from Adequate Safaris, some of the wildlife you will encounter at the park are the African lion, spotted hyenas, zebras, gazelles, the cape buffalo, cheetahs, elephants, wildebeests and jackals. Number of wildlife species at the park make your game drives more exciting.
Final Thoughts
With no favoritism or any association linked with the lodge, this review is honest, authentic and true to the best of my precision. Ol Tukai Lodge is among the best lodges in Kenya located in Amboseli National Park, that makes you feel like a bird with wings ready to observe and take in nature from both the lens of your eyes and a camera, if you happen to have one. Once you visit this lodge, it is a guarantee, you will never be completely at home again, why? Because part of your heart will always remain at the Ol Tukai Lodge. Send your enquiry today via our email at deals@adequatesafaris.com or call our WhatsApp number +254 711711 498
