Shimba Lodge: gallery
Shimba Lodge: picture gallery
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![Shimba offers some of the best encounters with forest willife in Kenya – like this bush baby…](/images/lodge/18189_l.jpg)
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![…and this inqusitive and handsomely coloured squirrel.](/images/lodge/18251_l.jpg)
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![You can fly in by charter, but most guests drive up to the lodge from their beach hotel.](/images/lodge/18215_l.jpg)
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![The lodge is inside Shimba Hills National Park…](/images/lodge/18227_l.jpg)
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![…but your driver will take care of formalities.](/images/lodge/18216_l.jpg)
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![Shimba Lodge feels almost part of the forest environment. (The dish is for mobile network, not TV).](/images/lodge/18217_l.jpg)
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![The central areas are quite limited, with a small shop and office…](/images/lodge/18219_l.jpg)
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![…a lounge bar on one side, and the dining terrace, with its absorbing view, on the other.](/images/lodge/18220_l.jpg)
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![Everywhere you look there are arresting juxtapositions of the man-made and the natural…](/images/lodge/18221_l.jpg)
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![…and the lodge has really close contact with the forest…](/images/lodge/18222_l.jpg)
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![…especially noticeable when you walk out along the walkway…](/images/lodge/18223_l.jpg)
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![…through the trees…](/images/lodge/18229_l.jpg)
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![…and look back to the lodge.](/images/lodge/18224_l.jpg)
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![It's really fun to come out here after dark, when the lamps are lit.](/images/lodge/18230_l.jpg)
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![From the walkway, you can also see that the rooms are pretty small.](/images/lodge/18228_l.jpg)
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![It's actually tricky to step back enough to get a shot of the whole room – but you get the picture.](/images/lodge/18231_l.jpg)
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![Old-style mosquito nets do the job…](/images/lodge/18232_l.jpg)
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![…so long as you're not especially broad or long.](/images/lodge/18233_l.jpg)
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![The rooms are equipped with everything you need, including bottled water and towels…](/images/lodge/18234_l.jpg)
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![…for your visit to the shared showers…](/images/lodge/18235_l.jpg)
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![…and toilets.](/images/lodge/18236_l.jpg)
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![The facilities are basic…](/images/lodge/18237_l.jpg)
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![…but well looked after…](/images/lodge/18239_l.jpg)
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![…and the ladies' bathrooms have decent mirrors.](/images/lodge/18240_l.jpg)
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![If you take one of the suites…](/images/lodge/18241_l.jpg)
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![…you get a lot more room…](/images/lodge/18242_l.jpg)
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![…and more comforts, including better mosquito nets (fortunately there are few mosquitoes here).](/images/lodge/18243_l.jpg)
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![The style of the en-suite bathrooms…](/images/lodge/18244_l.jpg)
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![…with simple shower and toilet…](/images/lodge/18245_l.jpg)
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![…is similar to the shared bathrooms.](/images/lodge/18246_l.jpg)
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![The suites also have their own verandas, though they are somewhat further from the action…](/images/lodge/18247_l.jpg)
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![…and most people spend the evening on the dining terrace, where the jungle atmosphere is intense…](/images/lodge/18248_l.jpg)
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![…and the visitors, like this stunning hawk moth, can be quite unexpected.](/images/lodge/18250_l.jpg)
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