Some cheese or good jam at breakfast but overall ok

Direct access to the park View of Wildlife from the room Super friendly staff

Stayed in May 2024

Nothing

Interacting with staff. Had a flu and the Clinic Nurse was so helpful. I witnessed firsthand in the breakfast how the hotel treats their own staff very well. It tells why they are so friendly and motivated. Keep it up. Guys, if you need a place to clear off your mind. Ashnil Aruba is the place to be. No doubt.

Stayed in May 2024

- bug swarms in the evening and night - lose mosquito nets not really protecting - no air conditioning just fans - dinner/lunch bit pricey considering the selection

- in the heart of tsavo east - colorful lizards and monkeys in the gardens - pool with elephants walking behind the fence

Stayed in March 2024

Although the buffet food was OK there could have been more variety. At lunch there were lots of flies around (not their fault). We felt they could have provided better cover than cling film - just a suggestion!

Great location in Tsavo East. Our tent was really comfortable and had views over the park. Quiet spot. Swimming pool was great for a cooling dip and lounge area relaxing. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Our game drives with Tony were amazing. Breakfast was good.

Stayed in January 2024

La qualité de la nourriture

Très beau lodge confortable face au parc du Tsevo

Stayed in February 2024

The dam, close to which the lodge was established, is no longer there. The new waterhole that has been created did not attract much wildlife.

Nice lodge, nice cottages, good food, helpful staff. Good location in the middle of the southern sector of the park.

Stayed in October 2023

There was nothing not to like. For the standards of a country like that it is nice and agreeable to stay.

Breakfast was good but not very creative. Every morning it was the same combination of muesli, fruit, pancakes and savoury potato, rice and vegetable dishes.

Stayed in September 2023

Wi-Fi

Lack of Wi-Fi was very frustrating

Stayed in August 2023

The heat in the room was almost unbearable even with a fan.

Stayed in March 2023

No real entertainment facilities in the hotel in terms of tv, music, board games, etc to keep guests engaged. Also the spa facilities were closed.

Location is perfect for seeing games on drives as well as from your room or hotel's common areas. Beds were comfortable. Rooms had good facilities. Staff was excellent all around and they accommodated all our requests. Our driver was polite, punctual and knowledgeable - we got really good sightings with him on game drives.

Stayed in February 2023

Wifi very poor and only at the bar, price-money ratio has been better at other parks.

Great location nearby the river and game.

Stayed in January 2023

noise…between guest rooms and also from staff at very early hours

great location

Stayed in December 2022

The food was great and location.. we were able to see lions elephants water buffaloes and so many more

Stayed in October 2022

nothing not to like

everything was amazing

Stayed in September 2022

Food wise, I found some veggies a little bit undercooked and bland. I was really disappointed about the pannacotta desert: it was just whipped cream with a red sweet topping, which is absolutely not pannacotta (=cooked cream, literally in Italian). There is room for improvement in the baking area too. In the room I felt that the mattress was a bit weird, maybe to hard maybe, to "springy". I can't really tell what was uncomfortable.

The kindness of the staff is remarkable. I got in touch with Ashnil before the stay to enquire about the prices for game drives. The price was expressed per person and for a shared Landcruiser. At arrival we booked the afternoon game drive. Shortly before we started the game drive, we were told that we had to pay the double of the price, as we were using the Landcruiser alone. A minimum of 4 people was required for the prices we were told in advance. Unfortunately this was not mentioned in the e-mail. We could clarify it with the Lodge Manager and we finally paid the price stated in the e-mail. The breakfast buffet is amazing: a lot of choice, with fresh ingredients and self-made bread.

Stayed in July 2022

Beautiful scenery and atmosphere. The rooms are spacious and very clean. Nice hot shower, with toiletries.

Stayed in June 2022

better wildlife viewing at other lodges

clean, spacious rooms and helpful staff

Stayed in July 2022

We purchased the meals (other than breakfast) separately. This lead to some uncertainty, but allowed us to avoid paying the $25 per meal for our 4 year-old son, so a children's option for meals would have been a plus. they ought to put door closers or silencers on the exterior doors to the rooms. The doors slam in the wind and are very loud when they do.

we enjoyed being out in the savanah, and coming back to a comfortable room and good food. We enjoyed sitting by the fire at night, especially on the evening when we ran into another family from our son's school.

Stayed in June 2022

food wasn’t great but good salads and pasta bar .

clean rooms , amazing to get so close to the animals, good value , kind staff ,

Stayed in February 2022

Some added furniture do not match design e.g plastic

Amazing location at waterhole. Great good and very vlean

Stayed in May 2021

There was a lot that we did not to like about the property. To start with we did not find the staff very friendly in general which was a big difference from a similar resort in a national park where we stayed the night before. The only food available was the buffet which was limited in selections and was of average quality. I would compare the buffet to many of the two and three star hotels I have stayed at in Kenya over the last seven years. The biggest difference is at this resort they did not have a menu you could order off of if you did not want the full buffet menu. During check-in we were not told by the reception staff of the coffee and tea service with cookies and cake that was set-up daily at 3:30 outside the bar area. We checked in around 2:30 (after the buffet had officially closed) and only saw this service mentioned in the guide for the resort in our room. There were literally thousands of crickets all across the resort property to include on the buffet line (the staff draped the buffet line with mosquito type netting to keep the crickets off the food) and in the dining room. It seems this is an annual occurrence so I would have thought there would be some better solution to keep the crickets away/out of the dining area. WiFi is only available in the dining room and bar area of the hotel and it is a very poor quality connection. This was a pretty major inconvenience since the bar area is quite small and you are only allowed to be in dining room at meal times. Again for a "four-star" resort this low level of Wi-Fi service seems to be inconsistent with other hotels in Kenya where we have travelled.

The location was the best part about staying at this lodge. You are at a central location in the national park to go on the various game drive routes. We also had two fans in our room which was a huge help dealing with the high temperatures at this time of the year. The shower in the bathroom was very nice and the beds were comfortable. We were allowed to access the breakfast buffet earlier than the posted hours to accommodate our early departure from the property.

Stayed in March 2024

Food safety was poor.there was ants flying on food and in th juice and just need a better covering for food.there was no wifi in the rooms and was only available at bar and dining area.in current times wifi is a necessity and was stated while booking that its available through out the property which didnt go well when we didnt have it in the bedroom.they need to get wifi extenders and provide this.the viev from room was good.

Food was good

Stayed in December 2023

Nothing

The staff was excellent. Helpful, always with a smile on their faces. We felt really welcome and enjoyed our stay a lot.

Stayed in August 2023

the staff were very friendly and the food was very good !!!

Stayed in July 2023