1 Day Mombasa to Shimba Hills Kenya Safari

You will be picked from your Mombasa hotel early in the morning and drive to Shimba Hills via the Likoni ferry and through Digo homesteads (local Coastal tribes people) and coconut plantations and arrive at the Shimba Hills National Reserve gate and begin a game drive visiting Sheldrick Waterfalls at 11.00 am escorted by a game ranger.

Shimba Hills National Reserve is the last remnants of tropical rain forest just outside Mombasa and it covers an area of 202 km2. Attractions to see on this 1 day Shimba Hills Safari include casuarinas forests, Marere Dam (a water hole where animals come to drink water), Sheldrick Waterfalls. The landscape is grassland. Animals seen in this area include elephants, buffalos, giraffes, impalas, heartbeats, rare leopards, black and white monkeys, attractive sable antelopes, and roan antelopes and different bird species including tropical guinea fowls, fish eagles, falcons and weaver birds among others.

Drive back to Shimba Lodge for lunch (One of the tree top hotels at the coast region where you have a chance to see animals at the water hole) After lunch head on for another game drive till 3.00 pm where you will check out from Shimba Hills and drive back to your Mombasa hotel arriving in the evening. End of 1 Days Shimba Hills Safari

Shimba Hills Lodge provides excellent accommodation for the one or two nights you’ll want to spend whilst exploring the Shimba Hills National Reserve. Shimba Hills Lodge provides spacious, ensuite, suites or smaller twin or double rooms which share adjacent shower and toilet facilities. All rooms at Shimba Hills Lodge have views of the waterhole to ensure nothing is missed.