Serena Mountain Lodge Hotel Sarova Saba and Treetops Lodge Overbooking Report

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Kenya safari tourism boom isn’t only happening in Mombassa Kenya alone, but also in the Mt Kenya safari circuit, some 665km away from the sunny and sandy coastal beaches of Mombasa and Malindi. Mount Kenya region is emerging from a dry spell that saw lodge and hotel bookings hit the rock bottom because of post-election violence and the global financial crisis.

At Serena Mountain Lodge Hotel, 15km inside Mt Kenya National Park, hotel rooms are fully occupied according to the hotel manager, tourists started coming in late last week. “At the moment we are fully booked. Sometimes we are actually over-booked,” said the lodge’s general manager Mr.Mburugu. More than 100km from Mountain Lodge Sarova Saba lodge in Shaba game reserve is also brimming. Bookings have risen by more than 87 per cent since January, according to the manager, Ms Nguatah.

“The going was very bad in the last one year, but things are really changing for the good. We are fully booked for August,” said the lodge manager. A similar scene was witnessed by African safaris and Adventures tour consultant Esther Muthoni at Treetops Lodge, the tree hotel famous for hosting British royalty. The 102- bed capacity facility was fully booked last weekend, as was Outspan Hotel in Nyeri.

“They are so many of them,” said a visibly excited food and beverages manager at Outspan Hotel Mujomba. But it’s not just the tourist hotels that are reaping from the boom, Tour Operators and travel agents in the area are doing booming business. The safari companies, some which had been forced to lay-off staff last year, are back in business and expanding. “There is a lot of work,” said Mr. Lagat a driver Guide with African Safaris and Adventures. The Mt Kenya circuit, unlike the Coast, attracts conspicuously high-end tourists out for safaris in Kenya and the thrill of lodges, which come at a high price.

Yet not everyone is excited, though hotels under his watch are fully booked, Mr. Wambugu, group sales manager Abardare Safari Hotels, sounded more cautious, he said the tourist boom might be short lived. Sustaining the flow, he added, was the next big challenge. “It is true that things are looking up, but the question is, will the tourists keep coming even after the current high season?” posed the manager. Many hotels at the coast have recorded higher bookings, mostly pulled up by the high season, but there are fears the number might dwindle in the first quarter of 2010.

The government has intensified marketing efforts and has been encouraging Kenyans to tour their country to cushion the sector in the low season. The boom has its dark side as well; Local residents said that the return of the foreign guests has awakened some dark trades, such as prostitution. Apparently, hundreds of tour guides and van drivers are descending on Nyeri town every night, with loads of money to spend on food, excursions, drinks and sex. Some streets in the Nyeri and Nanyuki teem with twilight girls while drinking places and guest houses are packed. “They are so many twilight girls around now. I hear they are making lots of money,” said a local taxi driver.

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Edwin is a specialist in African Safaris and a tour operator. His tour company, African Safaris & Adventures, has presence in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Egypt, Madascar, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Seychelles.

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