Destinations: <span>Salt Lick Lodge</span>

The Salt Lick Safari Lodge in Tsavo West, Kenya, is one of the country’s most renowned lodges and is globally celebrated as one of the most photographed lodges. Its unique stilted architecture, built around a waterhole frequented by wildlife, provides guests with unparalleled opportunities to observe animals like elephants, giraffes, and zebras directly from their rooms or the lodge’s viewing points. This makes it a dream destination for photographers and nature enthusiasts alike.

Located within the Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, the lodge offers a luxurious escape with excellent service. Guests can enjoy day and night game drives, exploring the rich biodiversity of the area, or venture to nearby attractions such as the Tsavo East National Park and the scenic Taita Hills. The lodge is also in the iconic Tsavo region, famously featured in the film The Ghost and the Darkness, which dramatizes the story of the man-eating lions of Tsavo during the construction of the Uganda Railway in the 1890s

Safari

A is an overland journey, usually a trip by tourists to Africa. In the past, the trip was often a big-game hunt, but today, safari often refers to trips to observe and photograph wildlife—or hiking and sightseeing, as well.

The Swahili word safari means journey, originally from the Arabic meaning a journey; the verb for “to travel” in Swahili is kusafiri. These words are used for any type of journey, e.g. by bus from Nairobi to Mombasa or by ferry from Dar es Salaam to Unguja. Safari entered the English language at the end of the 1850s thanks to Richard Francis Burton, the famous explorer.
The Regimental March of the King’s African Rifles was ‘Funga Safari’, literally ‘tie up the March’, or, in other words, pack up equipment ready to march.

In 1836 William Cornwallis Harris led an expedition purely to observe and record wildlife and landscapes by the expedition’s members. Harris established the safari style of journey, starting with a not too strenuous rising at first light, an energetic day walking, an afternoon rest then concluding with a formal dinner and telling stories in the evening over drinks and tobacco.