Solio Lodge is located within Solio Ranch - a privately owned wildlife conservancy situated in Nanyuki town, Laikipia County. The lodge lies 22 kilometres North of Nyeri Town precisely on GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) coordinates Latitude S 000.15’4.512 and Longitude E 360.52’43.776.
Facilities
The lodge was opened in August 2010. It has six (6) luxurious cottages each en suite with large glass pane windows for natural lighting and landscape views. Each room has a private lounge. The cottages are built of grass thatched roof supported by wooden structures. The facility has a bed capacity of 12 guests and employs 30 staff for its operations.
Solio Ranch: measures approximately 17,500 acres parcel of land, fenced and protected area geared towards rhino conservation. The Ranch plays a major role in the protection and breeding black rhinos in Kenya. Its conservation and breeding programme has been successful through providing stock for translocation to other sanctuaries, such as Nakuru, Tsavo and the Aberdares National Park. In 2004, six white rhino were relocated to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. In 2007 the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and Lewa Wildlife Conservancy undertook the largest ever rhino translocation in East Africa when they moved 34 black rhinos from Solio to Ol Pejeta on the Laikipa Plateau. The Ranch is also home to other wildlife, including the buffalo, zebra, giraffe and plains game such as eland, oryx, impala, waterbuck, Thompsons gazelle and warthog. It is a haven for birdlife including grey-crowned cranes.
