Beach and Tides
Your life on the beach in Kenya will be strongly influenced by tides. In fact, with an interval of almost six hours, sea level changes with intervals that may extend beyond 12 ft. At low tide you can take long walks on the sea bed and reach normally submerged islands. At the reception of the Lodge, a table will show you the timing of the two phases so you can plan your excursions. In front of Lonno Lodge the low tide creates three small beaches, and you can take a pleasant walk under the cliffs until Papa Remo Beach, and the beginning of the long beach of Ocean Breeze with very little...
Read MoreSavannah
We believe that going on safari without a telephoto lens is a pity. But this time we went against the stream because .. sure, the details of wildlife are exciting, but without a wide angle how could we describe the infinite spaces of the savannah, the infinite sky at 360 degrees, the green of the vegetation that grows in symbiosis to the river in contrast to the burn earth that hug it ? This is the reason why we went to the Tsavo East boundary voluntarily leaving the telephoto lens at home. Gentlemen, this is Savannah.
Read MoreMalindi, Kenya: daily life.
Walking through the Malindi streets, next to the fake “original africans” shops, you will find the original ones, those that characterize the local day life.
Read MoreNazir’s brass
For the western people, used to choose the desired objects on a brochure, in shops or supermarkets, it seems pretty unusual that to buy a lamp you have to select a pattern in the images of a book, make pencil sketches and then look at the craftsman who will create it. This was the case for Lonno Lodge’s brass lamps, present in the exteriors and in some rooms, and that was the procedure we followed. It was not easy to find a craftsman, but it was a pleasure to meet Nazir who from thin sheets of brass, with great care and bending, eventually embossed with a clever job of chasing to create...
Read More… “more than a lodge”
A nice collection of pictures shot by a guest of ours during a recent stay at our lodge. Check out his profile, he has some more interesting...
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