Lions Bluff lies 48km west of Voi on the Taveta Road within the 125,000 acre Lumo Community Wildlife Sanctuary.Direct down the main Mombasa road to Voi.
From Voi take the turning to Taveta. This turning is the Mombasa side of the petrol station. Initially about 20km of broken tarmac to Mwatate, beware two nasty unmarked bumps within one village on a straight piece of tarmac about 10km from Voi. At Mwatate the road improves to a murram surface for the rest of the drive. The road follows the route of the railway ( now disused but once a vital supply line for the British led forces of world war one ). Once on the murram after Mwatate continue to Bura. You enter the Taita Hills Sanctuary by passing a cattle grid and electric fence. Continue, but be mindful of elephants, and you will come to the turning for the Taita Hills Lodge. From there it is exactly 5 km further down the road to the entrance gate to Lumo. You cross a second elephant grid to leave Taita Hills sanctuary and immediately pass a small shop on your left. Continue about 600m from the elephant grid and you will see a sign for Lumo Community Wildlife Sanctuary and Lions Bluff on the left hand side of the road. Turn in left here, take the most obvious track. 1km along this you will come to a fence line and the Lumo Community Wildlife Sanctuary entrance gate. You can see Lions Bluff Lodge from the gate and it is a 5 km game drive to and along the Bluff to reach the comfort of Lions Bluff.
DIRECTIONS FROM ARUSHA TO LIONS BLUFF
Drive due East from Arusha to Moshi then cross the border into Kenya
Follow the (murram) road from Taveta ( The Kenyan side of the border) to Voi again due East.
60 kms along this enter Mwakitau town. There is a police check and on the left of the road a green metal Lions Bluff signpost signing 16 kms to the turning.
15 km out of Mwakitau town, just across a railway crossing, there is an identical sign on the right together with a larger wooden and stone signpost for Lumo Community Wildlife Sanctuary.
Take this turning to your right and follow the most obvious road. 1km to the gate. 5 km from the gate to the lodge |
