This is a great lodge with excellent service that is unfortunately hurt by the rules of Nakuru National park that state that entry fees are for 24 hours continuous stay in the park. Therefore, if you arrive in the afternoon of day 1, but also want to do a game drive on the morning of day 2, you will have to pay twice if staying at Mbweha, whereas if you were staying inside the park, you would only pay once. At $80USD per entry ticket per person, that is quite a penalty for staying outside the park. When comparing prices with other lodges inside the park, this must be taken into consideration if you want to do an afternoon and morning drive on different days which is quite common.
The activities at the lodge are quite expensive as well if you decide not to enter Nakuru, and the game that you can see is limited primarily to pretty common animals such as Zebra, impala, and buffalo.
Too bad, because I liked the place, and I liked the service. The rooms were very cozy and well designed, with nice touches like the slippers and the robes. The staff were very attentive and made it clear that they would do what they could for you (ie arrange a full breakfast at 5:30 AM since we wanted to get into the park as early as we could)
I wish I could recommend it, but the location outside the park and the corresponding additional $80 per person that goes with that tips the scales in favor of the lodges inside, though they have far less charm
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