Loisiijo Community

Loisiijo now has 2 sea kayaks available for guests staying at the lodge.

These single kayaks (or one adult and child) are very sturdy and ideal to descend the river when the water is running high, which it has been recently. An ideal half day outing is to start the day early morning by joining the scientists studying the baboons, then canoe down the river from the bridge to the lodge. Depending of the current this could take one to 3 hours. It is fantastic fun, you will meet Masai herdsmen, women and kids collecting water and of course a lots of birds and monkeys.

The bigger game, like zebra, eland and giraffe come to drink in the afternoon, so one would be more likely to meet them on an evening trip.

Photographer Philippe Schaff, Maelle Bissonnet & Robinson Alazraki, Project Managers for Total, came to Loisiijo Lodge for a rest and a chance to take stock shots of their solar products.

Total (yes the green side of the oil company) is selling solar products through its outlets in Kenya aimed at the lower income earners of the population. These products are very well priced and provide good reliable lighting. Interestingly enough, I had purchased some for our staff sometime back without knowing I would meet the people responsible for importing them into the country.

They had some interesting new lights which will soon be on the market in Kenya. They were very kind to leave their samples at the lodge for our use. Very soon we will have a bungalow fully lit by Total Solar.

As you can see, it was not just work for the Total Crew.