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20-year lodge row haunts Kajiado as unpaid debt balloons to Sh1b

All that remains of Kenya's once-crowned safari tourism jewels, Amboseli Lodge and Kilimanjaro Safari Club in Kajiado County. [Francis Ontomwa, Standard]

Deep in the heart of the sprawling Amboseli ecosystem lie two ghostly shells of what were once Kenya’s crown jewels of safari tourism, now sitting in ruin.

On site, faded signboards, collapsing walls and an eerie silence haunt the once leafy courtyards, Amboseli Lodge and Kilimanjaro Safari Club, two iconic lodges just 800 feet apart.

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