I was just at Baker and Sons Safari Lodge and had the best time with my husband and youngest daughter (7 months old). I'd highly recommend it for some once in a lifetime experiences! The lodge itself is just amazing. The owners built it themselves, with local help, and have made it a great blend of a rustic style you'd expect from a safari lodge in the bush and modern comforts. The room and bathroom were made of rock and cement that was both beautiful and safe from the baboons and other animals around. I am not sure I've ever seen a more beautiful bathroom. The beds had mosquito nets on them. The building looked like it was right out of Swiss Family Robinson, with a very nice shared porch on top of the room with a couch, tables where we had meals and a record player. While out in nature, we were not roughing it. There was reliable wifi and electricity (which was great to power the huge fan above our bed), hot water in the nice rainfall shower. The food was excellent. Breakfast was a full English breakfast with eggs, baked beans, toast with jam and peanut butter, fresh local fruit, coffee and tea. The packed lunches when we were out on safari and the lion tour were delicious and varied. They included homemade samosas (in varied spiciness levels), chicken wraps made with homemade chapati, pulled BBQ chicken on a bun, coleslaw, and homemade banana muffins, depending on the day. There was a variety of local soft drinks and bottled water available. At night, dinner was delicious. It was mostly barbecue, skewers of steak and vegetables, fries, rice, sausage, tomato salad, garlic knot buns and more delicious things. There were drinks and coffee and tea and dessert. We had a great time on safari. It is very close to the lodge. We saw giraffes (so many), impalas, warthogs, water buffalo, hippos and even a few elephants! If you are deciding which region and reserve to go to for a safari, I'd recommend the Selous Game Reserve, there were so many animals to see. We even saw some ones I had never heard of before, coming from Canada, the water buck and the koodoo. We didn't see lions or zebras, but we were told that they are there, just are seen about once a week. The lion tour is really unique and something you can't get from any other safari lodge in the area and maybe no where else at all. We've been all over the world and haven't seen anything like it before. The lion story itself is very interesting and it is touching what the Baker And Sons Safari Lodge has done as a monument to the people who died, but what I thought was even more interesting and unique was visiting a family and seeing how they live. I think it would be especially great to bring kids to, but it was impactful for my husband and I too. We were welcomed by a family with three wives and got to meet them and their children and see inside their homes and their farm and learn about their way of life. I never thought I'd be able to do that. The grounds are beautifully landscaped and th
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