Aberdare National Park Kenya-1980: Tour Group Walking Toward a Stilted Tree-Covered Lodge by a Waterhole

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Year1980
Decade1980s
LocationAberdare National Park, Nyeri, Kenya
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1980 · Aberdare National Park, Nyeri, Kenya
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What is in this clip

safari tourism
group travel
game lodge
African wilderness
waterhole
holiday arrival
period travel

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · Open grassland clearing with a red-earth track, a stilted lodge surrounded by dense trees, and a waterhole
Time and weather: day · sunny with scattered clouds
Lighting: bright natural daylight with strong contrast, dark foliage and an overexposed sky
People: 30 · A large group of adult tourists seen from behind, in sun hats, light shirts and trousers, several carrying shoulder bags
Landmarks: Treetops
Objects: sun hats · shoulder bags · wooden stilts · lodge building · dirt track
Colors: dark green · red-brown · pale blue · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A safari tour group walks along a dirt track toward the tree-covered stilted lodge.
The group reaches the wooden supports as the camera begins to pan left.
A waterhole and open grassland come into view beside the lodge.
The group gathers under the lodge, with flat-topped trees and clouds behind.

Tour Group Walking Toward a Stilted Tree-Covered Lodge... — Clip Details

Aberdare National Park, Kenya, circa 1980 home movie footage of a large safari tour group walking toward Treetops, a lodge raised on stilts among trees. Tourists in sun hats and light clothing, many with shoulder bags, cross a red-earth track and grass toward the wooden supports under the building. As the camera pans left, a still waterhole and flat-topped trees come into view under a cloudy blue sky. It is one handheld Super 8 shot taken from behind the group.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002399

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1980 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Aberdare National Park, Nyeri, Kenya Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive brief fit: Meets requests for circa 1980 safari tourism in Kenya, especially footage of tour groups arriving at a famous game lodge, for documentaries, travel history or heritage pieces.
Period detail: Sun hats, pale safari-style clothing and shoulder bags on a large organised group may show the package safari tourism of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Home-movie behavior: Shot by a member of the tour from the back of the walking group, it records the visitor's own approach to the lodge rather than a staged view.
What appears in frame: A crowd of hatted tourists, a red-earth track, a lodge on wooden stilts wrapped in dark trees, a still waterhole, flat-topped trees and a cloudy blue sky.
Film character: Super 8 colour with a warm magenta cast, deep shadow in the trees, a bright sky that clips to white, fine grain and a slightly unsteady handheld pan.
Edit role: Works as an arrival or establishing shot for a lodge sequence, or as a short memory beat in a travel montage.
Historical context: Lodges built over waterholes let visitors watch wildlife from above, and this clip shows a large guided group being led on foot to one such lodge.
Research note: Figures are seen from behind and not identifiable, but the lodge is a private commercial property; copyright in the film, any likeness concerns and property or trademark use for the lodge name are separate matters to assess for each use.
Research search match: Treetops lodge Kenya Super 8, safari tourists 1980 home movie, Aberdare game lodge vintage footage, East Africa tour group archive film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's lodge waterhole night wildlife, safari minibuses at thatched huts and the Mount Kenya clips, then other circa 1980 Kenya safari footage, then group-travel arrivals at landmarks.

Still Frames From This Clip

Safari tour group walking toward the stilted Treetops lodge, Aberdare National Park, Kenya, circa 1980 — Tourists head along a red-earth track toward the tree-wrapped lodge, circa 1980.
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Tour group nearing the wooden stilts of Treetops lodge on Super 8 film, Kenya, circa 1980 — The group reaches the posts beneath the lodge as the camera starts to pan.
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Visitors gathering under Treetops lodge beside its waterhole, Aberdares, Kenya, circa 1980 — A waterhole appears at left as the visitors gather under the stilted lodge.
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Waterhole, acacia-dotted plain and tourists at Treetops lodge, Kenya, circa 1980 Super 8 — The pan ends on the waterhole and open plain beside the lodge, circa 1980.
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