LIST: SAFARI CAMPS & LODGES IN KENYA
Here are listed individual safari camps & lodges, or collections of camps under one camp owner/operator, in Kenya. We link to the camp's own website where possible, or the camp operator's website. If the camp or its operator doesn't have a website, we link to the tour operator, agent or marketing company with the best details for that camp, which we mark with an asterisk * because there may be other tour operators or agents for that camp who are more suitable to you. | |||||
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| Bedouin Camp | Bedouin Camp is located on the white sandy banks of the Ewaso Ngiro River in the shade of giant river acacias within an 83,000 acre exclusive concession of pristine wilderness adjoining the western border of the famous Samburu Game Reserve. Accommodation consists of four luxury Bedouin tents with four-poster beds, sprung orthopedic mattresses, Persian carpets and flushing toilets. In addition there are three beige Selous tents. All tents are en-suite and overlook the River. Activities include 4-wd game drives (day & night), escorted game walks, fly camps, camel treks and helicopter rides. | ||||
| Campi ya Kanzi | Luxury tented safari camp set up by Luca Belpietro, and his wife, Antonella in the Chyulus hills between the Tsavo & Amboseli parks. Like its neighbour Ol Donyo Wuas (see below), it is a joint venture with the local Maasai tribes. Walking safaris are guided by Maasai and there's plenty of opportunities to meet local villagers and learn about the culture. | ||||
| Cotters | Cotters claim to be the longest safari camp in the business having started back in 1919. Their 1920's Camp is a tented camp in classical 1920's colonial style. They also have a permanent lodge (Bushtops). Both are located in the Maasai Mara game reserve. | ||||
| El Karama | Ranch located between Mt Kenya & the Great Rift Valley offering riding safaris, camping en route, accompanied by a pack string of camels. | ||||
| Elsa's Kopje | A location in the Meru National Park in NE Kenya made famous by the book and the film Born Free about the lion cub(Elsa) raised and returned to the wild by George and Joy Adamson. The lodge with its nine thatched cottages is built into the rocks overlooking a huge plain. It is operated by the luxury safari specialists Cheli & Peacock, | ||||
| Finch Hattons | The man responsible for the wacky idea that you could enjoy fine food, wine, furniture, fittings and fixtures while on safari, was an English aristocrat called Denys Finch Hatton who settled in Kenya just before WW1. The Finch Hattons camp surrounds three freshwater pools in the Tsavo West National park. Accommodation (for up to 50 guests) in in large tents. | ||||
| Galdessa Camp | Tented lodge in Tsavo East National Park with 8 semi-tented thatched bungalows. | ||||
| Governors Camps | Governors have four camps in the Masai Mara located along the Mara river. The main camp, Governors Camp is the original (set up in 1972) and largest with 36 tents looking out over the crocodiles and hippos in the river or across the plains. Little Governors Camp is more intimate with 17 tents located around a large waterhole. Even more intimate is Il Moran with 10 luxurious tents perched on the riverbank. And finally, set on a bend in the river, there's Governor's Private Camp which is the last word in bush luxury and can only be booked by one family or group (up to 16 people) at a time. | ||||
| Kikeche Mara | Luxury tented bush camp in the Masai Mara located under a grove of wild olive and croton trees. They also have a 'private camp' in woods nearby with seven tents, designed for exclusive use by groups or families. | ||||
| Kilalinda | Luxury lodge situated on 8,000 acres of private wildlife conservancy on the edge of Tsavo East, and overlooking the Athi River. Activities include 4-wd game drives (night & day), fishing, river trips, escorted game walks, and fly camps. | ||||
| Kitich Camp | Kitich Camp is a tented camp set in a green oasis in the Matthews Mountain range surrounded by a dry and barren landscape in the Samburu National Reserve... so it is a magnet for wildlife. Safaris are on foot, there being no roads in the area. Kitich has four tents with en-suite bathrooms attached. Purists love it because it is one of the oldest and remotest camps in Kenya and it is a traditional luxury camp without all the mod cons (so kerosene lamps, no roads, and long-drop toilets). | ||||
| Loisaba | A 150 sq kilometre private nature conservancy & cattle ranch in northern Kenya with its own lodge and accommodations, offering a range of activities including safari drives, camel treks, mountain biking, rafting, & horse-riding. | ||||
| Mara Intrepids | Luxury tented safari camp owned by Heritage Hotels under their Intrepid Safari Company brand. This season (during the low season, from March to July 2006) all thirty tents are being replaced with state-of-the-art tents, each with extra large windows, upgraded furnishings including four-poster beds, elegant writing desks, smooth wooden floors with handmade rugs, overhead fans, electronic safes, personal mini-bars and coffee bars. The bathrooms feature marble-topped twin basins, large showers, soft bathrobes etc. Each tent opens onto a softly lit, furnished balcony where guests can choose to dine privately or relax as they watch the wildlife coming to the Talek River to drink. | ||||
| Ol Donyo Wuas | High up on the lists of the safari cognescenti and much praised in reviews, Ol Donyu Wuas is located on a concession of 300,000 acres of communally owned Maasai land between Tsavo and Amboseli National Parks. The camp, with its seven stone cottages, is run by Richard and Tara Bonham who are also involved in a range of education, health and wildlife community projects with the Maasai. Activities at the camp include walking safaris, horse-riding, games drives and visits to the local villages. | ||||
| Ol Malo | A lodge looking out from a rocky hilltop over 5,000s acre of private reserve in north-east Kenya. There are four guest cottages with thatched roofs spread out along the cliff edge. | ||||
| Rekero | Rekaro has been the home of the Beaton family for several generations. There are two options: Rekero Cottages (3 thatched cottages for six guests) situated in the Mara conservation area next to the Masai Mara Wildlife reserve, so you can go on walking safaris, night drives and enjoy cultural visits with the local Masai; and Rekero Tented Camp a seasonal camp inside the Masai Mara Game reserve, catering for up to 14 guests. | ||||
| Rusinga Island Lodge | Luxury lodge with six cottages (+ 1 family cottage) on a small island in Lake Victoria. | ||||
| Sabuk | A lodge set on a cliff overlooking the Ewaso Nyiro River in the Northern Frontier District. There are five secluded and open-fronted cottages with sunken baths with views over the river. Sabuk is noted for two things: it welcomes families and it operates week-long camel safaris into the bush, travelling by camel and camping overnight. | ||||
| Samburu Intrepids | Luxury tented safari camp the banks of the Uaso Nyiro River, owned by Heritage Hotels under their Intrepid Safari Company brand. Sister camp to Mara Intrepids (above) and like them, also upgrading their 27 tents this season. | ||||
| Samburu Serena Safari Lodge | A 62-room lodge in the 104 sq km Samburu National Reserve in the north of Kenya. | ||||
| Serena Mountain Lodge | A 42-room ‘tree hotel’ built at 2,000 metres among rainforest trees on the slopes of Mount Kenya. So it has game viewing and panoramic views to offer. There are forest trails, aerial walkways and game drives on offer. | ||||
| Shompole | Six luxury thatched rooms with individual plunge pools built into the face of an escarpment overlooking the Great Rift Valley. The safari lodge set up in 2003 as a joint venture with the local Masaai. | ||||
| Sweetwaters | Sweetwaters tented camp is located a couple of hours drive out of Nairobi in the 22,000 acre Sweetwaters reserve which claims to have the highest wildlife to area ratio of any park or reserve in Kenya. The camp comprises 30 luxury tents overlooking a waterhole that is floodlit by night. Game drives and excursions are on foot, on horseback, by 4WD and by camel. Formerly managed by Lonrho Hotels Kenya, Sweetwaters Tented Camp has just (April 2005) become a sister camp to Serena Mountain Lodge and Samburu Serena Safari Lodge in the Serena group of Safari Lodges, Hotels and Resorts. | ||||
| Tortilis | Safari camp in the Amboseli National Park with 17 individual tented suites on raised platforms with thatched roofs, modern bathrooms and a view over the plains towards Mt Kilimanjaro. Tortilis won a British Airways Tourism for Tomorrow eco-tourism award in 1995, and a Conde Naste Traveller award for best service in Africa in 2003. | ||||
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