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Kenya Safari Lodges - Hotels, Lodges and Luxury Tented Camps
Outstanding nature and unique culture is not the only thing that Kenya has to offer. Here you can find some most exclusive hotels and lodges which will make your Kenyan experience perfect.
Carefully selected Hotels, Lodges & Luxury Tented Camps in the following destinations:
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Accomodation at Amboseli National Park
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Serena Amboseli Lodge 5* - Amboseli National Park
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The lodge itself draws on a subtle Maasai cultural motif, featuring natural woodcarvings, traditional artifacts and a glowing selection of local art.
The rooms, each with an uninterrupted view over the ever-changing vistas of the African plains, are styled to a traditional Maasai concept featuring beadwork, gourds, hand-painted murals and the clever use of the traditional manyatta bent-brushwood effect so as to blend an authentic nomadic aura with all the comforts of unabashed five star luxuries.
Facilities: 96 rooms, bar, restaurant, swimming pool
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Ol-Tukai Lodge 5* - Amboseli National Park
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Ol Tukai Lodge is one of the best spots in Kenya to watch elephants with the backdrop of Africa's highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro.
The lodge is spaciously laid out and has well maintained flat lawns, gardens and wide open spaces. It is an ideal spot for star gazers in the African tropical nights. The lodge overlooks Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro and the Amboseli plain to the south and the east.
The rooms at Ol Tukai are in chalet style. Built out of gum trees, local river stone and slate.
Facilities: 46 rooms, bar, restaurant, swimming pool
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Accomodation at Masai Mara National Park
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Mara Serena Safari Lodge 5* - Masai Mara National Park
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Drawing its inspiration from the traditional Maasai cultural motif of a cluster of domed, mud-coloured huts encircled by a "Boma" of brushwood, the Mara Serena offers a rare blend of raw African splendor and sumptuous sophistication. The essentially ethnic décor also draws on a vibrant colour-palette of sun-burst colours, embellished by a unique selection of Maasai art to create the look and feel of a traditional bush encampment.
The lodge features individual rooms, each with their own balcony and view of eternity, a sky-blue swimming pool and a spectacular restaurant, overlooking a water hole where a fantasia of creatures collect to drink.
Facilities: 48 rooms, bar, restaurant, swimming pool
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Sarova Mara tented Lodge 5* - Amboseli National Park
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The lodge is situated on an elevation astride two streams, with extremely beautiful gardens. The luxurious tents all have permanent roofs, zip-up fronts, electricity and ensuite facilities.
Relax outside your own tent listening to the orchestra of rasping Cicadas, croaking tree frogs. The intermittent call of birds and monkeys is a memorable symphony.
Facilities: 75 luxurious tends, bar, restaurant, swimming pool
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Leleshwa Camp 4* - Masai Mara National Park
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Leleshwa Camp is a small, intimate camp, accommodating up to 14 guests in 7 en-suite safari tents.
Leleshwa Camp is an eco-friendly camp committed to community conservation and development.
The camp is situated just outside of the Maasai Mara Game Reserve which gives guests the opportunity to enjoy a range of other safari activities in addition to those permitted in the reserve itself.
Leleshwa Camp consists of 7 well-appointed tents of 20 x 14 feet with en-suite bathrooms and a large verandah. Each tent has either 2 single or 1 king sized bed with duvet bedding and an extra canvas cot bed can be provided for children. The tents are insect-proof and pleasantly furnished with thoughtful touches for your comfort.
Bathrooms are fitted with flushing toilets and a traditional safari shower. Although water is not piped to the tents, hot water is available at all times. Solar power provides lighting inside the tents. At night, hurricane lamps bathe the camp in a soft, warm light and Maasai warriors are on patrol to escort you.
Every night a roaring campfire is lit and you can relax under the expansive African night sky and let the sounds of the bush wash over you.
Facilities: 7 en-suite safari tents, dining and comfortable lounge tend
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Accomodation at Lake Nakuru National Park
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Mbweha Camp 4* - Lake Nakuru National Park
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Comfortable, Authentic and Unique.
Mbweha has 9 cottages which are made of local materials – thatch roofs with natural lava rock walls.
They comprise a circular, roomy sleeping area with en-suite shower, and a private veranda. Though the cottages are simply designed they are comfortable and tastefully furnished with 12 volt solar lighting and are all private.
Facilities: 9 cottages, bar, restaurant
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Sarova Lion Hill Lodge 4* - Lake Nakuru National Park
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Situated in the heart of Kenya’s Rift Valley is Sarova Lion Hill Lodge, nestling on the banks of one of East Africa’s most famous soda lakes, Lake Nakuru. Lion Hill is a birdwatcher’s paradise with
spectacular views.
Facilities: 67 chalets, bar, restaurant, swimming pool
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Accomodation at Lake Naivasha
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Crater Lake Lodge 4* - Lake Naivasha
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This romantic private Lodge is situated at the bottom of an extinct volcano on the shores of the green soda lake. It is one of the most romantic lodges in Kenya. It is small and private with great service and excellent cuisine.
Facilities: 10 luxurious tends, bar, restaurant
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Accomodation in Nairobi
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Nairobi Serena 5* - Nairobi
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Justly famed for its superlative standards of efficiency, service and hospitality, the elegantly sophisticated Nairobi Serena Hotel is a member of the Leading Hotels of the World.
Set amongst the lush-green abundance of extensive tropical gardens, looking out over the gentle green avenues of Central Park and commanding a panoramic view over the glittering towers of downtown Nairobi, the Serena Hotel enjoys one of the finest locations in the city.
Rooms: All the comforts of home... Serenely elegant, essentially African and superbly equipped, the Nairobi Serena has the ultimate in room choices.
All are appointed to the highest international standards and have been individually interior designed along pan-African themes.
Facilities: 184 rooms, Business centre, Swimming pool, Gym – Fitness, Wellness center
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Fairview Hotel 4* - Nairobi
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"The Fairview is that rare bird in Africa - a comfortable hotel that hasn't decked itself out in feathers of upmarket gloss and tasteless luxury. The hotel's leafy acres and scattered buildings are laid out on Nairobi Hill, a world away from the overheated bustle . . . " (from: Elle Magazine)
Rooms:
We use Business class rooms in all our itineraries. Business class rooms were remodeled recently. A large percentage have both a bath and a shower. A number of these rooms have their own balcony as well as a wonderful view of a large garden. All these rooms have a telephone, T.V., safe and are secured by an advanced electronic key-card system.
Facilities: 121 rooms, Business centre, Swimming pool, Gym – Fitness, Internet Access in some rooms (please request it upon your booking)
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The Heron Hotel 3* - Nairobi
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The Heron is keenly located a stone's throw from the heart of Nairobi - conveniently and easily accessible to Nairobi's business district and tourist attractions, and yet removed from the bustle.
Facilities: 105 rooms and apartment suites, an al-fresco restaurant,
conference facilities, swimming pool, sauna, modern business & communication centre, a convenience shop.
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Accomodation at Tsavo East National Park
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Galdessa Camp 5* - Tsavo East National Park
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This exclusive camp is spread along the river under doum palms overlooking the Galana River and the Yatta Plateau.
Accommodation is in 11 comfortable and spacious bandas (thatched, semi-tented bungalows on wooden platforms) each of which has en-suite bathrooms, verandas and are situated a good distance apart to provide privacy. Two of the bandas have separate sitting rooms and a large veranda on stilts and they are highly recommended for Honeymooners. The bathrooms are large and have traditional bucket showers, flush toilets and basins with running water.
The central buildings house a spacious dining area, a bar, and a large, comfortable lounge. The thatch roof, Galana stone floors, and deep, bed-size sofas give it a charming coastal atmosphere.
Galdessa is featured as one of Africa's top 10 lodges by Lucia van der Post for UK Vogue, January 1998. Selected as one of the world's top destinations for the Millennium and the only one in Africa by Harpers & Queen, January 1999.
Facilities: 11 comfortable and spacious bandas
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Tarhi Eco Tented Camp 4* - Tsavo East National Park
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It is a small, intimate camp with luxury safari tents situated in a shadowed glade among ancient boskia trees in Tsavo East National park.
Elephants, buffalos and lions are seen at the camp waterhole.
Facilities: 10 en-suite safari tents, dining tent
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Accomodation at Tsavo West National Park
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Finch Hattons 5* - Tsavo West National Park
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Denys Finch Hatton, an English aristocrat first traveled to East Africa in 1911 at the age of 24 and immediately fell in love with Kenya. He was one of Kenya's great adventurers. He devoted his life exploring the wild in style.
In his camp, dinner was served on fine china with silver and crystal, while the gentle strains of Mozart played in the background.
Here in Tsavo, where he lived and died, this tradition lives on.
Finch Hatton's camp, a privately owned and managed one man's dream to create the ideal, offers guests a unique opportunity to relive the golden era of the safari in absolute elegance, 5 star comfort, the finest cuisine surrounded by the spectacle of the great African wilderness.
The camp surrounds a natural freshwater spring, flowing through three crystal clear pools, with tents along the water's edge.
Yellow barked Acacia Xanthophlea trees surround the tents. It is unfenced and wild. A wide variety of game has been sighted on the surrounding plains. The springs are home to a resident pod of hippopotamus and crocodiles. Bird life at Finch Hatton's is spectacular, with over 200 locally recorded species.
Finch Hatton's Camp has become renowned for its excellent cuisine based on creativity and attention to detail.
For more information on the life of Denys Finch Hatton, read the following books:
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)
Silence will Speak by Errol Trzbenski
African Adventures by Frederick B. Patterson
Longing for Darkness by Peter Beard
Or see the acclaimed 1985 Universal Pictures Film Out of Africa
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Serena Kilaguni Safari Lodge 5* - Tsavo West National Park
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The first lodge ever to be built in a Kenyan National Park, Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge is superbly situated in the lee of Mount Kilimanjaro, encircled by volcanic splendor, adjacent to a teeming water hole and daily visited by vast herds of elephant, buffalo and plains game.
Inspirationally positioned so that not only all the rooms but also the open-air restaurant, timbered game-viewing decks and rock-built bar enjoy uninterrupted views of the legendary snows of Kilimanjaro.
Facilities: 57 rooms, bar, restaurant, swimming pool
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Ngulia Bandas 3* - Tsavo West National Park
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A small private lodge enjoys the spectacular sceneries of Tsavo West national park.
The lodge has six self-catering bandas, six standard rooms and 10 luxury rock rooms all built and furnished with natural local materials.
It is a very pleasant and quite lodge.
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Accomodation at Shimba Hills National Park
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Shimba Hills Rainforest Lodge 4* - Shimba Hills National Park
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This award-winning tree lodge is located in Shimba National Reserve, Kenya 's last remaining habitat of the rare Sable antelope. The lodge stays refreshingly cool in its forest setting despite being only 45 minutes drive from the coast.
The lodge overlooks a waterhole and is a bird- and animal-watcher's paradise. A wooden walkway extending 120 m into the forest takes nature lovers to a viewing spot that allows for the unobtrusive viewing of birds and butterflies. Enjoy the achingly beautiful sunsets and sunrises at the lodge's sundowner site.
Facilities: 50 rooms, bar, restaurant
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Sable Forest Tree Houses 4* - Shimba Hills National Park
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Sable Valley Tree houses are situated on the verdant crescent of the Sable Valley amid the surrounding Shimba Hills.
On each Tree house, the balcony has been placed with deliberate care. Here you can watch the moon rise in the East and the sunset in the West, and overhead, the romance of the African night sky.
Close by the Tree houses there is a lapa area overlooking the valley, and your personal Chef serves a candle-lit dinner here, on a table set for two. For a pre-dinner dip the pool is yours alone.
A very romantic and private destination, specially recommended to a new married couples.
Facilities: 2 tree houses, bar, restaurant
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