Kenya. Essential Kenya Safari Week

Accommodations

In all of Africa, Kenya accommodations offer you the greatest variety of lodges and tent camps. We avoid luxury, colonial-style accommodations in favor of those with the best location, value, atmosphere, and relationship with the local community. Many of our preferred lodges and camps offer bush walks guided by local rangers or native trackers.

Stanley Hotel

The Stanley Hotel has been a landmark in Nairobi since 1906. A young Hemingway often stayed here and liked to relax on the first floor Safari Bar, which overlooks Kenyatta Avenue’s colorful crowds. Rooms are spacious and have recently been restored to their original beauty. Modern conveniences have been added to enhance your comfort. A tiled swimming pool and spa located on the roof provides you with [...]

Samburu Intrepids Camp

Samburu Intrepids is renowned as a pioneer of luxury camping in one of the world's last truly great wilderness areas. Situated on the banks of the Uaso Nyiro River in the arid heart of Samburu National Reserve, Samburu Intrepids looks out over riverbanks where herds of elephant, buffalo and zebra come daily to drink - together with the rarer 'northern species' of reticulated giraffe, Beisa oryx and [...]

Mara Intrepids Camp

Sitting above a bend in the Talek River, at the confluence of the Maasai Mara's four game-viewing areas, the Mara Intrepids camp enjoys one of the most spectacular locations in the entire Mara ecosystem. Intrepids is a short drive from the Mara River, where up to 1.5 million wildebeest and zebra make their migration crossing every July and August. Mara Intrepids consist of 30 elegant tents with spectacular [...]

Mt. Kenya Safari Club

High on the slopes of Africa's second highest mountain, The Mount Kenya Safari Club straddles the Equator in a glory of luxurious cottages and elegant buildings set amid manicured lawns and decorative ponds. Ever since the Club was founded in 1959 by the late film star William Holden, eccentric American Ray Ryan, and Swiss financier Carl Hirschmann, it has been a Mecca for the international jet set. The [...]