Sarova Shaba Lodge - Shaba Game Reserve, Kenya

Sarova Shaba Game Lodge is located in a natural oasis in the heart of the Shaba Game Reserve or Born Free Country that Joy and George Adamson called home for many years. The Lodge is 314 Kilometers from Nairobi, a 45 minute flight from Nairobi to Shaba or Samburu airstrip or a picturesque 5 hour drive through the curving roads around Mt. Kenya crossing the equator at Nanyuki.

 

Sarova Shaba Game Lodge is set along the bank of the Uaso Nyiro River laid out around the natural springs that flow into the river. The Lodge has a virtual mini forest of indigenous trees, a fish pond and a large free form swimming pool.

 

Sarova Shaba Game Lodge has a presidential suite, 4 executive suites, and 80 standard rooms, all with en suite bathrooms. The rooms are chalet style, on two storey thatched roof wooden structures. In addition there is the Main Restaurant, Bar and numerous bush and alfresco dining options. The free form swimming pool has its own Pool Bar.

 

There are meeting rooms available. Sarova Shaba Game Lodge is surrounded by a 24 hour double electric fence. Activities include Samburu Culture and Cultural Talks, massage therapies, game drives and Bird watching with a record of over 350 different birds species.

Sarova Shaba Game Lodge lends itself naturally to the ideal exotic wedding flavored with the culture and traditions of the Samburu People. The weddings are held at the landscaped greens at the lodge, with a Samburu elder blessing the marriage.

 

Price Per person Sharing: From 76 US Dollars | Full Details

Larsens Tented Camp - Samburu, Kenya
Larsens Tented Camp is located 320 kilometers north of Nairobi on the border of the old northern Frontier Province. Larsens is a small, luxury tented camp set in lush lawns on the banks of Uaso Nyiro River in Samburu National Reserve.

 

The Camp is named after Erik Ole Larsen, a legendary Dane credited with defining the luxury safari under canvas.

 

Larsens Tented Camp has 20 free standing luxurious tented accommodations each with a private balcony. All tents are discreetly sited along the west bank of the Uaso Nyiro River with the result that the tents are bathed with light at sunrise.

 

Each tent stands on a plinth of natural stone and all have en suite private bathrooms stocked with a range of Molton Brown toiletries, flushing toilets, constant hot water and 24 hour electricity (240 volts). Each tent features 1 king or 2 twin beds designed in chic safari style.

Larsens Tented Camp guests share their dining experiences in locations that may vary from day to day. Breakfast, lunch or dinner may be served on the river bank under a canopy of fig trees, on the river front deck, by the camp fire, on the tree deck overlooking a watering hole or in the untamed wilderness.

 

Sundowners are served every evening by the camp fire or on the tree deck. Guests can have their pick of cocktails, fine wines, sparkling wines and a variety of beers and soft drinks served at the Larsens Bar.

Price Per person Sharing: From 243 US Dollars | Full Details

Samburu Simba lodge - Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya

Samburu Simba Lodge; Samburu Simba Lodge is situated 300 km North of Nairobi in Buffalo Springs National Reserve within Isiolo District. Buffalo Springs is located on the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River in Kenya; on the other side of the river is the Samburu National Reserve and nearby the famous Shaba National Reserve (Joy Adamson of ‘Born Free’ film).

 

Buffalo Springs Game Reserve is accessible by road via Isiolo, about 6 hours drive from Nairobi through Nanyuki on a tarmac road to Isiolo; then another 22 kilometers to Buffalo Springs. The area is very dry (semi-arid) with a lot of scrub and acacia trees. The temperatures range from 30ºC during hottest months to 20ºC between July and September.

 

Samburu Simba Lodge has 18 cottages, over 70 rooms in singles, doubles and interconnecting rooms. The rooms are spacious, well furnished with a reading desk and several lounge chairs. The bathrooms have a shower with warm or cold water.

 

All Samburu Simba Lodge rooms have an over head fan, telephone extension and reading desk. Guests like the large terrace that faces the river valley below, especially in the morning when there is bird life and elephants roaming. Samburu Simba Lodge was formally Buffalo Springs Lodge.

 

Price Per person Sharing: From 115 US Dollars | Full Details

Samburu Intrepids Camp - Samburu, Kenya

Samburu Intrepids Camp is 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 long-necked gerenuk antelope.

 

Samburu Intrepids is renowned as a pioneer of luxury camping in one of the world’s last truly great wilderness areas. Samburu Intrepids Camp is approximately 345 kilometers north of Nairobi. Samburu Intrepids will show you this dramatic wilderness from a world of fascinating perspectives.

 

Samburu Intrepids Camp offers 27 modern tents with a private view over the wildlife-rich riverbanks. The tent has soft four-poster beds, mahogany closets and desks, and en-suite bathrooms with steaming hot showers.

 

The bathrooms also offer twin washbasins, flush toilets, and sockets for shavers and battery charging. The tented camp roofing is all palm-thatched, and is raised on stilts to catch the cooling breeze blowing off the river. The main dining room has a seating capacity of 60, and opens onto an outdoor dining terrace, where buffet breakfasts, lunches and dinners are served overlooking the river.

 

(Meals can also be enjoyed on your private verandah or at one of a series of specially selected 'bush sites' close to the camp.) Buffet luncheons and candlelight dinners are served on an elevated deck amidst the high shade trees.

 

Samburu Intrepids Camp facilities include: breezy thatched dining areas overlooking the river, lounge and bar with nightly talks and slide shows, freeform 'oasis' swimming pool and sunbathing garden, small conference room with television/VCR facilities, boutique with souvenirs and safari essentials, reliable telephone, e-mail, fax and postal services and professional flex body therapy for half- or one-hour.

 

Game drives in Samburu will reveal a dramatic wilderness from a world of fascinating perspectives. From the Samburu Intrepids Camp you can have, escorted nature walks, memorable Bush breakfasts and Starlit dinners, Sundowners, Tours of Samburu Villages, Lectures and slide shows on culture and wildlife.

 

As a member of the Heritage Hotels, Samburu Intrepids features the famous Adventurers' Club for the kids

 

Price Per person Sharing: From 103 US Dollars | Full Details

Sentrim Samburu Lodge - Samburu, Kenya

Sentrim Samburu Camp is location deep inside Samburu Game Reserve and guaranties close encounters with Samburu’s sheer species, including elephant, leopard and Samburu’s famous “Special five” – the rare Reticulated Giraffe, long necked Gerenuk Antelope, Somali Ostrich, Grevy’s zebra, and Majestic Beisa Oryx.

 

Sentrim Samburu Camp is located 345 km's North of Nairobi, the Journey to Sentrim Samburu Camp involves a 50 minutes flight to the Isiolo airstrip followed by a 35 minutes drive through Samburu Game Reserve.

 

Price Per person Sharing: From 95 US Dollars | Full Details

Samburu Sopa Lodge - Samburu, Kenya

Samburu Sopa Lodge; Samburu Sopa Lodge is situated 325 kms from Nairobi, in the middle of the park, next to the new Oryx airstrip. It is accessible from the main Isiolo – Moyale road at both Ngare Mara as well as Archers post junctions.

 

The lodge was designed in harmony with the architectural heritage of the local communities whose sons and daughters make up the majority of the work force at the lodge. Samburu Sopa Lodge consists of fifteen cottages, each with two bedrooms are built in an arch formation on either side of the public around the watering hole.

 

The layout leave opens to a wide entrance allowing the wildlife easy access to water. Meals are served in an open sided restaurant adjacent to the bar and swimming pool all facing the watering hole.

 

Samburu Sopa Lodge offers 60 double rooms designed as dual adjacent cottages. The cottages, to a degree, mimic traditional Samburu style architecture. All rooms have en-suite showers, toilets and wash basins.

 

All rooms have a patio/balcony where clients can relax and enjoy superb views of the Matthew ranges, the swimming pool or the water hole (depending on room).

 

Samburu Sopa Lodge has one room designed to accommodate clients who are disabled. The lodge offers 60 spacious cottage style rooms with verandas.

 

Sunsets at Samburu Sopa are amazing to behold as the star- studded African night sets in. The only interruption to this mesmerizing experience is the occasional Lion roar, laughter of the Hyena or sweet flute melodies of Samburu Warriors calling it a day.

 

Samburu Sopa Lodge is owned and operated by Sopa Hotels & lodges a range of large motel lodges which cater for the middle-market packaged safari customer.

 

Samburu Sopa Lodge meals are served in the main restaurant in buffet style; the lodge also provides waited service. The restaurant is open air and has superb views of the landscape and of the water hole and can accentuate the dining experience should wildlife appear at the water hole during the hot days.

 

The restaurant, lounge and surrounding areas are lit softly in the evenings creating a relaxed ambiance for all the guests to gather around for tea and coffee after the meals. The main bar near the pool and lounge area at the Samburu Sopa Lodge is open throughout the day till midnight.

 

Price Per person Sharing: From 71 US Dollars | Full Details

Desert Rose Lodge - edge of the Great Rift Valley in Northern Kenya

Desert Rose Lodge Kenya; Desert Rose Lodge is located in the extremely remote, fantastically wild northern Kenya, in 25 hectares of indigenous forest on the slopes of Mt. Nyiru near the southern end of Lake Turkana.

 

Flight time from Nairobi is one hour and fifty minutes, Driving ten to twelve hours and the overland distance covered between Nairobi and Desert Rose is 420 km.

 

Desert Rose is a unique and luxurious lodge of five houses carved out of living rock. Desert Rose Lodge five houses accommodating up to twelve people are individually designed around various natural features. Each suite has it's own private flush toilet and open air en-suite bathroom.

 

Desert Rose Lodge main lounge and pool area have been hand crafted to blend with the indigenous gardens, landscaped to enhance the dramatic views and all the power is solar generated. In this remote area there are no man made noises or signs of human habitation.

 

Dessert Rose Lodge has a myriad of exciting safaris and activities. These include a camel Safari, fishing in Lake Turkana for the Nile perch and Ndoto Mountains for some wild rock climbing.

 

There are a multitude of walks one can take from Desert Rose Lodge in the dry rugged country on the valley floor or high in the Cedar and Podo forest.

 

Price Per person Sharing: From 500 US Dollars | Full Details