Category: Hotels and Lodges

Accommodation at Amboseli

Tortilis Camp by Elewana Collection is one of the best safari camps in Amboseli National Park. It has unrivaled views of Mount Kilimanjaro as it rises out of the acacia-laden plains. The Camp location is good to exploit the vast amount of wildlife. 100% solar-powered, Tortilis is one of the pioneers of low-impact and high-comfort tourism.

This Camp Amboseli built by Stefano Cheli in 1993, the first “Eco-lodge” in Kenya. this camp won the coveted Tourism for Tomorrow award.

The tents are all spacious, with king or twin beds and elegant en suite bathrooms. There are a main lounge, bar and dining area, all built with natural materials and thatched roofs, with magnificent views of Kilimanjaro.

Tortilis Camp Location: Amboseli National Park & Kitirua Conservancy

Accommodation: 16 en-suite safari tents, 1 Private House & 1 Family Tent, each unit has 1 master bedroom and 1 twin room, both ensuite with a shared verandah/sitting area

There is a main swimming pool for all guests and a private swimming pool area for clients staying at the Private House or the Family Tent.

Tortilis Camp Rooms Types

Private House

With Mt. Kilimanjaro peering down over the entire camp, Tortilis Camp’s Private House has a glorious view of the mountain.

The Private House consists of one en-suite double bedroom, one en-suite twin bedroom, and a spacious sitting / dining room with verandah. Featuring a brand new swimming pool shared with the Family Tent.

Family Tent

With outstanding views of Mt Kilimanjaro, enjoyed from the comfort of your own private family verandah, Tortilis Camp’s new Family Tent is another great addition to this child-friendly safari camp in Amboseli.

The Family Tent consists of two en suite bedrooms (one double & one twin) and a spacious private verandah.
[Both bedrooms can fit one extra bed for children under the age of 16 years only]

Private House and Family Tent share a private swimming pool.

Tortilis Camp Tents

With Mt. Kilimanjaro peering down over the entire camp, each of Tortilis Camp’s 16 tents has a glorious view of the mountain. Each makuti-covered tent consists of a main bedroom with twin or double beds, en-suite bathroom and a spacious verandah. Let us know if you require twin beds or double bed.

Foods & Drinks options in Tortilis Camp

Dining Experience at Tortilis Camp

• Dinner times are as follows:
  Breakfast: 06h30 to 09h30
  Lunch: 13h00 to 14h30
  Dinner: 20h00 to 21h30
  Individual dietary requests can be satisfied with advance notice
  • Dining room with bar & lounge
  • Bush breakfasts, sundowners & picnic lunches

Activities at Tortilis Camp

Game Drives

The Tortilis Camp guides are based at a camp in Amboseli and know their backyard intimately. More than half of the guides at Tortilis are Masai, and have between them 80 years of guiding at Tortilis!

Guided Walks
Tortilis Camp’s walking guides are Masai from the local community, who have been walking over these plains since childhood.

Swimming Pool
Enjoy the cool waters in the heat of the day! Within the lush green gardens, the pool is shaded by palms and acacia Tortilis, and a haven for tropical birds.

Bush Breakfast and Sundowners
Take a moment to sit back, enjoy the spectacular views, the smells, the colors, and the gentle breeze.
Bush breakfasts are a chance to enjoy a full breakfast, alfresco, in the middle of the plains, surrounded by wildlife.
“Sundowners” are a safari tradition – after a day of safari; stop, watch the spectacular sunset; traditionally with a gin and tonic in hand!

Cultural Visits
In the heart of Masai country, Tortilis Camp offers visits to local Masai homesteads.

Accommodation at Amboseli

Ol Tukai Lodge in Amboseli is one of the best spots in the world to watch Elephants. It is located in the heart of the Amboseli National Park, in Kenya which is one of East Africa’s most fascinating wildlife parks.

The eastern part of Ol Tukai Lodge is home to several families of an elephant. Writers have described Ol Tukai and the surrounding as “A HOME FOR THE GODS”

With the flat plains on one side and lush, indigenous acacia tree forest on the other. Ol Tukai Lodge Amboseli’s design takes full advantage of this natural topography. For this reason, it is one of the most modern lodges in East Africa. They pride themselves as being the best in the hospitality and service that they extend to their guests.

Ol Tukai Lodge is exotic and refined in all aspects and is 4 km from the Amboseli Elephant Research Camp and has beautiful views of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

The Ol Tukai Lodge main restaurant offers nightly themed dining. The Makuti-style verandah overlooking the Reserve with open-air bar features a rooftop deck with panoramic views. Activities include game drives, Maasai dancing, and cultural lectures. Ol Tukai has a refined lounge and a tree-shaded outdoor pool with a sundeck and loungers.

• Located outside the park
• Has a swimming pool
• Has wi-fi connection
• Has spa

Ol Tukai Lodge Facilities

Ol Tukai Conference facilities

Ol Tukai’s conference room is fully equipped with video, flip charts, projector, and other relevant apparatus. The room can accommodate up to 200 delegates and the management is happy to cater for specific seating requirements.

Ol Tukai Multi-denominational chapel

Services are held every Sunday and all are welcome. Ol Tukia Lodge multi-denominational chapel is a wonderful place to tie the knot or renew marriage vows.

Ol Tukai Shops

Browse through our shop for souvenirs and memorabilia. Toiletries and other personal necessities are also available.

Ol Tukai Lodge Clinic

Ol Tukia Lodge resident nurse operates a clinic for guests, staff and the local community within the Park.

Bureau de Change

Ol Tukai Lodge has a Bureau de Change. You can exchange foreign currency at reasonable rates.

Credit cards

All major credit cards are accepted at Ol Tukai Lodge

Accommodation for Children

Children are welcome at Ol Tukai Lodge. Most bedrooms are easily large enough to accommodate an extra bed. A children’s menu and early supper are available and security guards patrol while parents enjoy their dinner.

Communication

Ol Tukai Lodge has 24-hour telephone, WIFI internet services, and a business center

Ol Tukai Lodge Rooms Types

There are 80 luxury chalet-style twin rooms at Ol Tukai Lodge, all with an uninterrupted view of the wetlands or Kilimanjaro. Stylish and comfortable, the rooms have private bath rooms and individual terraces.

They are equipped with safes, fans, tea and coffee counters. To accommodate physically challenged guests, two rooms at Ol Tukai Lodge have been designed according to EU standards.

The beautifully appointed rooms provide quality, comfort and attention to detail. The presence of the wilderness can be felt in the silence of the night.

Food & Drinks options at Ol Tukai Lodge

Ol Tukia Lodge Restaurants/Bars

The dining room at Ol Tukai Lodge features an intricately designed sisal tapestry by a local artist, depicting the Maasai people. Just meters from elephants and other game that venture close to the boundary, the dining room opens onto a veranda in the garden where lunch is usually served.

Ol Tukai Lodge Pool Bar

The pool bar serves snacks and drinks between meal times. The pool waiters will be pleased to assist you, and the duty barman can make you a special fruit punch while you soak up the sun.

Ol Tukai Lodge Elephant Bar

The Elephant Bar at Ol Tukai Lodge is situated between the lounge and dining room. This open-air bar serves a wide selection of beers, cocktails, liqueurs and fresh fruit juices, and above the bar a roof level deck offers a splendid panorama of the marshlands and Kilimanjaro.

Activities at Ol Tukai Lodge

Swimming pool

After the morning game drive, before your afternoon game drive, why not take a cooling swim or lounge by the pool on a sun-bed in the shade of the acacias. You will love the fresh air at Ol Tukai Lodge.

Board games

Scrabble, Monopoly, cards and many other games are available from reception. Spend some quality time with family or other travelers in your group.

Game drives

If you are on a flying package, you can book a Vehicles for game drives at the hotels reception.

Maasai dancing

A troupe of Maasai Moran warriors will entertain you with traditional songs and dances after dinner at about 9.15pm, on alternate evenings.

Bird walks

Ol Tukai is home to 400 species of beautiful African birds. Enjoy the short bird walk that starts at the entrance of the hotel and rambles under the canopy of acacia trees around the lodge. A must for any fledgling ornithologist!

Lectures

Lecturers from Elephant Research regularly give interesting, informative lectures at the Lodge.

Accommodation at Amboseli

Kibo Safari Camp is a luxury tented camp in Amboseli National Park in Kenya at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa

• Located outside the park
• Has a swimming pool
• Has wi-fi connection
• Has spa

Kibo Safari Camp Room types

Kibo Safari Camp has 73 self-contained tents for single, double, triple and family accommodation. The beds have been custom designed and locally made using bush logs and will ensure a good night’s sleep! All tents have flush toilets, showers, and wash basins. You can enjoy your shower as you like: bubbling hot or refreshing cold. For the duration of your stay in the African bush, Kibo Safari Camp will be your home away from home!

Dining

Dine in our open terraced restaurant set under acacia trees overlooking the majestic Mt. Kilimanjaro. Our fruits & vegetables are served fresh as they are picked from our very own farm. Our camp chef will pamper you with fine cuisines for all tastes.

Special meal requirements are met on request eg vegetarian or special meals for the sick. Please inform us about any special meal requirements at the time of booking.

Kibo Safari Camp Facilities

• Lounge & Bar
• Dining room
• Swimming Pool
• Spa/Massage
• Art Gallery
• Gift/Souvenir Shop
• Conference Facilities

Activities at Kibo Safari Camp

There is so much to see and do at Kibo Safari Camp: enjoy a game drive, learn about flora and fauna, watch cultural dances, reinvigorate in the spa or relax around the pool

Accommodation at Amboseli

Set in 200 acres of private land, and with a rustic charm all of its own, the lodge nestles in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro Sopa Lodge offers a great views and tranquility in the middle of the nature.

• Located outside the park
• Has a swimming pool
• Has wi-fi connection
• Has spa

Amboseli Sopa Lodge Room Types

83 rooms in total

• 40 rooms with 2 queen size beds of which, 6 of them have interconnecting doors, ideal for families and 24 rooms can be turned to triples on request.
• 21 rooms with one king size bed, of which 2 rooms are suitable for the physically challenged, and 1 room is a honeymoon suite.
• 22 rooms have one queen size bed.
• 6 of the rooms have interconnecting doors ideal for families.

They also have also have a luxuriously appointed, extremely spacious, two bedroom Presidential suite with a private dining room and an attached kitchenette, and also with a huge lounge and a quite simply vast veranda.

FAMILY FRIENDLY: on request you can order specially designed children menus, baby sitting services available…

Amboseli Sopa Lodge Facilities

Bars, lounge, restaurant, out-door dining terrace, swimming pool, gift shop, open air local craft market. TV in the main bar. Wi-Fi in public areas

Activities at Amboseli Sopa Lodge

Game drives, bush and outdoor dining, nature walks, card & board games.

CONFERENCING

Conference rooms. Largest accommodates 110 people, theatre style

Accommodation at Amboseli

Tawi Lodge is located on a private conservancy of 6,000 acres just five minutes from Kimana Gate, the eastern entrance to Amboseli National Park. The Lodge has of 13 cottages located on bushland with a wooden-deck veranda facing Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa

Each cottage at this Lodge has its own wooden-deck veranda and a fabulous view of the highest mountain in Africa, even from the comfort of your bed or your bathtub. Double or twin cottages, all have en suite bathrooms fitted with both a bath and shower. Each cottage has its own fireplace and a minibar for those very special sundowners.

 

The style of the Lodge is a harmonious combination of modern (for your comfort) and traditional (to remind you that you are in Africa).

Before and after dinner, relax by the campfire, or at our very special “mobile” bush bar, and listen to the magical sounds of the savannah under the spectacular African sky where the stars seem brighter than anywhere else.

The attention to detail and the excellent and friendly service is particularly noticed whilst dining. Fine cuisine with selected produce grown in our own organic gardens irrigated with water from the Kilimanjaro surfaces through volcanic rocks and creates a very fertile soil. Delight your senses with a blend of spices from the Swahili Coast. Tawi Lodge is an eco-friendly lodge in, which takes greatest care of the environment, wildlife and its people.

Tawi Lodge Facilities

Facilities at Tawi Lodge include a reception, bars, dining area, library, souvenir shop filled with Maasai art, a unique bio-pool and a relaxing massage area with hot bath and also an a cellar with a selection of fine wines.

 

Tawi Lodge Room Types

Tawi Lodge Cottages

Each cottage at Tawi Lodge has its own wooden-deck veranda. They all have a fabulous view of the highest mountain in Africa, even from the comfort of your bed or your bathtub.

Double or twin cottages, all have en suite bathrooms fitted with both a bath and shower. Each cottage has its own fireplace. Lighting and water systems are solar powered..

Food & Drinks options at Tawi Lodge

Bars and Lounges

Tawi Lodge has 4 different lounges with deep comfortable sofas, safari chairs, recliners serviced by 2 bars for a drink, a read, relaxing… by the fire place or the wildlife water hole.

You can also choose the  “bush lounge” for a magical sundowner drink and bitings. This one is situated on a different spot everyday with view on the Kilimanjaro, surrounded by the sounds of the African bush, birds and the wildlife.

Cuisine

European influenced chefs at Tawi Lodge use some of the  fresh organically grown produce at the lodge and the local community’s products to offer you a blend of African-Swahili and European gourmet 3 course lunches and 4 course dinners.

Breakfast or dinners in the bush are also unforgettable experiences you should try. Tawi Lodge can cater to special diets or requirements if you wish. Regular food & wine paring events are taking place and the traditional African dinner in the “boma” with barbecue.

Activities at Tawi Lodge

• Game drives in 4×4 vehicles
• Bush walks with Maasai guides
• Bird watching: over 400 species recorded
• Camel walks
• Night game drives
• Picnic lunches
• Bush breakfast and dinner

Accommodation at Amboseli

Sentrim Amboseli is located within Amboseli National Park. It offers 60 newly constructed tents, each with private terrace and luxury bathrooms. Centered on a comfortable dining space, the camp also offers a bar and lounge, and a luxury swimming pool, Jacuzzi and sun-bathing area

Sentrim Amboseli offers luxury guest accommodation and services. It is located on the border of Amboseli National Park and 3 Kms from Kimana gate.

• Located outside the park
• Has a swimming pool
• Has wi-fi connection
• Has spa

Sentrim Amboseli Camp Room Types

A total of 60 tents and 2 family houses. All rooms are equipped with the following:

1. Mini bar
2. Private hot shower
3. Some rooms have view of Mt. Kilimanjaro
4. Safe deposit box at the reception
5. Tea/coffee making facilities
6. Hairdryers

Accommodation at Amboseli

Amboseli Serena Lodge is set against the magnificent backdrop of Africa’s highest mountain inside the Amboseli National Park, the glittering Mount Kilimanjaro, the luxury Amboseli Serena Lodge enjoys a uniquely privileged position at the heart of this world-famous national park.

Secluded within a grove of acacia trees, Amboseli Serena Lodge looks out over the golden Savannah plains, with uninterrupted views of the mountain itself. The lodge setting is magnificent with the park boasting more big games than almost anywhere else in Africa.

Close by Amboseli Serena Lodge is a series of emerald green swamps, which are fed by the melting snows of Kilimanjaro. These, the only sources of water in this otherwise starkly beautiful but arid park, attract huge numbers of wallowing elephants, hippos, buffalos and plains game.

Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge Facilities

• Central dining room, internal and external bar
• Free form swimming pool and sundeck
• Gift shop and business centre
• Guided nature walks or bird-watching walks
• Dinner in the bush, breakfast on the plains
• Watch the sun go down over Mount Kilimanjaro
• Spacious interior bar with exterior terrace. Separate exterior campfire bar Visit to Maasai communities, opportunities to buy Maasai handicrafts
• Maasai dance performances in dedicated exterior bush BBQ area. Resident guitarist
• Satellite TV (in communal areas only)
• WiFi
• 24-hour on-call medical services
• Conference centre
• Baby-sitting, family rooms, children’s dining/menus
• Massages, facials, pedicures, manicures
• Board games and library of Africana books
• Special dietary needs catered for with advance notification

Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge Rooms:

Luxury ensuite rooms are accommodated in two single-storey dedicated buildings, which lie to the right and left of the main reception and dining areas. Each tastefully-appointed room features a Maasai-inspired, hand-painted, wall fresco, king-sized bed or luxurious twins, lavish all-encompassing mosquito-curtaining, bathroom (with walk-in shower), writing/vanity unit, and private veranda. Triple rooms can be made available.

• 92 rooms (inclusive of family rooms and suites: all non-smoking

All rooms include:

• Ceiling fan
• Telephone and WiFi connectivity
• 24-hour room service
• Complimentary mineral water and toiletries
• Bathrobe and slippers
• Valet, laundry, shoe-shine
• Hair dryers and safes

Foods & Drinks options at Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge

One restaurant and two bars.
• Masai Bush Barbeque Dinner
• Observation Hill Sun-Downers
• Special dietary needs catered for (E.g. Vegetarian, Kosher, Gluten free) with advance notification
• Picnic lunch boxes on request