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Accommodations range from deluxe, world-class properties to local inns, full-service tented camps, game-park lodges, beach resorts and campgrounds. Despite the name, tented camps can be quite luxurious, with private baths and hot water. Some of the camps and lodges feature nighttime wildlife viewing-a rare opportunity to see nocturnal animals (if you're lucky). The staff will wake you if something interesting comes by. (Be aware that some properties put out food as bait to attract animals. Although some people like the increased odds of encountering something exciting, others prefer less-orchestrated sightings and feedings.)

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Finch Hatton's Camp
Kampi Ya Simba, Tsavo Natl Park, Kenya
This prestigious tented camp is named after Denys Finch Hatton, the hunter, adventurer and lover of Karen Blixen as played by Robert Redford in the movie Out of Africa. The camp lies in the north of Tsavo West, where its namesake died in a light aircraft crash in 1931, and aims for a sort of... Read Entire Review »
Hemingways Resort
Mida Creek Rd Watamu, Malindi, Kenya
Part of the "Small Luxury Hotels of the World" group, Hemingways Resort is among the oldest and most prestigious beach resorts in Kenya. It was established in 1988 and named after the American author who regularly undertook hunting and fishing trips to Kenya. It is set on the magnificent stretch of... Read Entire Review »
Mount Kenya, the Fairmont Safari Club
Mount Kenya, Nanyuki, Kenya
Located about 120 miles from Nairobi, the Fairmont Mount Kenya was founded by Oscar-winning actor William Holden. Club membership once included Winston Churchill, Bing Crosby and John Wayne. Situated at the base of Mount Kenya, the second-highest mountain in Africa, the club includes 120 rooms in co... Read Entire Review »
Tortilis Camp
Amboseli Game Reserve, Kenya
Winner of several international awards for accommodation and service, Tortilis is a medium to small tented camp set in a hillside patch of acacia woodland on a 150 sq km private game conservancy immediately outside Amboseli. Boasting spectacular views of Kilimanjaro and a wonderful location for game... Read Entire Review »
Fairmont Mara Safari Club
Masai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara Reserve, Kenya
Situated on the edge of one of the Seven New Wonders of the World-the Masa Game Reserve- and surrounded on three sides by the Mara River, the Fairmont Mara Safari Club has reopened following an extensive renovation. Each of the 50 tents has its own private bath and four-poster, pillow-top beds. Vera... Read Entire Review »
The Outspan
Baden Powell Rd, Nyeri, Kenya
Founded in 1927, the historic Outspan Hotel is situated in leafy grounds on the outskirts of Nyeri, the largest town in the central highlands after Nairobi. It is the staging post for overnight visits to the legendary Treetops Lodge, its sister hotel in nearby Aberdares National Park, and is most of... Read Entire Review »
Samburu Intrepids
Samburu National Reserve, Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya
This luxury tented camp lies in Samburu National Reserve, the best-known of a complex of unfenced reserves set in the arid northern badlands of Kenya about an hour's drive north of Isiolo along the bumpy Trans-Africa Highway. The lodge is set in lush riparian forest on the north bank of the near-per... Read Entire Review »
Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge
Lake Nakuru National Park, Nakuru, Kenya
Lion Hill is the premier lodge in Lake Nakuru National Park, a relatively small but exponentially rewarding and popular fenced reserve set in the heart of the Rift Valley on the outskirts of Nakuru Town. One of the older game lodges in Kenya, it lies on the well-wooded escarpment rising eastward fro... Read Entire Review »
Sarova Shaba Game Lodge
Shaba National Reserve Isiolo, Shaba National Reserve, Kenya
Built in the 1990s, Sarova Shaba Lodge lies in Shaba National Reserve, an eastern extension of the Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserve, from which it is divided by the misleadingly named and spectacularly rutted Trans-Africa Highway as it runs north of Isiolo town. About 8 km from the main road... Read Entire Review »
Serena Beach Hotel & Spa
166R, Shanzu Beach, Mombasa, Kenya
Situated on Shanzu Beach about 12 km from the city center, the Mombasa Serena is the slickest and most stylish of the dozen-odd package hotels that run along the coast immediately north of Mombasa. Constructed in the 1990s, the hotel is built entirely from local materials and is divided into a numbe... Read Entire Review »
Siana Springs Intrepids
Maasai Mara Reserve, Kenya
One of the longest-serving tented camps in Kenya, the upmarket and exceptionally well-managed Siana Springs Intrepids is situated outside the eastern border of Kenya's best-known safari destination, the legendary Maasai Mara National Reserve. It lies 7 km west of the animal-laden C12 and 15 km NE of... Read Entire Review »
Crater Lake Tented Camp
Naivasha, Kenya
This wonderful isolated tented camp is one of Kenya's most underrated retreats. It is perched on the rim of a small but spectacular green crater lake in a fenced private wildlife sanctuary situated about 3 miles east of Lake Naivasha as the crow flies. The property once formed part of the Ndabibi Es... Read Entire Review »
The Fairmont Norfolk Hotel
Harry Thuku Rd, Nairobi, Kenya
The newly reflagged Fairmont Norfolk reopened in the first quarter of 2008. First opened in 1904, the Norfolk has long served as a hub for Nairobi business and as a safari departure point. Among the luminaries it has hosted are former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and Karen Blixen, author of ... Read Entire Review »
Galdessa Camp
Tsavo Natl Park, Kenya
The premier upmarket tented camp in Tsavo East National Park, Galdessa has an isolated and wild setting on the palm-lined southern bank of the Galana-Kenya's second largest river-about 20 km northwest of Manyani Entrance Gate on the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway. Unaffiliated with any chain, it has been o... Read Entire Review »
Lake Elmenteita Lodge
Gilgil, Kenya
Set on a cliff top plateau about 1 km from the shore of the most obscure of the shallow lakes that stud Kenya's Rift Valley, Lake Elmenteita Lodge is centered on the original farmhouse built in 1916 for the Earl of Enniskillen, whose grave is marked by a prominent cairn above the lake. It is the onl... Read Entire Review »
Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort
Naivasha, Kenya
Part of the highly regarded Sopa Lodge chain, this resort lies in sprawling green grounds on the southern shore of Lake Naivasha, the closest of the Rift Valley lakes to the capital Nairobi, about 90 minutes' drive to the southeast. Although the resort is quite new, a lodge has stood on the same sit... Read Entire Review »
Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge
Tsavo Natl Park, Kenya
Inaugurated by President Jomo Kenyatta upon its opening in 1962, Kilaguni is the oldest lodge in any Kenyan national park, set on a hillside in Tsavo West overlooking a busy waterhole with Kilimanjaro providing the backdrop. It was originally part of a government hotel chain, but was recently taken... Read Entire Review »
Leopard Rock Lodge
Meru National Park, Meru, Kenya
Formerly a rather low-key chalet site, the recently renovated Leopard Rock Lodge is situated in the little-visited and sadly underrated Meru National Park, which lies in the well-watered plains below the eastern foot slopes of Mount Kenya. The lodge runs along the forested south bank of the narrow b... Read Entire Review »
Mara Intrepids
Maasai Mara Reserve, Kenya
One of the premier properties in the Maasai Mara, Kenya's top game viewing destination, Mara Intrepids is a small luxury tented camp with a lovely setting on the forested west bank of the Talek River. This is one of best locations in the Maasai Mara, situated in the reserve's relatively untrammelled... Read Entire Review »
Palacina Residence & Suites
Kitale Lane, off Dennis Pritt Rd, Nairobi, Kenya
A recent and welcome addition to the Nairobi accommodation scene, the all-suite Palacina is a world-class boutique hotel offering stylish accommodation, luxury facilities, attentive service and fine on-site dining a short taxi ride away from the city center. This family-run hotel lies at the end of... Read Entire Review »

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