ACCOMMODATION
WHERE TO STAY
Where you stay is as integral to your safari as any part of your journey with us. It’s your home in the bush, where you come back to after an extraordinary day, to sit round the fire and relive the experience with family and friends, old and new.
We know every accommodation like our own home. We choose each place just for you.
GAME LODGES
Game lodges are rustic, yet comfortable permanent dwellings situated in or close to national parks and reserves. Built using natural, local materials, like stone and timber, they are designed to blend harmoniously with the local environment. Lodge accommodations can vary, some have all the modern conveniences – glazed windows, air-conditioning, satellite TV and mini-bars in every room – others are simple bandas surrounding a central dining room and bar area.
The very top end 5-star lodges combine the finest of everything and could be best described as ‘authentic bush chic’ having luxurious comfort levels and impeccable service.
All lodges have private en-suite facilities, a majority has swimming pools and some even overlook floodlit water holes perfect for nocturnal game viewing. Select lodges also have spas and massage treatments available.
LUXURY TENTED CAMPS
To experience Africa’s nature at close quarters, a few nights under canvas in a luxury tented camp is a must.
Contrary to popular belief, safari camps don’t mean ‘outward bound’, but in fact offer luxurious standards of comfort and exceptional personal service. Walk-in tents are permanent, spacious, and insect-proof with king size beds, fresh linens, hot and cold running water, flush toilets and ‘campaign’ furniture.
Three course meals are freshly cooked every day, wines are imported and more often your hosts themselves are professional guides conversant with the area and its natural history.
One will also find full dining and bar facilities under a central tent or attractive open buildings.
Most safari camps are located within prime wilderness areas and offer an intimacy with the surrounding bush incomparable to any other form of accommodation.
LUXURY HOTELS
East Africa presents an impressive range of hotels to suit every taste. These accommodations range from boutique style, 5-star hotels that cater to the more discerning traveler to the more affordable, medium-range family hotels.
Culinary standards are of a universally high standard ranging from an eclectic smorgasbord of local fare to mouth watering buffet lunches, four course dinners under the stars to specialty nouvelle cuisine.
In most hotels the architecture is contemporary; rooms are air-conditioned with color television and room service. Some city hotels are steeped in old colonial history. Those at the coast lean towards Arabic architecture, incorporating attractively-woven coconut palm fronds used to thatch roofs (Makuti) which makes for cool, spacious accommodations on Kenya’s Indian Ocean Coast.
LUXURY MOBILE
TENTED CAMPS
To experience Africa’s nature at close quarters, a few nights under canvas in a luxury tented camp is a must.
Contrary to popular belief, safari camps don’t mean ‘outward bound’, but in fact offer luxurious standards of comfort and exceptional personal service. Walk-in tents are permanent, spacious, and insect-proof with king size beds, fresh linens, hot and cold running water, flush toilets and ‘campaign’ furniture.
Three course meals are freshly cooked every day, wines are imported and more often your hosts themselves are professional guides conversant with the area and its natural history.
One will also find full dining and bar facilities under a central tent or attractive open buildings.
Most safari camps are located within prime wilderness areas and offer an intimacy with the surrounding bush incomparable to any other form of accommodation.
PRIVATE HOMESTAYS &
PRIVATE GAME SANCTUARIES
Private ranch homesteads have entirely different characteristics to any other form of safari accommodation.
Accommodations are always within a privately hosted home and very often the owners are your hosts and guides. These range from the upcountry game ranches and farms to elegant beach or lakeside villas. Experiencing conservation practices first hand and interacting with the local communities allows you to see the wilderness from an entirely different perspective.