A hand-picked selection of lodges and camps. Click through their name to visit their own website directly.
Severin Safari Camp
An unfenced camp in the Kitani area of the park, spread over 25 hectares of bush with Kilimanjaro on the horizon on clear mornings. Twenty-seven units in three tiers: twenty-one octagonal tents, four junior suites named for the landmarks nearby — Mzima Springs, Roaring Rocks, Chyulu Hills and Shetani Cave — and two executive suites, Kibo and Mawenzi, whose look-out decks face the mountain. Because nothing is fenced, game crosses the grounds freely and Maasai guards walk guests to and from their tents after dark; a floodlit waterhole draws animals through the night. The camp runs on solar power where it can, and filters its waste water through lava stone, gravel and sand. Beyond game drives there are night drives, guided walks, a four-hour walk with a KWS ranger, and a spa and fitness tent. The self-catering bandas at Kitani Safari Lodge, a short distance away, are run by the same operation but are a separate proposition. Mtito Andei, on the Nairobi–Mombasa road and the SGR line, is about 45 kilometres away; Kilaguni airstrip is roughly half an hour by road.
Voyager Ziwani Camp
Not inside the park but on a private sanctuary along its western edge, which is the whole point of it: night drives and walks are permitted here in a way they are not on the public side of the boundary. The camp sits on a dam on the Sante River, with hippo, crocodile and terrapin in the water below the tents and Kilimanjaro on the skyline. Twenty-five tents in all, sixteen on the southern bank and nine on the northern, each with an en-suite bathroom and a veranda over the water; five deluxe tents are larger again. Days can be spent on game drives into Tsavo West, but the area has its own history — First and Second World War battle sites, Grogan’s Castle, and the crater lakes of Chala and Jipe within reach. The camp has its own all-weather airstrip. Power runs on a generator rather than around the clock, roughly 5am to 4pm and 6pm to midnight.
Finch Hattons
Seventeen tented suites in the southern part of the park, built around natural springs on some 35 acres, with the Chyulu Hills behind and Kilimanjaro on the skyline in clear weather. Fourteen are doubles or twins — one of them wheelchair-accessible — alongside two two-bedroom family suites and a presidential suite with a heated plunge pool on its deck. Beyond game drives there is an infinity pool, a spa with massage pavilions, a hammam, a yoga room and gym, a library and a cigar bar. The Shetani lava flow lies nearby. The camp is run by the Gehlot family and joined Virgin Limited Edition in July 2024.
