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The Lodge Located on the slopes of Oloongams Hills, it is one of the first lodges to be built in the Masai Mara Game Reserve. Guests are drawn to this lodge built in an ethnic design, surrounded by a rich landscape, covered in fauna, from huge desert cacti to sweet smelling jasmine flowers, all within the fabled Masai Mara game reserve. Location 240 kms from Nairobi, approximately 5 hours on tarmac and all weather murram road, situated outside the park. Flying is one hour to the nearest airstrip which is 30 minutes drive to the lodge. Reception Airy and spacious, it is decorated in with the red coloured walls synonymous with the Masai. An effect of beads painted in bright colours is very prominent. In the centre is a huge table with slabs of stone found in the area. Light fixtures are calabashes arranged in a tasteful manner, hanging from a high thatched roof. The walls are adorned with Masai artifacts, muriel’s and woven batiks. Lobby Down a few steps, the walls hanging with woven batiks, is the lobby, round with a high thatched roof. Right in the centre is a fire place, a bar on one side and comfortable seats all around for lounging. The walls have paintings of animals fond in the region. Glass doors open out to a verandah facing the swimming pool and a beautiful garden, with sweet smelling jasmine plants creeping along the walls, giving a beautiful fragrant in the evenings when the flowers open. Accommodation 50 traditional round buildings with thatched roofs, each with 2 rooms. Honeymoon Suite Situated right at the top of the property with an uninterrupted view of the Oloongama hills, this very spacious suite has a king size bed set on a platform. The bathroom has a sunken in bath and shower. A spacious verandah is in the front to watch the sunset or have privately served meals. Suites There are 12 suites, 6 on either side of the lodge. They have a large living area, private spacious bedrooms with 2 queen size beds with a mosquito net, en suite bathroom with a shower, dressing table, coffee table with comfortable chairs and a mini bar. An ornamental fire place completes the decor of the rooms. Standard Rooms The rooms with parquet floors and wooden paneled ceilings have 2 double beds with a mosquito net around them, ornamental fire place, en-suite bathroom with a shower, chairs and a coffee table and dressing table. Each has a verandah with two safari chairs. Ammenities & Services Parking Resident naturalist Gift shop Laundry Swimming pool Evening turn down service Baby sitting Visit to Masai village Guided nature walks Bird watching Mountain climbing Archery Walking safari Masai cultural talks Balloon safaris Foreign exchange Dinning A round structure, the dining room has high ceiling, red painted walls adorned with paintings depicting the Masai going about their every day life. Some walls have framed beautiful beaded necklaces. In the centre is a huge fireplace, decorated Bar Jumbo bar is located in the lounge. Pool bar situated in the pool area. Ol Murani bar is located at the bottom of the building, and has a billiard table and television. It has a viewing deck in front of it and at night the hyenas, jackals and wild dogs come out to feed on food remains. Next to it is an open area which can be used for private functions with a provision for a bon fire right in the center. Weddings at the Lodge The large green lawns with rock gardens, with different plants and brilliantly coloured flowers are an ideal venue for small and intimate or elaborate weddings. Meetings The lodge’s meeting and event venue can accommodate 18 to 90 pax. Well located from the main building, the Baraza room can cater for social functions and corporate entertaining. It is well equipped with conference equipment, and glass doors open out to a verandah perfect out door entertaining. Weddings at the Lodge Mara Sopa is the ideal setting for small wedding ceremonies. Wedding packages are tailored for intimate events by the honeymoon suite, viewing deck or the rich mature gardens. Incentives Bush breakfast Bush breakfast with champagne Bush lunch Bush dinner/bbq The venue is approximately 10 km from the lodge in a private area, with huge rocks at the top as a back drop. Tents are erected with chairs and tables. The buffet is set up on one side and the other, a bar. At night, oil lamps are placed on the rocks and all over the area, a bon fire is lit in the centre, giving a beautiful romantic set up. Toilets are set up at the back, covered by manyatta style erections. Mock Masai attack can be set up to add on to the atmosphere. Coastal buffet African buffet African night + khanga Gala dinner Are arranged within the lodge grounds, and decorated according to the theme. Sundowner + bar snacks Sundowner + canapés Sundowner + canapés + 45 minutes open bar The venue is an open area which has a magnificent view of the stunning sunset.

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The Lodge
Nestled in 190 acres of wooded Masai land, the lodge sits on the foot hills of Africa’s highest mountain, Mt Kilimanjaro. Mature wooded gardens with a variety of trees and plants, from thorn trees and acacias, to fragrant frangipanis, colourful bougainvillea and giant cactus plants thrive in these surroundings.
Different species of birds build their nests while monkeys with babies clinging under their bellies and squirrels dart through the gardens.

Reception
The reception desk is designed like the entrance into a Masai hut, and the wall behind is painted in bold brown strokes, and decorated with silver spear heads, and Masai beaded necklaces.

Lobby
The lobby is open, spacious and airy. It has a high ceiling, with glass painted with colourful Masai paraphernalia sketches, and the bottom of this are beautiful green plants.

The light fixtures are long and round calabashes, cleverly put together giving a warm lighting effect in the evenings.

On one side of the wall are long, thin wrought iron Masai figures. To carry on the theme, silver spear heads are hanging from the roof.

Large comfortable seats complete the décor.

On the left hand side is a Masai market, which is owned by the local community, and the proceeds help run their community. Besides the market, is a well stocked boutique (gift) shop stocked with varieties of African souvenirs.

A walkway over a fish pond, from the lobby, extending from the lobby, leads to the Kibo restaurant and Mawenzi bar.

Accommodation
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.

Ammenities & Services
Parking
Gift shop
Laundry
Swimming pool
Children’s pool
Evening turn down service
Baby sitting
Masai market
Balloon safaris
Nature walks
Car wash

Dinning
Kibo restaurant named after the tallest peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro, is a round structure with a thatched papyrus covered roof and an exterior giving it a feel of an African hut, with the exterior walls plastered to look like rough and painted earth red/mustard colour, giving it an African bush like ambiance.

The glass windows and doors face the mountain and right in the centre is a fire place with bakuba fabrics extended and tied to the ceiling. The fireplace is decorated all around with carvings of wild life.

The walls have wooden panels carved with African artwork and framed bakuba fabrics completing the décor.

Incentives

Bush breakfast
Bush breakfast with champagne
Bush lunch
Bush dinner/bbq
Coastal buffet
African buffet
African night + khanga
Gala dinner
Are arranged within the lodge grounds, and decorated according to the theme.

Sundowner + bar snacks
Sundowner + canapés
Sundowner + canapés + 45 minutes open bar
The venue is an open area which has a magnificent view of the stunning sunset, and the mountain as a back drop

Weddings

Sopa is the ideal setting for small wedding ceremonies. Wedding packages are tailored for intimate events.

Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort

Bamburi

MOMBASA

…waves tug at toes that sink into white sands, the sun melts into the ocean…

…water so blue that it’s hard to tell where the earth ends and the heavens begin…

…sounds of the waves breaking, a gentle breeze in the palm trees…

One of East Africa’s most exotic and best-known resorts, Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort is located in a dreamlike setting, on Bamburi Beach in the North coast of Mombasa.

A fusion of Swahili interiors and Arabic architecture, the resort is spread over 22 acres of exquisite gardens and has the largest beachfront on the north coast overlooking an ocean teeming with unique marine life.

Choose from a range of standard, superior and suite accommodation, all with their own balconies or terraces and views of the pools or the balmy Indian Ocean.

Dining is a true gourmet’s delight. The Pavillions restaurant features daily international buffets and Lido combines a breath taking sea front location with the freshest seafood on the coast.

Minazi’s chilled and casual atmosphere is popular with the world’s favourites in international cuisine including wood fired Italian pizzas and refreshing options of freshly squeezed juices, smoothies and ice creams.

The resort has entertaining activities for children as well as child care facilities in the evening.

A chill lounge bar – Cocos on the beachfront for a night of music and groove.

Enjoy exquisite gardens, four free form swimming pools and a range of water sports activities including jet skiing, wind surfing, snorkeling, scuba diving or just close your eyes under the swaying palms.

Tana River Delta: situated by an outlet of the mighty Tana River, on the curve of the beaches and huge dunes marking the edges of Formosa Bay, it is one of the remotest camps on the Kenya coast and totally unspoilt. Accommodation is in tents thatched with Doum palm. This is where the African bush meets the Indian Ocean. Beach-combing expeditions are interspersed with bird watching and boat trips down the Delta channels. You can either drive from Malindi to the Delta or fly by private charter.

LOCATION Mara North Conservancy ACCOMMODATION 3 ensuite tents – 2 doubles & 1 family tent (2 ensuite bedrooms) All rooms can fit one extra bed, to accommodate children under the age of 16yrs only. DESCRIPTION Saruni Wild is Saruni’s private deluxe tented camp. Located in a wild, scenic valley 10 km away from the main lodge in an area both rich in wildlife and privacy. Each elegantly styled tent has an ensuite bathroom with flush loos, hot & cold water and large safari showers. They also feature spacious verandas with uninterrupted views over the Yaile Mountains of the Northern Masai Mara. Saruni Wild’s secret valley has a large resident population of elephant, giraffe, zebra, buffalo and impala. This is true Africa and we have trained our guides to the highest standard to provide an adventurous, informative and comfortable experience. You can track wild animals and learn bush skills. Walks are individually tailored and are set in the breaktaking valley, forests, springs and mountains. Saruni Wild is an ideal base for 2 of our specialized safaris – the Drawing Safaris and the program called Warriors for a Week.

LOCATION
Kalama Wildlife Conservancy, bordering Samburu National Reserve

LOCATION Mara North Conservancy ACCOMMODATION 6 Cottages – 3 doubles and 3 twin rooms (that can become double) All rooms can fit one extra bed, to accommodate children under the age of 16yrs only. DESCRIPTION Saruni is a deluxe and intimate lodge set in a private conservation area close to the Masai Mara National Reserve. With accommodation for only 12 guests in six spectacular cottages, it is set in a remote valley in the heart of the most exciting wilderness of Kenya. Saruni offers a new concept of safari: a real African adventure experienced in harmony with Maasai warriors and coupled with high standards of style and comfort. The accommodations are furnished with colonial antiques, Persian carpets and African art. The atmosphere of the camp is informal but elegant. Each cottage has hot and cold running water, 220-volt electricity, elegant Italian bathroom fittings, polished wooden floors, and large bathrooms with canvas fronts that can be opened to offer you an amazing “shower with a view”. Décor is unique to each cottage and from the large verandas one can enjoy a unique view of the Mara plains and watch the many wild animals that come to the nearby waterhole. The camp offers its own private spa treatment centre, the “Masai Well-Being Space”.

LOCATION
Ewaso Nyiro River, Northern Laikipia

ACCOMMODATION
6 en-suite Stone Thatch Cottages –
2 Family rooms ( with 2 or 3 extra beds ), 2 double rooms and
2 twin rooms ( twin rooms can be made into doubles )

Eagle Cottage –
1 double and 1 twin room, both en suite, with a shared sitting room and private swimming pool.
It can fit 4 pax comfortably and 6 pax maximum

Sabuk Fly Camp – 5 tents (doubles or twins)

All rooms can fit one extra bed (camp-bed), to accommodate children under the age of 16yrs only

DESCRIPTION

Sabuk Lodge is a stunning wilderness destination, perched on the high banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River in the Northern Laikipia District, overlooking a beautiful elephant-adorned bushy landscape and the rushing rocky waters below.

The lodge has 6 beautifully furnished open sided en suite cottages, plus the exclusive Eagle Cottages (a family unit) which consists of 2 separate bedrooms (both en suite), a large sitting/dining room and private plunge pool. Both the lodge rooms and the cottage have their own fabulous views.

Sabuk was fashioned out of the local landscape, built with local materials, twisted wood and stone boulders incorporated into the architecture. Open fronted and private veranda’s face out over the river gorge 150 feet below.

Sabuk Fly Camp is perfect for clients spending 3 or more days. Walk with a professional safari guide, a camel train and a team of trained Laikipia Maasai warriors through completely deserted tracts of wilderness: no other tourists, no roads or vehicles, only wildlife and tracks, breathtaking scenery, the sounds of the bush, Africa.

LOCATION
Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia.

ACCOMMODATION
6 en-suite safari tents

DESCRIPTION
Ol Pejeta Bush Camp is a traditional tented safari camp, set on the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River in a 100,000 acre wildlife sanctuary – called Ol Pejeta Conservancy.

The Ol Pejeta Conservancy and Bush Camp’s aim is to take game viewing and environmental knowledge to a whole new level, and is ideal for those wishing to get a bit more out of their safari.

The owner-managed camp gives a unique safari experience, described by guests as ‘the real Africa’, offering
interactive conservation activities, whereby guests are given the opportunity to experience modern wildlife
conservation first-hand. Likewise, for those seeking a nature retreat and wishing to distance themselves from a busy schedule, rest, relaxation and independence are all equally encouraged.