| If you are looking for a delightful and adventurous way | | | | Here you will find tented camps with basic ammenities |
| to spend your vacations in Kenya, it would be fun to | | | | like running water, bathrooms, mosquito nets, bedding |
| choose tented camping sites which are pitched on | | | | and toilet facilities. Unlike in the Amboseli, one will have |
| specific grounds with nice scenic views of grasslands | | | | to make arrangement for lunch and dinner at nearby |
| and mountaneous ranges. You will watch game | | | | lodges and hotels. However a few of them have |
| stremming around watering holes at night as you enjoy | | | | luxurious tented camps but are abit more costly to |
| Lavish dinner and entertainment. There are several | | | | rent. There are good places where you can arrange |
| tented campsites scattered all over the game | | | | for tented camps like the Severin Safari Camp in |
| reserves and parks, along rivers, cliffs, hills and | | | | Mombasa, the Voyager Safari Camp at the Zimani |
| mountain tops. These tented camps have good beds, | | | | Gate, the Finch Hatton's Safari Camp lacated on the |
| bathrooms and shower blocks, while others are so | | | | western side of the Tsavo National Park and the |
| luxurious they will offer furniture, hot showers, and | | | | Satao Camp on the banks of the Voi River |
| Beds rivelling only a five star hotel. I wish to list here the | | | | This list would not be complete without reference to |
| various places you can enjoy the confort of tented | | | | the Kenyan coastral town of Mombasa. This town is |
| camps. My list may not be exhaustive but it can serve | | | | home to the Simba Hills National park where you can |
| as a guide to those who would wish to live in tented | | | | wactch elephants, antelopes and zebras grazing on |
| camps while on vacation in Kenya. | | | | the grassands, the sandy beaches of Malindi, the |
| The Amboseli National Park has tented camps and | | | | Watamu marine National Park and the age old Lamu |
| cottages where you can have un-inturrupted view of | | | | town. You are sure to be treated to the best tented |
| Mt. Kilimanjaro. The wildlife are kept off by a fence | | | | camps at the Makurumuji Tented Camping site at the |
| running around the camp site, making it safe to watch | | | | Simba hills National Park, the Shompole Camping site |
| game and walk around in the night. These tented | | | | on Lake Magadi which offers a Jakuzzi to keep you |
| camps are a complete contrast to the more luxurious | | | | cool From the warm breezes. |
| cottages at the Amboseli Lodge, Tortilis Camp, | | | | One thing about tented camping sites is the amount of |
| Amboseli Serena Lodge and the Ol Tukai Lodge | | | | backpacking one has to carry, which is a little |
| Where you will be treated to well kempt gardens, | | | | cumbersome but this should not undermine the |
| worderful views of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Swimming pools | | | | benefits that accrue from tented camping sites. You |
| and enough ammenities making your stay very | | | | will definately be able to save lots of maney that you |
| confortable and spiritually rewarding. But ofcourse if | | | | can invest in many ways like either in eating at a five |
| you are travelling on a budget, you could try the | | | | star or shopping for yourself antique Masai Lingerie, |
| Namanga River Hotel, Campi ya Kazi, or the Nyati | | | | traditional artifacts and the like. It should also be |
| Safari camp, all with nice tented camps erected under | | | | important to appreciate the fact that life at tented |
| acasia trees, giving you the advantage of the nice | | | | camping sites teaches you and makes you |
| scenic view of Mt. Kilimanjaro. | | | | self-dependent. Its very interesting to see men and |
| The Tsavo National Park offers a wide range of wild | | | | women who do not do any household work at all |
| life and birds within the dense vegatation, swamps, | | | | cleaning plates while in camping sites. |
| remarkable rolling hills, volcanic caves and huge rocks. | | | | |