A small camp at the edge of Amboseli. Henry, who runs it, is usually the one who meets you.
From Nairobi to the tent door.
Four to five hours by road
From Nairobi it is four to five hours by road, or under an hour’s flight to Amboseli and half an hour’s drive. The camp is beside Kimana Gate, opposite Sentrim.
Canvas, on a raised deck
Each tent stands on timber stilts under its own roof, with steps up to a veranda. Inside: wooden beds under nets, a stone floor, and a tiled bathroom with a hot shower.
Three meals, often outside
Every stay is full board. Tables go out on the lawn under red Maasai-check cloths, and on a clear morning you eat breakfast facing Kilimanjaro.
120 acres to walk
The camp has its own 120-acre conservancy. A Maasai guide will walk you through it. Giraffe, zebra, antelope and dik-dik are about, and you’ll hear hyenas at night.
Tents for one,
two or three.
Every tent is built the same way: canvas on a raised deck, a veranda, beds under nets and a tiled bathroom with a hot shower. What changes is the beds. One, a king-size double, two singles, or three.
See the tents →
The Double or Twin Tent
A king-size bed or two singles, under nets, with a tiled bathroom and a hot shower. Sleeps 2.
The Triple Tent
Three separate beds in one big tent, under nets, with a tiled bathroom and a hot shower. Sleeps 3.
The Single Tent
One bed under a net, with the same tiled bathroom and hot shower as the bigger tents. Sleeps 1.
Next door to the park
The camp is beside Kimana Gate, opposite Sentrim. Morning drives start at the gate, so you are in Amboseli at first light.
Kilimanjaro from camp
On a clear morning the mountain stands over the trees behind the tents. Guests write about seeing it from the breakfast table and from their own veranda.
The owner is on site
Henry runs Manjaro himself. Guests write that he meets them on arrival and knows the plants and animals around Amboseli. One solo traveller had him for company at dinner.
Hot water and power in the tent
Every tent has electricity and a hot shower. One guest wrote that both were there day and night: “that’s not the case in all camps.”
How a day here goes.
Game drives through Kimana Gate, walks in the conservancy with a Maasai guide, a visit to a Maasai village, and breakfast out on the lawn. The camp arranges them; ask when you book.
Guests tend to mention Henry by name.
“Honestly, the service that I received there was better than a 5-star hotel. I was a solo traveler and the owner joined me for dinner.”
Henry runs the camp with a small team, and the guides who take you walking are local Maasai. Reviews come back to the same things: the welcome, the cooking, the hot water, and Henry’s knowledge of the plants and animals around Amboseli.
Read what guests say →“Amazing location, wonderful staff and the best food of our safari.”
Notes from Kimana.
Getting to Kimana Gate, by road and by air
When Kilimanjaro shows itself, and when it doesn’t
Balloons over camp, and what else gets up early
News from the camp, now and then.
A few times a year: what has been coming through the conservancy, how the mountain has been behaving, and when the camp is quiet.