Campi ya Kanzi

The camp offers room for 16 guests in 6 luxury tented cottages and 2 suites. Each tented cottage enjoys a different view, and accommodates one or two adults. An extra bed can be added for a child.

The suites feature king-size beds, a clothes room between the bedroom and the bathroom, and a sitting area next to the bed. Bathrooms have double sinks. Both suites enjoy an astonishing view of the lodge's waterhole and of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Both tented cottages and suites are constructed of stones, canvas, and wood, and they feature a full elegant bath with shower, bidet, basin, flush toilet and electric light. Brass plumbing fixtures add an unexpected touch of elegance and comfort, with hot (solar heated) and cold running water.

Each tented cottage has a wide veranda to let you enjoy superb views of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the Tsavo Hills, and the Chyulu Hills. Our state-of-the-art solar power system provides 220-volt electricity for your cottage at any time (plugs and sockets are 2 pins, Italian).

With only six tented cottages and two suites, there is ample distance from one to the other to guarantee every guest's privacy. Each tented cottage has a dedicated Maasai attendant. At night, Maasai askari (night watchmen) patrol the camp.

Kanzi House

While Campi ya Kanzi offers the uncompromised classic safari experience, Kanzi House has been created for better catering to families with children and to those guests who prefer not to sleep under canvas or desire some resort features.

With room for up to 10 guests, this is one of the very few private safaris villas that you can rent in Kenya. In this exclusive, high-end rental you and your group can enjoy private dining, private swimming pool/jacuzzi and private safaris with Samson Parashina as your guide and your own personal Maasai tracker.

With three double and two twin rooms, up to 6 adults and 4 children can be accommodated at Kanzi House. Featuring a Jacuzzi, a 60ft swimming pool with a pool cottage, all with an astonishing view of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Kanzi House provides the most luxurious private experience, while letting guests contribute meaningfully to conservation.

Your safari at Campi ya Kanzi will mean having 280,0000 acres of Maasai wilderness with thousands of animals all for yourself, exploring it with a Maasai tracker, being able to walk with him and learning how to read footprints and identify scats; it will also mean hiking into the cloud forest of the Chyulu Hills; it will mean seeing many different species of wildlife, birds, trees, while in complete privacy, not surrounded by other tourists.

• Game drives in open Land Rover, with your professional guide and Maasai tracker.
• Walk, escorted by your guide and by your tracker, in the cloud forest, exploring a unique habitat.
• Walk, escorted by your guide and by your tracker, in the savanna or to look-out hills.
• Tailored safaris for keen photographers.
• Tailored safaris for keen birds watchers.
• Dine in the bush, for either breakfast, lunch or dinner.
• Cave dining! Dine in a huge cavern, where the Maasai where hiding the cattle they were raiding from the Wakamba, a tribe living on the other side of the Chyulu Hills.
• Join "Among Lions" a special one week safari run with the Trust, studying the lion population of the reservation.
• Botanical safaris with a Maasai tracker, who will explain you the different use the Maasai makes of plants.
• Visit your Maasai tracker's home, in his village, to learn about Maasai culture.
• Visit the Trust programs in conservation, health, and education.
• At Campi ya Kanzi visit Kanzi Academy, a gifted pupils primary school, attended by 8 Maasai pupils.
• Sundowners (aperitives at sunset) with a Maasai elder, who will -next to a fire - share with you his Maasai lore, explaining their history and traditions.
• Excursion to Tsavo National Park, where Mzima spring is home to tens of hippo and crocodiles.
• Kilimanjaro scenic flight, inclusive of a bush champagne breakfast.
• Air excursions to Tsavo or Chyulu Hills.
• Air excursion to Amboseli National Park, where one of our car will be waiting for you for a game drive.
• Fly camping, along side a river or in the plains in front of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Unique is rather an overused (and often abused) term, but that's what Campi ya Kanzi truly is. Unlike other lodges, it is not in a National Park (with crowds of visitors) or in a small, privately owned concession. Instead, it is a community eco-lodge, offering an authentic experience of an iconic Africa, rich in wildlife, wilderness and culture.

The diversity of the landscape, and consequently of the wildlife, is tremendous. You can spend a week here, enjoying and discovering something different everyday, combining traditional game drives with unforgettable game walks, while being deeply immersed in the Maasai culture.

Campi ya Kanzi contributes significantly to the preservation of those assets it shares with its guests: Maasai wilderness, cultural and wildlife heritages. At the same time, it offers an unmatchable, unique experience.

Campi ya Kanzi has demonstrated that conservation and style not only can coexist but complement each other as guests at Campi ya Kanzi contribute to the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust $100 for each day they stay.

We also like the fact that the entire camp has been built with local materials using traditional skills.

This is an owner run lodge and it shows in the camps warm homely atmosphere and attention to detail. This camp consistently delivers and should be enjoyed by everyone.