Satao Elerai Camp

The camp currently has 9 luxury en-suite mountain facing tents and 5 large luxurious lodge style suites. Both the tents and the suites are en suite with the suites also having luxurious baths. The facilities are supplied with hot running water provided by eco friendly solar units.

The rooms at Satao Elerai Camp were built and designed to ensure that your stay will be in complete luxury. Huge beds with top quality mattresses and pillows and a large luxurious duvet ensure that you will sleep through the night in total comfort. Large sliding doors open out onto your own private verandah overlooking the plains below and Amboseli National Park. Each room has its own bathroom with a view, designed using natural rock and acacia wood the bathrooms have a design and feel unique to Elerai.

Dinners at Satao Elerai Camp are served a la carte. Using locally grown vegetables and fruit our chefs prepare a wide variety of dishes to suit all tastes. On a clear night tables are set out on the terrace where clients can enjoy a meal under the stars. Regularly the mountain will be clear early evening and can be seen lit up by the moon from your dinner table.

If you have any special requests for meals please let us know in advance, the chefs at Satao Elerai will be happy to meet your requirements.

Gamedrives

During your stay at Satao Elerai you have the option to either enjoy game drives in Amboseli National Park or on the Elerai Conservation area. Amboseli National Park offers the amazing Amboseli swamps with the large herds of elephants and buffalos and the unique aquatic bird species. In contract Elerai conservation area offers grass plains and acacia woodland forest which are home to the large elephant bulls, many giraffe and eland and a host of amazing bird life.

Community Visits

A trip to the Elerai Masai community allows you to experience an authentic Masai experience. Our trips allow you to see the Masai as they live traditionally and not under false circumstances. Enjoy a chance to walk with their cattle as they set out for the days grazing.

Game Walks

Elerai Conservation area is one of the best game walking areas in Kenya with several different options for walks including several walks in the nearby river gorge. The Walks are offered free of charge and allow you to experience the bush and wildlife in a completely different way. Take advantage of this special activity.

Sundowners

A sundowner with Kilimanjaro as the backdrop is something not to be missed. Few locations offer such an amazing chance to take that ideal Africa sunset picture with the bonus of Kilimanjaro in the background.

Night Game Drives

Few places offer the opportunity to see the nocturnal wildlife of Africa. Night game drives give you the opportunity to see serval cats, genet cats, civet cats, ardwolfs, owls, bush babies and many other beautiful species that roam the bush at night. This offers a different experience and is a must for those that have never experienced it.

Balloon Safaris

Amboseli offers one of the most amazing locations to do a Balloon safari. With Mt Kilimanjaro as a back drop and the Amboseli swamps and elephants completing the landscape below this is something everyone should try and include during their time at Satao Elerai.

Amboseli National Park

Amboseli National Park is a flat, semi arid basin lying below the most famous symbol of Africa – Mount Kilimanjaro. Rising dramatically out of the savannah to 5,895m (19,340 ft), Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and the tallest free standing mountain in the world.

The majestic giant with its snow-clad peak floating in the stark blue African sky forms a dramatic backdrop behind the abundant wildlife that live in the Amboseli National Park.

A large part of the park consists of the alluvial dried-up bed of the seasonal Lake Amboseli, which in the rainy season can transform into a shallow flood whilst the dry season brings strange mirages above the dry shimmering surface.

Towards the centre of the park are a series of swamps, fed by the underground rivers running off the mountain. It is here, closer to the water, that the concentration of wildlife intensifies, from the ever present herds of elephant to the colorful birdlife. This includes a wide variety of water birds such as grey heron, saddle bill stork, Egyptian goose as well as long-toed lapwing., yellow throated sand grouse and up to 6 species of vulture. The rare Madagascar squacco heron is a frequent visitor. Other game frequently seen include buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, gazelle, Maasai giraffe, lion and cheetah.

Satao Elerai Community and Wildlife Trust

The Satao Elerai project is a community project that has been along time in the making. The project has been a concerted effort between the Satao Elerai, The African Wildlife Foundation and The Elerai community. The concept is to provide a sustainable income from tourism for the Maasai community in the area and to try and ensure that it is in the communities interest to protect the wildlife for generations to come. Amboseli has been a location where human-wildlife conflict has been an issue for many years, and it is projects like these that can over time ensure that communities start to benefit from wildlife and to ensure they invest in protecting and securing their future for their own benefit.

Not only does Satao Elerai Camp have a strong community ethic but it also has stunning views, delicious food, cold beer and amazing beds. This combined with one of the best locations in the Amboseli ecosystem make this camp a real winner.

We particularly liked the wooden decking around each of the large comfortable tents; the perfect place to site and take in the awesome landscape.

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