Hotels in Kenya

Two tented camps—one vintage-style (Bateleur), the other distinctly modern—in the heart of the Mara.

Inspired by Masai architecture, in a ridgetop acacia grove; the swimming pool is fed by melting ice from Mount Kilimanjaro. 

An 18th-century residence with eight fan-cooled guest rooms, an inner courtyard, and a rooftop terrace where authentic Swahili dinners are served by l

Pleasant inn near the waterfront. Choose one of the three top-floor rooms with antique spindle beds and open terraces that catch the breeze off Lamu C

Set on Masai land in southern Kenya, the lodge and its foundation employ 160 tribespeople and make a daily $40-per-guest donation to support new schoo

50 tents on the Mara River (a prime hippo-viewing spot), with a slew of activities, including traditional African dinners served in a boma.

Recently renovated 1950’s-era hunting lodge in the Mount Kenya foothills with a new 80-seat dining room. 

This Tudor-style hotel in the city center just underwent a $12 million overhaul to renovate the rooms and lobby, and construct a tearoom and outdoor c

1932 ivy-covered lodge with grounds that are home to a herd of giraffes. 

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Riverside tents and some of the area’s best guides, set on the former hunting grounds of colonial-era governors. 

A decade ago, these plains on the edge of the Great Rift Valley were dangerously overgrazed. But with help from an innovative trust, local Masai tribe

Nairobi-based fashion designer Anna Trzebinski is also dabbling in the world of hotels, opening the tented Lemarti’s Camp near Kenya’s Laikipia Platea

Book one of the 18 deluxe tents, just outside Tarangire National Park, to see the vast herds of elephants and the huge baobab trees.

Delightfully rustic resort on an isolated beach with 18 thatch bungalows. It takes two hours by launch to get here from the pier on Lamu Island. The r

A collection of seven luxury villas on a half-mile beach. Each house is decorated with coastal African fabrics and art. Cooks versed in Swahili dishes

In two adjacent Swahili houses in the heart of Old Town, 10 guest rooms are handsomely decorated in traditional style.

Privacy is guaranteed at these 17 tents around a watering hole: the property is accessed by a hand-pulled river ferry. 

Hillside domed huts modeled after a Masai village look onto a migratory path for elephants and giraffes.  

At Kenya's ol Donyo, Great Plains has partnered with the local Masai community to protect the area's wildlife while helping to support neighboring vil

Peponi's veranda is the watering hole for "Little Europe," the jet-set crowd that comes here for generous gin and tonics and exceptional spicy prawns

Stay in one of the six thatched cottages (net-draped beds, ceiling fans, large baths). Each bungalow faces an open-air restaurant where the spicy fish