Masai Mara
The sites are wonderfully open to the elements, with just canvas between you and the nearest predator. You will need to be totally self-sufficient to the…
Must-see hotels in Kenya
Mombasa
Probably the cheapest of Mombasa's safe guesthouses, this place isn't pretty on the outside, but the rooms are clean and your purse will thank you…
Southern Rift Valley
The Astorian Grand has attractive if unexciting rooms with tiled floors, muted colours and enough space to put your suitcase down without tripping over it…
Malindi
If you need quiet, this religious centre (which accepts guests of all stripes) is a nice option. Like most church-run places in Kenya, everything here is…
South Coast
This largely renovated hotel is a bit of a maze, with identical doubles, slightly larger suites, two pools and some nice lounge areas. The beach access is…
Northern Kenya
Located 2.5km north of town on the road to Moyale, this place has little in the way of character but has big, tiled en-suite rooms, lots of peace and…
Western Kenya
Friends has comfortable rooms that are clean, pleasing to the eye and come with 24-hour hot water; the friendly service costs no extra. Downstairs is a…
Kenya
The second-highest hut at 4790m, this makes a good base before the final ascent of Point Lenana. The dorm rooms are basic and you'll need a good sleeping…
Southern Rift Valley
On the lake's southwestern shore, this acacia-shaded site has an ablutions block and (cold) running water. It's a pretty spot and the busiest of the…
Southern Rift Valley
This campsite sits just beyond the gate on the way up to the Mt Longonot crater. There’s space to pitch a tent and a toilet and shower block but no…
Western Kenya
A solid choice that boasts spacious, quiet and clean rooms with exceptionally helpful management. It’s not quite as God-fearing as it sounds. There’s an…
Malindi
Not as fancy as the name suggests and rather in need of TLC, this resort is handy if you're after all the resort trimmings without the price tag. Most of…
Kenya
About halfway between Voi and Tsavo East National Park's Voi Gate, this simple place has rooms and tents arrayed around a green courtyard. Rooms are large…
Western Kenya
The most inviting super cheapie in town is safe, friendly, clean and has comfortable beds and reliable(ish) hot water. It also has a good bar, restaurant…
Kenya
Cheap hotels proliferate around Voi and this is one of the better places in the heart of town. Rooms are simple and generally clean, but there's a pub…
Western Kenya
This large hotel block, consisting of new, modern rooms overlooking the town park, is where business types settle in to do important stuff in Kericho. The…
Lake Nakuru National Park
Soysambu Special Campsite, a wilderness campsite with no facilities, is south of the lake beside the Nderit River. As the lake's water levels can vary,…
Lake Nakuru National Park
Naishi Special Campsite, a wilderness campsite with no facilities, is south of the lake beside the Makalia River. As the lake's water levels can vary,…
Southern Rift Valley
Opened in 2010, this fine, expansive property on a rise overlooking the lake remains a popular choice. Most rooms are well-sized, all look towards the…
Nairobi
This good-value option is more functional than charming, but it offers clean, colourfully painted rooms with wrought-iron furnishings and mosquito nets in…
Mombasa
The style here is a bit Nigerian chic (over-the-top glitzy) and some of the rooms could do with a lick of paint, but there's a lovely rooftop terrace and…
Mombasa
The distinctly functional New Daba is one of the cleaner budget options, and handy if you've just arrived on a night bus and need a place to crash. Green…
Kenya
At 3300m and usually the first night's stop on the Sirimon Route. Campfires are allowed, but you'll have to supply your own firewood. Book through Bantu…
Southern Rift Valley
This ‘special’ campsite has no services, and besides absolute solitude (those who book it have exclusive use), offers no more ambience than the cheaper…
Kenya
The most comfortable option in Ol Donyo Sabuk, this comfortable KWS banda is a little rundown but excellent value if you've enough people in your party to…
South Coast
This small, cheerful and authentically Kenyan place has a few basic but adequate rooms set behind a busy bar that may as well be sponsored by Tusker, so…
Northern Kenya
The main public campsite is close to the park headquarters. It lacks even the most basic facilities and there are lots of baboons with light fingers…
Kenya
This hotel boasts smart rooms that are polished to within an inch of their lives, and swanky, tiled bathrooms. With three bars and two restaurants, it's…
Tsavo West National Park
This public campsite is at Komboyo, 8km from the Mtito Andei gate. Facilities are basic, so be prepared to be self-sufficient, though there are at least…
Dudu Villas & Lamu Backpackers
Lamu Island
This place is as budget as it gets in Shela, with room for several tents inside the large, sandy garden, and several anonymous-looking, fan-cooled dorms…
Kenya
Utterly unpromising from the outside, this simple place is the pick of the budget options. Rooms have mosquito nets and the central location is ideal,…
Masai Mara
Just north of town and therefore quieter than most, the Lexingtone has tidy, if fairly standard, midrange rooms with mosquito nets and colourful walls to…
Northern Kenya
The NGOs’ favourite home, the Bomen Hotel has the town’s most toe-curlingly frilly pink bed sheets! It also has TVs, shared terraces with views and…
Kenya
One of three good bunk-houses along the Naro Moru Route, at 3000m. Beds can be hard to come by – book through Naro Moru River Lodge.
Western Kenya
A few hundred metres before the main gate, this very faded lodge is set in grassy grounds with views down to the lowlands. Rooms are plain but clean and…
Northern Kenya
Excellent-value sky-blue rooms that range from tiny cubes to those large enough to swing a backpack. All have hot showers and there’s a decent in-house…
Western Kenya
These decent stone bandas (thatched-roof huts) can sleep three people in two beds. They have simple bathrooms and small, fully equipped kitchen areas.
Kenya
Reedbuck is one of Aberdare's public campsites. Located roughly 2.5km from the Kiandongoro Gate, the campsite has kitchen and ablution facilities for…
Kenya
Set up as a research station for Finnish scientists, this small and simple rest house offers basic facilities if they're not filled with visiting…
Western Kenya
Easily Kakamega's best place to stay, Kakamega Golf Hotel has tidy if somewhat overpriced rooms, a swimming pool and (sometimes) vultures on the lawn.
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