Makenas Hills

Escape to a Kenyan paradise situated on the 100 000 acre malaria free wildlife reserve and an altitude of 7000 feet, Makenas Hills overlooks the breathtaking Great Rift Valley a rich source of fossils, wildlife and plantlife.

The Laikipia district has been isolated for years and tourists are only recently allowed into the eye-catching setting and protected area. 'The Place of Dark Waters' in the Maasai language - is a striking landscape and is where conservationist and author Kuki Gallman's autobiography, "I Dreamed of Africa", is based.

With room for simply twelve guests, the setting unsurprisingly reflects a idealistic, intimate and private impression. Makenas Hills boast with furnishings and decorations, which are exclusively tailored for the lodge and a delectable cuisine of excellent Italian restaurants of London or New York. Beige canvas tents blend into the surrounding landscapes. The four poster Swahili bed is lavish and inviting in spacious room with its oriental rugs and Moroccan lamps. At Makenas Hills you can be sure to experience sheer extravagance and the best possible services and facilities to make you feel at home. The tents each has access to their very own dressing room an en-suite bathroom along with a verandah where you can enjoy private meals beneath the open African stars in the company of the Great Rift Valley.

You are welcomed by an outsized reception area with a beautifully adorned dining room and bar. The swimming pool enjoys panoramic views and a few secluded viewpoints allows guests to partake in meditation, yoga or a massage making sure you are well revitalised before you leave. Stretched out views of savannah, precipitous gorges, hills roofed in wild sage and thorn vegetation mingle to formulate an incredible sanctuary on behalf of the indigenous flora and fauna and a shelter to the indigenous black rhino outside the national parks. Lion, herds of elephant, leopard, cheetah, buffalo, antelope in addition to over 400 species of birds roam uninterrupted here.