{"title":"Taita-Taveta County","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"kipalo-hills","title":"Kipalo Hills","description":"\u003cp\u003eKipalo Hills sits on the slopes of the Mbulia Hills inside the Mbulia Conservancy, a private wildlife area of nearly thirty-six thousand acres that shares a border with Tsavo West National Park. From the camp, the view runs across the conservancy plains toward the Ngulia Hills and, on a clear day, to Mount Kilimanjaro. A waterhole beside the camp draws elephant and buffalo regularly, and leopard and African wild dog have been recorded there too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe camp holds eight units in three categories. Traditional safari tents offer double or twin beds, a bucket shower, and a sitting area in front of each tent; the tents are spaced well apart. The Rock Suite sits among natural rock formations and suits couples or families wanting more space, with a double bed, a day bed, and a private dining area. The Cliff Villa is a separate private unit with a king-size bed, indoor and outdoor shower, a furnished deck, and a rooftop terrace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eActivities are arranged daily around each guest's preferences and include game drives in open-roof four-by-four vehicles through the conservancy, guided bush walks, night drives, and gourmet bush picnics. The camp also runs drives into Tsavo East and day excursions to the Taita Hills and Chyulu Hills. Meals are served in the main mess, on private terraces, or at locations chosen in the bush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAirport transfers are included, and the camp operates in English and Swahili.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wetu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43807361400891,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/6776\/2747\/files\/336711782130737543kipalohillsnewmainarea60525photokathrinmaiznerjpg_fe950622-8052-49d6-b38f-2a7e5f14af83.webp?v=1784338780"},{"product_id":"soroi-cheetah-tented-camp-256756","title":"Soroi Cheetah Tented Camp","description":"\u003cp\u003eSoroi Cheetah Tented Camp sits on the lower slopes of a hill inside the forty-eight-thousand-acre Lumo Conservancy, which shares an unfenced border with Tsavo West National Park. Lions Bluff Lodge and Leopards Lair occupy the upper reaches of the same hill; Cheetah Tented Camp is the camp-level base below them, with views across the conservancy floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe camp holds eight tents across two configurations: smaller units that each take either two single beds or a king-size, and larger family units sleeping four or five across two en-suite rooms with a shared sitting area. Each tent has a private veranda and en-suite bathroom. The shared mess area faces the conservancy and catches the evening light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe conservancy carries lions, elephants, buffalo, cheetahs, lesser kudu, eland, and impala. Over three hundred bird species have been recorded, including the Taita Thrush and Taita Apalis, both found only in this region. Game drives run morning and evening in open-sided vehicles; night drives are permitted within the conservancy, which national parks do not allow. The camp also runs guided bush walks with Lumo Conservancy rangers and a bush breakfast served in the field after an early drive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe photographic hide is partially submerged beside a waterhole, placing photographers at eye level with animals coming to drink. It has overnight facilities, so you can stay through the night if a nocturnal sighting is the goal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe kitchen serves home-cooked meals on full-board and can accommodate dietary requirements. The camp runs on solar power and has a no-single-use-plastic policy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"phasec-create","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43808537837627,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"ngutuni-lodge-26819","title":"Ngutuni Lodge","description":"\u003cp\u003eBordered on three sides by Tsavo East National Park, Ngutuni Lodge stands on a private game sanctuary of 10,000 acres beneath the Sagala Hills. Grassland runs unbroken to the horizon here. The lodge itself is arranged in four blocks of guest rooms, 48 in total, and every one looks out over a watering hole where wildlife gathers through the day. Rooms are simple and well made, each with a double and a single bed, a separate bathroom, and a balcony with seating angled toward the water. Eight rooms interconnect, useful for families. Full board covers three courses at lunch and four at dinner, built from ingredients sourced locally rather than flown in. A pool, newly built, gives a break between drives. Game drives run at dawn and after dark, in adapted safari vehicles with guides who know the sanctuary and the park beyond it. Roads inside the reserve are mostly track rather than tarmac, so a 4x4 with decent clearance is the sound way in by private car. The lodge lies just off the main Mombasa-Nairobi highway north of Voi, roughly two and a half hours from the coast by road, and the Voi railway station is under twenty minutes from the sanctuary gate. You can watch elephant or buffalo come to drink without leaving the terrace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WETU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43868299690043,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"soroi-leopards-lair-217619","title":"Soroi Leopards Lair","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuilt with local materials in warm earth tones, the five cottages sit on the same ridge as Soroi Lions Bluff, overlooking Lumo Conservancy. Three hold a king-size bed; two add a single bed. Each has hot and cold running water, a private bathroom with an indoor shower, and a veranda facing west across the conservancy. On clear mornings the outline of Mount Kilimanjaro appears above the savannah, with the Taita Hills closer in and the plains of Mukamazi visible to the south. Complimentary wireless internet and drinking water are provided.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGame drives depart in custom four-wheel-drive vehicles with a ranger and tracker. Night drives leave after dusk to track leopard, lion, and nocturnal species not seen during the day — a permit available only in community conservancies, not in the national parks. Guided bush walks cover animal tracks, endemic birds, and plants used by the Taita people. A partially submerged photographic hide sits at a waterhole where elephants, eland, and lesser kudu drink at eye level; the hide has overnight facilities for photographers who want to stay through dawn light. Bush breakfasts are cooked under a tree after an early walk. A day can be spent hiking the Taita Hills or visiting Mzima Springs in Tsavo West, an underwater viewing chamber where hippos and crocodiles move through clear water fed by the Chyulu Hills. Laundry service and in-room spa treatments are available on request.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WETU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43868348121147,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/6776\/2747\/files\/soroi-leopard-lair-camping-cabin-soroi-leopards-lair-taveta-road-lumo-conservancy-maktau-kenya-01.webp?v=1785179416"},{"product_id":"the-hildana-lodge-405157","title":"The Hildana Lodge","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Taita Hills rise behind the lodge, and ahead of it a 5,000-acre sanctuary runs into the Tsavo elephant corridor linking Lake Jipe to the Galana River. The Hildana sits beside a working sisal estate that has farmed this ground since 1972, and the family still runs both. It is a small property. Eight rooms only, sleeping 20 guests at most: five double rooms, two family units, and one honeymoon suite set apart on a raised platform with its own garden. Each is a stand-alone cottage reached along a paved path, open-fronted against the Taita heat, with a private veranda or patio. Interiors lean Mediterranean, softened with a coastal Swahili touch. Waterholes inside the sanctuary draw elephant herds through in season, along with resident cheetah and lion and the occasional wild dog, and evenings on the deck often mean watching them drink at dusk. Game drives run daily in open shared vehicles, and a guided tour takes guests through the sisal factory and farm, one of the largest sisal producers in the world. Forest walks into the Taita Hills reserves suit birders; Tsavo National Park itself is a forty-five-minute drive. A small spa above a private waterhole offers massages and treatments using a Kenyan skincare range. Meals are taken communally with the host team, often outdoors, breeze and birdsong included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WETU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43868398878779,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/6776\/2747\/files\/the-hildana-lodge-hotel-kenya-01.webp?v=1785179512"}],"url":"https:\/\/plekify.com\/collections\/taita-taveta-county.oembed","provider":"Plekify","version":"1.0","type":"link"}