Satao Camp is a cluster of 20 tents, which form a semi-circle around a waterhole, which regularly attracts elephant. There is a central dining area and bar, a campfire and an observation tower. 

Location

The camp is in Tsavo East National Park, some 50 km from the main Mombasa Road. Tsavo East National Park is easily accessible by air and road, and is approximately 160 kilometers from Mombasa, and 326 kilometers from Nairobi. 

Accommodation

The camp offers just 20 tents, all of which look out over the waterhle. There are 16 family tents and 4 suites. The ensuite bathrooms offer traditional safari showers, basin and flushed WCs.

Dining and bars

Lunch is served under a 200 year-old Tamarind tree where you may watch the elephants at the watering hole. Dinner is served in the restaurant lounge area, from 7-9 pm. After dinner, you can relax and enjoy the atmosphere of Tsavo by swapping stories of your days adventures around the campfire or watch the animals by "night" from the observation tower.

Child-friendly

The camp welcomes children.

What to see and do

• Game Drives, nature walks and medicinal plant discovery

Tsavo East offers miles of open plains, bushy grassland and semi-arid scrub. What is more, once you depart off the few ‘beaten tracks’ that exist, you can explore one of the last remaining wildernesses on earth in almost primeval solitude.  Experience the real safari – morning and afternoon game drives through the park with our trained driver-guides. Picnic lunches and sundowners can be provided. The area is renowned for elephants particularly during the dry season; the last count (1999) recorded 8100.

Highlights and special features

Game drives in open vehicles.  Walking safaris along the Galana River and sand rivers.   Sundowners, bush breakfast. Tsavo East National Park is a Wilderness area and the game can be shy but it offers great bio-diversity.  Uncommon species seen there include lesser kudu, gerenuk, fringed eared oryx, hirola and Peter's gazelle.  The area is renowned for elephants particularly during the dry season; the last count (1999) recorded 8100.  Tsavo is particularly rich in birdlife.