Satao Camp – Tsavo

Satao Camp offers a range of facilities to ensure a comfortable and enjoyable stay for guests. Here are some of the main facilities available at the camp:

1. Accommodation: Satao Camp has 20 spacious tents, each with en-suite facilities, hot water showers, and a private veranda overlooking the river. The tents are elegantly decorated with hand-carved furniture and African-inspired decor.
2. Dining: The camp has a large dining area where guests can enjoy delicious meals, including local and international cuisine. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are included in the accommodation rate, and the camp can cater to special dietary requirements upon request.
3. Lounge and bonfire: There is a comfortable lounge area at the camp where guests can relax and socialize. The lounge is equipped with comfortable seating, a fireplace, and a bar.
4. Game drives: Satao Camp offers game drives in open 4x4 vehicles with experienced guides. Guests can explore the vast wilderness of Tsavo East National Park and see a wide range of wildlife.
5. Guided nature walks: Guests can also go on guided nature walks with experienced guides to learn more about the flora and fauna of the area.
6. Birdwatching: Tsavo East National Park is home to over 500 species of birds, and guests can go on birdwatching walks with experienced guides.
7. Cultural visits: Guests can visit nearby Maasai villages to learn more about the local culture and way of life.

Overall, Satao Camp offers a range of facilities and activities to ensure an unforgettable safari experience for guests.

Satao Camp – Accommodation

Satao Camp boasts 20 authentic safari style en-suite tents, each with private verandahs, nestled among the tamarind trees surrounding the camp’s very own watering hole. The tents are carefully positioned to allow uninterrupted views of the visiting wildlife whilst ensuring total privacy.

There are 16 tents and 4 suites at Satao Camp Tsavo. The tents interiors are simply exquisite. All are attractively furnished to a unique African design. The suites are larger and positioned closest to the water hole. Satao Camp tents are suitably designed & adapted to cater for guests with disabilities.

Satao Camp tents are large enough to accommodate extra beds.

When it comes to wining and dining, you would never believe you are in the African bush. Satao Camp’s chefs prepare a tasty range of dishes all prepared with the freshest ingredients. After your early morning game drive, enjoy breakfast with eggs cooked to order. Lunch is served ‘al-fresco’ under a 200-year old Tamarind tree where you can enjoy watching the elephants at the watering hole. And dinner is served in the restaurant area, usually followed by nightcaps around the campfire. Private dining and bush dinners can also be arranged in Satao Camp Tsavo.

For guests with special dietary requirements, please let us know when booking and our chefs will ensure your needs are catered for.

Game drives

Satao Camp offers morning and afternoon game drives within the Park. If you’re looking for the legendary Big Five, you won’t be disappointed.

All Satao Camp safari vehicles are open 4×4s equipped with everything you need for the perfect game drive. We provide binoculars, guide books about African birds and mammals and even a cool box with chilled drinks at the ready.

Satao Camp guides are qualified Professional Safari Guides and have worked for many years in Tsavo. Their passion and understanding of the environment and the rich biodiversity of Tsavo are unequalled and they will be delighted to share their knowledge with you.

Sundowners

Sunset over the Tsavo plains is a sight to behold and the ‘sundowner’ experience is a must for all our guests at Satao. At the end of a leisurely late-afternoon game drive, your driver/guide will take you to “our” special sundowner spot. The fire is lit, delicious bitings are served and the chilled sparkling wine or the famous ‘dawa’ cocktails are poured. Sit back and relax, watch the sun slip behind the Sagala Hills and listen to the sounds of the wild. It’s an experience you will treasure forever.

For aspiring photographers, the hour before the sun goes down is blessed with what the professionals call ‘magic light’ – a time of soft golden light that displays the Kenyan wilderness to optimum advantage.

To book your sundowner experience, please ask the camp manager on arrival.

Birding

Satao Camp’s oasis is a favourite habitat for a great variety of birds: over 300 different species have been identified. Birders can safely walk around the Camp’s grounds and watch the many beautiful birds coming to nest or take a bath in the waterhole. Hornbills, barbits, starlings, guinea fowls and pearl spotted owls are very common to see. Our resident flock of colorful guinea fowl are a pleasure to watch.

Nearby attractions

As well as teeming with wildlife, Tsavo East offers visitors some spectacular scenery. Some notable sights include:

The Mudanda Rock is a 1.6 km inselberg of stratified rock that acts as a water catchment that supplies a natural dam below. It offers an excellent vantage point for the hundreds of elephants and other wildlife that come to drink during the dry season.

On the Galana River, Lugard Falls is a series of white water rapids running between some remarkable rock formations. On request, clients can book a full day game drive with a picnic lunch to see both the falls and also Yatta Plateau, the world’s longest lava flow. Its incredible 290 km length was formed by lava from Ol Doinyo Sabuk Mountain.