Your stay with us
Before you arrive →
It is our greatest pleasure to welcome you to the wilds of Tsavo. Travelling in this remote corner of the world is a transformative experience, and we want to ensure your journey here is as seamless as possible. Please take a moment to read through the information below, and don’t hesitate to reach out with any further questions.
Exclusivity
All of our lodges and camps are available on an exclusive-use basis. No other guests will be booked to stay at your lodge during your time with us. You are also welcome to reserve more than one lodge at any of our sites, subject to availability.
Staffing
Each lodge is fully staffed. Our friendly team will take care of you during your stay, including turn-down, cleaning, laundry, and food and drink service. Our resident chef prepares all your meals, using the ingredients you bring. We provide both still and sparkling drinking water, along with shampoo, conditioner, lotion, and body wash.
Catering
As our properties are located in remote wilderness areas, guests must come fully prepared with all provisions for the duration of their stay, including ingredients for meals and drinks. Once you arrive, our resident chefs will prepare all your meals. To ensure you are able to enjoy the best culinary experience, we strongly recommend planning your shopping well in advance of your trip. We are happy to connect you with a complete catering service — please let us know when booking.
Check-in and Check-out
Check-in is from 10:00am. Check-out is by 9:30am.
Things to Bring
Beyond your food, drinks, and everyday essentials, a few thoughtful additions can enhance your stay. Pack a hat, sunglasses, and high-strength sunscreen, along with insect repellent and sturdy shoes. A personal first aid kit is always worth packing. Light layers will keep you comfortable by day, while you’ll reach for a warm fleece or jumper on crisp evenings. For wildlife watching, binoculars and a camera are essential. Finally, portable speakers, playing cards, or a favourite game all add to the relaxed camp atmosphere.
Accommodations
Our lodges are refined, well-appointed properties in some of the wildest corners of Kenya. Bedrooms are fully enclosed, while common areas open to the surrounding bush. Please note that our Umani and Ithumba properties have open-air, outdoor showers.
Power & Internet
Each lodge is equipped with solar power and backup generators. Wifi is available in common areas and some rooms, though connectivity can be unreliable. Please note that high-voltage items, like hair dryers, cannot be used at our properties.
Car Hire
A vehicle is required to get around our properties. If you need help hiring a car and driver for your stay, please let our Nairobi office know when booking and we can advise.
Park Fees
Park fees apply at our Ithumba and Galdessa properties. These are not included in lodge rates and are payable direct to the Kenya Wildlife Service. Please pay in advance via the KWS/eCitizen online platform.
Orphan Adoption
To stay at any of our properties, you must be a current foster parent to one of the orphans in our care. Adopting an orphan is a meaningful but easy process that directly supports our pioneering elephant conservation work. Adopt an orphan here.
Elephant Experiences
Guests at Ithumba, Galdessa, and Umani have special access to visit the orphans at the Trust’s Reintegration Units. Please note that if you are staying at a site with more than one Sheldrick Lodge, guests from the other properties may also be present at these experiences. Learn more about orphan visits here.
DIRECTIONS:
Ithumba
By air: 50 minutes by air from Wilson Airport (Nairobi) to the Ithumba Airstrip
By train: Two hours on Kenya’s new railroad from Nairobi to Kibwezi Station. From the station, you can meet your vehicle and drive a further few hours on good roads to the camp.
By car: About five hours by road from Nairobi, depending on traffic
Galdessa
By air: 50 minutes by air from Wilson Airport (Nairobi) to Luggard’s Airstrip, followed by a 20-minute game drive to camp
By train: Four hours on Kenya’s new railroad from Nairobi to Voi station. From the station, you can meet your vehicle and drive a further hour or so on good roads to the camp.
By car: About five or six hours by road from Nairobi, depending on traffic
Umani
By air: 45 minutes from Wilson Airport (Nairobi) to the Kithyasu Airstrip situated in Chyulu Hills National Park, which is just 12 kilometers from the lodge
By train: Two hours from Nairobi to Kibwezi Station, where you can meet your car and take a short 15-kilometer drive to the lodge
By car: About three or four hours by road from Nairobi, depending on traffic
Step into the
rhythm of Tsavo
sheldrick
Sheldrick Lodges are reimagining the luxury safari for conscious travellers. Our private lodges are dotted across four distinct locations within Tsavo Conservation Area, offering guests a gateway into the last great wild corner of Kenya. Sheldrick’s intimate safari experiences, warm and attentive team, and understated soulful luxury combine to offer guests a grounding yet absorbing experience. Blending high touch hospitality with a decades-long commitment to wildlife conservation, our properties don’t merely give back, they act as agents of change for the ecosystems they sit in. And because our non-profit lodges are the first in Kenya to directly support conservation work, each guest leaves knowing their stay benefits one of Africa’s oldest conservation organisations, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.
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