Western Kenya
The most inviting super cheapie in town is safe, friendly, clean and has comfortable beds and reliable(ish) hot water. It also has a good bar, restaurant…
Must-see hotels in Kenya
Kenya
About halfway between Voi and Tsavo East National Park's Voi Gate, this simple place has rooms and tents arrayed around a green courtyard. Rooms are large…
Kenya
Cheap hotels proliferate around Voi and this is one of the better places in the heart of town. Rooms are simple and generally clean, but there's a pub…
Western Kenya
This large hotel block, consisting of new, modern rooms overlooking the town park, is where business types settle in to do important stuff in Kericho. The…
Lake Nakuru National Park
Soysambu Special Campsite, a wilderness campsite with no facilities, is south of the lake beside the Nderit River. As the lake's water levels can vary,…
Lake Nakuru National Park
Naishi Special Campsite, a wilderness campsite with no facilities, is south of the lake beside the Makalia River. As the lake's water levels can vary,…
Southern Rift Valley
Opened in 2010, this fine, expansive property on a rise overlooking the lake remains a popular choice. Most rooms are well-sized, all look towards the…
Nairobi
This good-value option is more functional than charming, but it offers clean, colourfully painted rooms with wrought-iron furnishings and mosquito nets in…
Mombasa
The distinctly functional New Daba is one of the cleaner budget options, and handy if you've just arrived on a night bus and need a place to crash. Green…
Mombasa
The style here is a bit Nigerian chic (over-the-top glitzy) and some of the rooms could do with a lick of paint, but there's a lovely rooftop terrace and…
Kenya
At 3300m and usually the first night's stop on the Sirimon Route. Campfires are allowed, but you'll have to supply your own firewood. Book through Bantu…
Eldoret
This well-run and secure place is somewhat down at heel, but everything is kept clean and tidy and the rooms have bathtubs you might actually choose to…
Southern Rift Valley
This ‘special’ campsite has no services, and besides absolute solitude (those who book it have exclusive use), offers no more ambience than the cheaper…
Eldoret
Cheap and, if you ignore the less-than-appealing entrance, surprisingly decent rooms set around a fairly quiet courtyard. Even so, it's best to opt for…
Kenya
The most comfortable option in Ol Donyo Sabuk, this comfortable KWS banda is a little rundown but excellent value if you've enough people in your party to…
South Coast
This small, cheerful and authentically Kenyan place has a few basic but adequate rooms set behind a busy bar that may as well be sponsored by Tusker, so…
Kenya
This hotel boasts smart rooms that are polished to within an inch of their lives, and swanky, tiled bathrooms. With three bars and two restaurants, it's…
Northern Kenya
The main public campsite is close to the park headquarters. It lacks even the most basic facilities and there are lots of baboons with light fingers…
Tsavo West National Park
This public campsite is at Komboyo, 8km from the Mtito Andei gate. Facilities are basic, so be prepared to be self-sufficient, though there are at least…
Dudu Villas & Lamu Backpackers
Lamu Island
This place is as budget as it gets in Shela, with room for several tents inside the large, sandy garden, and several anonymous-looking, fan-cooled dorms…
Kenya
Utterly unpromising from the outside, this simple place is the pick of the budget options. Rooms have mosquito nets and the central location is ideal,…
Masai Mara
Just north of town and therefore quieter than most, the Lexingtone has tidy, if fairly standard, midrange rooms with mosquito nets and colourful walls to…
Northern Kenya
The NGOs’ favourite home, the Bomen Hotel has the town’s most toe-curlingly frilly pink bed sheets! It also has TVs, shared terraces with views and…
Kenya
One of three good bunk-houses along the Naro Moru Route, at 3000m. Beds can be hard to come by – book through Naro Moru River Lodge.
Western Kenya
A few hundred metres before the main gate, this very faded lodge is set in grassy grounds with views down to the lowlands. Rooms are plain but clean and…
Northern Kenya
Excellent-value sky-blue rooms that range from tiny cubes to those large enough to swing a backpack. All have hot showers and there’s a decent in-house…
Lamu Archipelago
On the edge of Kiwayu village, this local couple have a basic twin room and a couple of spartan thatched huts for rent at rather optimistic prices. Meals…
Western Kenya
These decent stone bandas (thatched-roof huts) can sleep three people in two beds. They have simple bathrooms and small, fully equipped kitchen areas.
Kenya
Reedbuck is one of Aberdare's public campsites. Located roughly 2.5km from the Kiandongoro Gate, the campsite has kitchen and ablution facilities for…
Kenya
Set up as a research station for Finnish scientists, this small and simple rest house offers basic facilities if they're not filled with visiting…
Laikipia Plateau
This attractive campsite on the Ewaso Ngiro River is right in the conservancy's centre and you're likely to be visited by elephants and other wildlife.
Western Kenya
Easily Kakamega's best place to stay, Kakamega Golf Hotel has tidy if somewhat overpriced rooms, a swimming pool and (sometimes) vultures on the lawn.
Kenya
Pitch your tent on this platform high up in a tree, overlooking an elephant watering hole. No facilities but great wildlife encounters!
Northern Kenya
Managed by the friendly Abdul, this is an excellent choice with several immaculate bandas and a sun-battered camping area.
Lamu Archipelago
This friendly homestay between Faza and Kizingitini is run by a helpful family that can organise trips around Paté Island.
Kenya
This pretty campsite is just after the main gate. Facilities include one long-drop toilet, a rusty tap and free firewood.
Kenya
Very basic cottages with smelly shared toilets, but it’s about the only ‘formal’ accommodation in Kipini village.
Laikipia Plateau
Protected by dense foliage but with good river views, this is probably the pick of the sites in the park centre.
Laikipia Plateau
Along the Ngobit River in the conservancy's far south, this is the quietest of Ol Pejeta's campsites.
Kenya
Basic campsite near the Kararacha entrance to the reserve, with cold showers and pit toilets.
