Palm Shade Camp

Northern Kenya


Drop your tent on the grass beneath acacias and doum palms, lie back in one of the clean, tiled, newly constructed rooms, or crash in the tidy domed huts with their unique meshed cut-out walls that let in light and heavenly evening breezes. The manager is an endless source of information on travel in the area.


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