Nestled amongst trees and surrounding a central water-hole, the semi-circular layout of the camp provides an excellent viewing point for each of our guests. Satao Camp has 20 tents, all e-suite, thoughtfully positioned to ensure a full view of the camps “own” watering hole.The 20 tents are made up of 16 family tents and 4 suites each tent is constructed of sisal and boroti poles topped with a makuti roof, only the front of the tent is visible as each tent has its own patio with table and chairs.
The tents are exquisite; all are attractively furnished with locally made beds and unique African designs. Each spacious tent has a private bathroom with running water.The shower however is in the true African style, whereby the camp staff bring hot water in the evening. The bathrooms are very spacious, slate floors with stunning wooden framework, the wash basins sunken into the structure, all fitted with flushing toilet.
The suites have authentic antique writing desks and beautiful African bed and cushion covers. Comfort and the personal touch is what we provide you with in the bush to ensure your stay with us is one that you will never forget.
All tents complete with own verandahs

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Game driving

Satao Camp offers morning and afternoon game drives within the Great Tsavo East National Park with endless areas to explore. We recommend you to go for a game drive around the Voi River and Aruba Dam, but for the more adventurous safari guests, one can also choose to stay in the lesser visited areas adjacent to our camp and experience a more exclusive game drive with less vehicles and a greater chance to encounter the Tsavo lions all be yourselves.

All of our guides are Professional Safari Guides and has worked for many years in Tsavo. Their passion and knowledge about the environment and rich biodiversity of Tsavo are unequalled and ensures our guests the best game viewing and understanding of the amazing wild animal and birdlife that inhabits the area.

All our safari vehicles are open 4×4 and equipped with everything you need to have most perfect game drive with binoculars, books about African birds and mammals and a cooler box with chilled drinks comfortably at hand.

Sundowners

Staying out in the bush in front of a campfire with a dawa cocktail or a glass of champagne in your hand, while the sun slowly drops over the horizon of the Sagala Hills is truly an unforgettable and revealing safari experience. Listening to the sounds of the bush with a feeling of the old Africa is cleansing for the mind and the soul and an experience you will never forget.

Birding

The Satao Camp oasis is a very favored habitat for a great variety of birds. Over 300 different species of birds have been identified. Birders, and interested can walk around the premises of our camp and watch the many birds coming to nest or take a bath at the waterhole. Hornbills, barbits, starlings, guinea fowls, pearl spotted owls are very common to see.

The unequalled knowledge our guides have of Tsavo East National Park gives our guests the best chance to see many of the various species of animals that inhabit this fantastic park. Our guides live in Tsavo and are more likely to know the whereabouts of the big five as well as the names and habits of the myriad of birds that live in Tsavo.
Our safari vehicles are equipped with everything you need to have a perfect game drive including roof hatches that give you the best position to photograph the awesome scenery, as well as cold boxes for stocking a welcome cold drink during the heat of the day.Tsavo covers an area of over 22,00 square kilometres (larger than Israel, Wales or Belgium) ensuring you will never run out of new areas to explore.

There is only one thing more beautiful than a clear African Night sky – Sunset in the African Bush! The “Sundowner” is a must for all our guests at Satao, if you want to experience this mystical and magical experience please let the camp manager know on arrival.

You are taken away from the camp into the bush to “our” special sundowner spot. The fire is lit and delicious biting served and the champagne is poured. Sit back and relax, take in the atmosphere and listen to the animals in the wild.

The unequalled knowledge our guides have of Tsavo East National Park gives our guests the best chance to see many of the various species of animals that inhabit this fantastic park. Our guides live in Tsavo and are more likely to know the whereabouts of the big five as well as the names and habits of the myriad of birds that live in Tsavo.
Our safari vehicles are equipped with everything you need to have a perfect game drive including roof hatches that give you the best position to photograph the awesome scenery, as well as cold boxes for stocking a welcome cold drink during the heat of the day.Tsavo covers an area of over 22,00 square kilometres (larger than Israel, Wales or Belgium) ensuring you will never run out of new areas to explore.

Tsavo East & West National Parks occupy 21,000 square kilometers, the Tsavo East Park is a total of 11,747 sq km. It is one of Kenya’s oldest and largest National Parks: covering approx. 40 per cent of the total area of all Kenya’s National Parks.

Its beautiful landscape and proximity to the coast make it a popular safari destination. It is accredited as one of the world’s leading biodiversity strongholds, with endless bushy grassland and open plains alternate with semi-arid acacia scrub and woodlands, the Galana river banks give rise to lush vegetation.

There is a wide variety of animals to be seen in Tsavo East National Park: lion, leopard, cheetah, zebras, giraffes, serval cats, antelopes, kongoni, lesser kudu, oryx, klipspringer, impala, stripped hyena, gazelles, buffalos and elephants. Some 500 bird species have been recorded in the area, including ostrich and some migratory kestrels, while buzzards stop at Tsavo-East during their long flight South.

Famous and home to some of the largest herds of elephant in Kenya, the elephants glow red after dust baths, blowing the vivid red dust through their trunks over their bodies, large prides of lion are sighted regularly and another great sight is the spectacular herds of up to 1000 buffalo.

The rolling scrub-covered hills of the park have a very remote feel, with only one lodge and four camps within Tsavo East, you are offered a very novel, exclusive and unique experience. Across the river is the incredible 300 kilometer long (186 mile) Yatta Plateau, one of the world’s largest lave flows. Midway the Galana river cascades down Lugard Falls, named after Lord Lugard, who volunteered for the British Diplomatic Services in East Africa, the falls are renowned for the remarkable shaped water-worn rocks. The river then sedately makes it’s way to the Indian Ocean. Tsavo-East is recommended for photographers with its fabulous light and unbelievable views, in particular the Mudanda Rock, Lugard Falls and Yatta Plateau.