Satao Elerai

Satao Elerai camp is in a quiet and unique setting on a 5000 acre area 12kms south east of Amboseli park at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro. The camp looks down onto the park in one direction and up to the mountain in the other direction, giving clients  the best site of any camp in Amboseli. One of the biggest advantages of the camp is that being on its own private area, clients have the chance to view wildlife in private surroundings. In addition, they have the chance to enjoy bush sundowners, night game drives and game walks, activities that are not available to other lodges within the park.

Dining

Dinners at the camp are served ala carte. The chefs prepare a wide variety of dishes to suit all tastes. On a clear night tables are set out on the terrace where clients can enjoy a meal under the stars. The mountain will be clear early evening and can be seen lit up by the moon from your dinner table.

Accommodation

The camp has 12 ensuite mountain facing tents and 5 large lodge style suites. Both the tents and the suites are ensuite with the suites also having luxurious baths. They are supplied with hot running water provided by eco friendly solar units. The rooms are built and designed to ensure that the stay will be in complete luxury. Huge beds with top quality mattresses and pillows and a large duvet ensure that you will sleep through the night in total comfort. Large sliding doors open out onto your own private verandah overlooking the plains below and the park. Each room has its own bathroom with a view, designed using natural rock and acacia wood.

Camp rooms

Raised cedar wood floors, acacia poles and makuti roofing complement the environment. Large balcony’s with relaxing day beds combine to offer the perfect place to lie as you take in the ambience. The elegantly furnished suite rooms have large sliding doors that open out onto your own private verandah overlooking the plains below and Amboseli national park. Elephants, giraffe’s and zebra are seen most days from the comfort of your room. Designed using natural rock and acacia wood, the bathrooms have their own naturally crafted bathtub and shower which is unique to Elerai.

Adventure

Unsurpassed views in every direction, coupled with a truly unique camp designed and built from local materials, gives the discerning traveler the chance to experience the flavour’s and romance of real Africa at its very best. Satao Elerai aims to ensure that all its clients not only receive the perfect safari, but also experience a level of comfort and luxury that would be difficult to find elsewhere in Africa.

Community

The Satao Elerai project is a community project that has been along time in the making. The project has been a concerted effort between the Satao Elerai, The African wildlife foundation and Elerai community. The concept is to provide a sustainable income from tourism for the Masai community in the area and to try and ensure that it is in the communities interest to protect the wildlife for generations to come. Amboseli has been a location where human-wildlife conflict has been an issue for many years, and it is projects like these that can over time ensure that communities start to benefit from wildlife and to ensure they invest in protecting and securing their future for their own benefit.

Conservation

The Elerai area sits in an AWF identified critical wildlife corridor named the Kitenden corridor which links the Kilimanjaro forest reserve in Tanzania to Amboseli national park and beyond. These areas include a rich variety of ecosystems from the semi-arid savanna to wetlands and is home to a diverse collection of flora and fauna. AWF believes that loss and fragmentation of habitat is the single largest treat to most African wildlife. Like wildlife everywhere, the wildlife of Africa needs vast open landscapes to live, move and propagate. Isolated islands of protected land will not suffice to ensure that wildlife survives and thrives. Successful efforts look beyond human borders to balance the needs of wildlife and people at the landscape level.