Maili Saba Tented Camp

Menengai Crater, Nakuru

Ontdek Kenya, the leading outfitter of guided walking, bird watching and wildlife safaris in Kenya with over 10 years experience presents you the Maili Saba Camp, our preferred tented camp in Nakuru.

The 10 luxurious tents are built on the edge of the dormant Menengai Crater and the place fits so much with what we and our clients are looking for when choosing hotels: silence, tranquility, one-off scenery, unique accommodation and food worth traveling for all rendered in a level of service that is professional and non-intrusive. With a limit of only 20 guests, this is a place for anyone who wants to be pampered away from mass tourism.

The Menengai area is very beautiful with cliff walls and steam jets filling the crater with mist. It is only 10kms from the very busy Nakuru National Park and has not been touched by tourism. This is easy to explain as safari here revolves around wildlife with other geographical features being relegated to viewpoints – that is if they happen to be visible from a highway. Fortunately the Menengai Crater is off the highway so it is even spared the viewpoint ritual of convoys of tour buses stopping for the mandatory 10 minutes break of photo taking.

Maili Saba Camp has a very unique social-ethical side which they don’t shout much about as they want to be known for their professional approach and outstanding service. It is a profit-making venture operated by an NGO (non government organization), in which young orphaned adults are trained to acquire skills that can enable them to get employment and therefore become financially independent.

We recommend that you make Maili Saba your base for minimum 2 nights. From here visit Lake Nakuru National Park for safaris and birding. A guided walk in the crater should be a highlight for walkers. For birders, though this area is not yet listed as an IBA its mixed habitat of rocks, patch grass land, scattered bushes and natural springs have interesting bird life such as Yellow Bishop, Pin-tailed Whydah, Streaky Seedeater, Schalow’s Wheatear, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Hunter’s Sunbird, Yellow-throated Longclaw, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Purple Grenadier and the elusive Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting among others.

To join our small group departures using Maili Saba Camp, please see our group tour dates. For customized tours kindly contact us.