TORTILIS CAMP

Amboseli National Park | Kenya

HIGHLIGHTS

WHAT WE LOVE

Lovely views of snow-capped Kilimanjaro

In a private conservancy next to Amboseli

Classic thatched camp with well-spaced tents

WHEN TO VISIT

Dry Season:  July to October

Green Season:  April to May

Shoulder Season:  January to March,
June and November to December

CONSERVATION & COMMUNITY

Olengaiya Swamp Enclosure
Helping to rehabilitate this important wetland by maintaining a special fence that keeps elephants away

Esiteti Primary School
Providing funds for the building of the school and collating Pack For A Purpose and other donations of equipment and stationery

Big Life Foundation partnership
Teaming up to ensure the sustainability of the Kitirua Conservancy, which is leased from Maasai villagers and links Amboseli National Park to the border with Tanzania

Green operations
Tortilis Camp is fully solar powered

OVERVIEW

It’s a classic irony of Africa that the best views of Mount Kilimanjaro – the continent’s highest peak that is found in Tanzania – are actually in neighbouring Kenya! And there’s little doubt that, of those views, among the clearest are from Tortilis Camp.

Located in the Kitirua private conservancy that runs from Amboseli National Park to the Tanzanian border, Tortilis has a lovely position on a hillock. Its traditional makuti thatch roofs keep rooms cool and the large swimming pool beckons at siesta time. Amboseli is known for large herds of elephants but everything from shy bat-eared foxes to non-migratory wildebeest are found here. Tortilis’s fertile soil supports an impressive kitchen garden: those salad leaves on your plate were literally ‘just picked’.

FACILITIES

  • Swimming pool
  • Lounge
  • Bar
  • Dining room
  • Private vehicle
  • Family unit
  • Wi-Fi
  • Electrical charging point
  • Laundry service

TENT FEATURES

  • Deck
  • Wi-Fi
  • Shower
  • Safe

FAMILY TENT FEATURES

  • Two bedrooms
  • Two bathrooms
  • Deck
  • Lounge
  • Shared swimming pool
  • Wi-Fi
  • Shower
  • Safe

PRIVATE HOUSE FEATURES

  • Two bedrooms
  • Two bathrooms
  • Deck
  • Lounge
  • Shared swimming pool
  • Wi-Fi
  • Shower
  • Safe

ACTIVITIES

  • Game drives
  • Nature walks
  • Birding
  • Cultural tours

GALLERY

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