Kilaguni was one of the very first lodges built inside a Kenyan national park, and it has aged into the landscape rather than against it — built from local volcanic stone and timber, sitting below the green slopes of the Chyulu Hills.
The waterhole is the whole design. Every one of the fifty-six rooms faces it, as do the public areas. Elephant bring their calves down, giraffe drift past, and the scene changes through the day without you going anywhere. In a park as vast and thinly-trafficked as Tsavo West, having the wildlife come to you is a real advantage.
The lodge runs evening drinks up at Lion Rock, looking out over Tsavo West as the light goes. Tsavo is Kenya's largest park and one of its emptiest, so the view is genuinely uninterrupted — no other lodges, no other vehicles, just a great deal of Africa. It is the single thing guests mention most.
Fifty-six rooms including five suites, across three distinct wings.
The dry months, June to October and January to March, concentrate game around the waterholes and give the best road conditions.
Tsavo is low, hot and dusty. The rains in April, May and November cool it and turn it green, but some tracks become difficult.
Being straight with you: this property is not currently a default in any of our fixed packages. We contract it directly and build it in on request. Any of these itineraries can be re-costed around it:
Comparing options? Every lodge we book is on the accommodations page. We would rather put you somewhere that suits you than somewhere that pays us more.
Tell us your budget and dates and we will put two or three Tsavo & Taita options side by side, honestly compared.
