Before booking a Kenya Safari vacation, maybe even a honeymoon in Kenya, you have to do your homework. 

It is possible you may never have heard of Campi Ya Kanzi which is in the Chyulu Hills state Park, but this would be the perfect place for a luxury African safari. 

Campi Ya Kanzi means ‘Camp of The concealed Treasure’, but effectively for you the hidden treasure is the sheer quality of this luxury tented safari camp in Southern Kenya, which is sort of in the shadow of Mt.  Kilimanjaro which is only 35 miles away, and it lies within a 400 square mile non-public ranch. 

There are superb features concerning Campi Ya Kanzi making it an excellent base for a luxury African safari and some of them are. 

The maximum number of guests is restricted to 14 in six thatched roof tented cottages, and the two suites called Hemingway and Simba.  Each tented cottage is formed of stones fabric and wood. 

The tented cottages all have different perspectives and are extremely private, only one reason that Campi Ya Kanzi is a complete must visit on a honeymoon in Kenya. 

The apartments all feature a king size bed, a dressing room, and the bathrooms have double wash hand basins. 

The cottages have either twin or king size beds, and have like the apartments a fullsize bath, shower, bidet, flush toilet and cold and warm running water.  Electricity is supplied by a solar system to each cottage. 

style is added to by the proven fact that the plumbing fixtures are brass, and fresh flowers are replaced each day. 

Each cottage as Camp Ya Kanzi has a wide veranda with superb views of Mt.  Kilimanjaro and the Tsavo Hills. 

Each guesthouse has a designated Maasai attendant, and at night the camp is patrolled by guards so you can feel safe and totally secure at Campi Ya Kanzi. 

The meals are all served at Tembo House which is the clubhouse at the epicentre of the camp.  Like the cottages it is created of local materials and thatch.  It is open to the outside and the views of Kilimanjaro from the patio are to put it softly spectacular.  It also has a huge lounge for relaxing reading and having a quiet drink. 

Tembo House is more like being a guest in a friend’s home than an hotel.  Even dining is at a large wooden family dining table, set with expensive china, silverware and crystal to further this impression, and food which has an Italian theme, and is naturally home cooked by specifically trained cooks is amazing, but stands alongside local and international dishes, and veggies from the plant garden, local fresh milk and eggs from the chickens. 

Campi Ya Kanzi has 2 goals, the first of which is to help the Maasai preserve their wildlife heritage.  The second is to give you the most memorable vacation of your life. 

Your safari day will commence with tea or coffee brought to your cottage by your Maasai attendant, and then after enjoying the view from the verandah you may have a morning game drive, or if you would like a walk.  Breakfast follows with fresh local fruit, then doubtless an escorted safari on foot.  Campi Ya Kanzi is famous and correctly so for its foot safaris.  The Maasai game trackers will go out first, then you’ll follow in your own auto, getting close enough to whatever game you have indicated you need to see.  It is then on foot, with your armed pro guide and the trackers.  In this manner you will get close and personal, whilst remaining safe at all times. 

All of this is as far as you can get from the mass car pursuit of animals in the Masai Mara, and indeed you’ll never need it another way in the future. 

all of the activity in the bush is what you want and not part of a rigid program.  You will almost surely see all the big 5, but on foot, and what could be more exciting than that. 

if you’d like to take a luxury African safari, or have your honeymoon in Kenya, then Campi Ya Kanzi might be the best solution and the fact each buck you spend helps the Maasai preserve their wildlife heritage.

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