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The stone verandah at Laikipia Nest with wicker chairs, shaded by a fig tree beside the round stone swimming pool

Laikipia Nest

Sleeps 10 4 bedrooms Self-catered

From KES 20,000/night (4 guests)

Laikipia Nest is a self catering house in Laikipia, private and exclusive use, set on a 10,000 acre working farm and conservancy near Rumuruti. Four bedrooms, a pool, river frontage and wildlife that comes and goes on its own schedule.

The cottage at Gilgil Nest seen along the cobbled path through the trees

Gilgil Nest

Sleeps 4 2 bedrooms Self-catered

From approx. KES 8,400/night

Gilgil Nest is a characterful self catering cottage in Nakuru County, with a little river running through a private garden that belongs to the cottage alone. An open plan living space warmed by a wood burning stove, two bedrooms, a full kitchen, and outside a long table for slow lunches, and a barbecue and firepit for the evenings.

The Elsabella dhow at anchor in shallow turquoise water off a sandbank near Lamu

Lamu Elsabella Nest

Sleeps 6 Sleeping on deck Catered

From approx. KES 88,000/night

Elsabella is a traditional sailing dhow based in Lamu, a small island on Kenya's north coast more than 100km beyond Mombasa. Guests sail through the archipelago, anchoring off deserted beaches and island hideaways, and sleep on deck beneath the stars.

The pool and thatched veranda at Nairobi Pool Nest, framed by acacias and flowering borders

Nairobi Pool Nest

Sleeps 4 2 bedrooms Self-catered

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Nairobi Pool Nest is a quiet house on the edge of the city, looking out over the Ngong Hills and a 130 acre giraffe sanctuary. There is a 13 metre infinity pool, a rooftop terrace for sundowners, and warthogs that wander through the garden most afternoons. Nairobi National Park is ten minutes away, so the safari feeling starts before you have properly left town.

Bushtops Nest on its stilts under a thatched roof, with tall grass in the foreground

Bushtops Nest

Sleeps 2 1 bedroom Self-catered

From KES 14,000/night

Bushtops Nest is a self catering cabin for two near Nanyuki, raised on stilts in the treetops under a hand-thatched makuti roof. Canvas roll-ups open it to the bush on one side and the Lolldaiga Hills on the other. It settles the question everyone asks: tent or room? You get the sounds of one and the comfort of the other.

A-Frame Nest from outside

A-Frame Nest

Sleeps 2 1 bedroom Self-catered

From KES 12,000/night

A-Frame Nest is a timber cabin for two near Nanyuki, with a full glass wall facing Mount Kenya. You fall asleep under the stars and wake to the mountain. Outside there is a roofed kitchen, a fire pit and a hot shower open to the bush.

The interior of a canvas safari tent at Maasai Mara Nest, with a bed and lamps under the awning

Maasai Mara Nest

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