Lewa Sirikoi Lodge

the best property on this famous private reserve

Lewa Sirikoi Lodge is located in the Lewa Downs area of northcentral Kenya.

The lodge was created in 2001 by Willie and Sue Roberts, who have been involved in the safari scene in Kenya since the 1970s. Family members are usually on hand to personally host the place, along with their mainly Maasai staff.

The place has the distinctive atmosphere of a colonial style homestead, with comfortable furnishings, copious flower arrangements and family photos in silver frames.

Out the front is a particularly active waterhole. You can often sit quietly outside the main building or by the swimming pool and watch various antelopes, vervet monkeys, baboons, giraffes, elephants and lots of different birds come down to drink.

Between the lodge and the waterhole, a high level electric fence keeps out elephants and giraffes in order to protect the trees, but otherwise the wildlife is free to wander the grounds.

Rooms

Guest accommodation at Lewa Sirikoi Lodge is in four tented rooms and two houses, each with a private bathroom and terrace with broad views …

• Luxury Tent : x4
• Sirikoi Cottage: x1 : with two bedrooms
• Sirikoi House : x1 : with four bedrooms

The latter Sirikoi House can function completely separately from the remainder of the lodge and is therefore suitable for private groups of up to eight guests.

Activities

Lewa Sirikoi Lodge provides the following guided activities, not all of which are necessarily included in the room rate …

• Vehicle safari
• Horse-back safari
• Camel safari
• Walking safari
• Tennis
• Cultural interaction
• Scenic flights

Laikipia South tends to feature in a relatively small proportion of trips, since most of our guests tend to head to the wilder areas further north, namely Laikipia South, Samburu and the Mathew’s Range. But this area can work, especially for guests interested in rhinos and horse-back safari.

The usual stay duration is 3-4 nights in one lodge.

Seasonality

The best time of year to visit Laikipia South is generally considered to be the Jun-Oct dry season, but there are very good reasons to visit during other months.

Getting there

The Laikipia South area is most commonly accessed by scheduled flight from Nairobi into the airport at Nanyuki, or by light aircraft direct into bush airstrips close to a specific camp.

It is also possible to connect by road with the Lake Naivasha area of the Rift Valley and with lodges in the Lewa Downs, Borana, Samburu, Laikipia North and Mathews Range areas, further to the east and north.

iconic views of the impressive Mount Kenya