Sarara Reteti House

close to the baby elephant rescue centre

Sarara Reteti House is located in the Mathews Range area of northcentral Kenya.

Set on an open hillside, the lodge is centred on a rustic and stylish thatched main building, leading out onto a lovely swimming pool.

Rooms

Guest accommodation at Sarara Reteti House has space for up to 16 people. There are four thatched suites, each with a private outdoor bathroom. As well as one open-plan family room and one family suite, both with indoor bathrooms.

Activities

Sarara Reteti House provides the following guided activities, not all of which are necessarily included in the room rate …

• Elephant sanctuary visits
• Vehicle safari
• Walking safari
• Mountain hiking
• Cultural interaction
• Scenic flights to the far north
• Bivouac camping

The Mathews Range is a remote safari area which offers a very wide range of activities, but where wildlife viewing is inherently less productive than more popular areas like the Maasai Mara. As a result, this area tends to appeal most to more experienced safari travellers, for whom the quality of sightings is more important than the quantity.

The usual stay duration is 4-7 nights.

Seasonality

The best time to visit the Mathews Range is generally considered to be the Jun-Feb dry season, but seasonality is low here and there are very good reasons to visit during other months. In fact during Jan-Mar the Mathews Range often enjoys the best conditions of any safari area in Kenya.

Getting there

The Mathews Range is usually accessed by light aircraft from Nairobi and distant safari locations like Maasai Mara and Amboseli.

The area is often combined in trips with other parts of this region such as Lewa and Samburu, with which it can be connected by road).

tends to appeal most to experienced safari travellers