Loisaba bestrides the border of Laikipia and Kenya’s rugged Northern Frontier District. Only a few miles from the equator, this private game ranch on 61,000 acres is in a wilderness of remote beauty where the farm management and local Laikipiak Maasai & Samburu community work together to preserve the environment and abundant surrounding wildlife. The view from Loisaba extends hundreds of miles - to Mount Kenya, the Loldaiga Hills and the Mathews Range.
Through Loisaba roam elephant, lion and leopard alongside the endemic northern species that thrive there – gerenuk, Grevy’s zebra and reticulated giraffe. It is a setting little changed since the Great Rift Valley split Africa in two, creating the dramatic escarpment on which the lodge is built.
Loisaba Lodge is set on the escarpment with seven luxurious en-suite rooms. Each room has its own private deck overlooking the views of Laikipia. The lodge has a swimming pool, tennis court, spa and massage room.
Loisaba Cottage is approximately nine kilometres from the main lodge. The Cottage has one double en-suite room with shower and one double / twin room with access to large bathroom via an external staircase. It is set back from the escarpment in beautifully landscaped gardens with a private swimming pool.
Loisaba House is a truly exclusive, self-contained private house. The location and architecture of the house are breathtaking, as are the furnishings, most of which have been designed and made at Loisaba. There are two en-suite bedrooms, one double and one twin. Loisaba House is built on the edge of the escarpment entirely from local stone and thatch, there is a stunning cliff-top infinity pool.
Kiboko Star Beds are 20 minutes drive from the lodge and overlook a waterhole / dam. Each Star Bed is designed on a raised, handcrafted, wooden platform that is partially covered with a thatched roof. Homemade ‘Mukokoteni’ can either be wheeled onto the open deck for a night under the stars, or left under the shelter of the roof.
Activities at Loisaba are numerous and varied. There are safari game drives, night drives, guided bush walks as well as trekking through the bush with camels, mountain bike down the escarpment, quad liking, rafting the Ewaso Nyiro, horse riding or driving through the wild canyons of the two great rivers that span this vast area. The ranch also owns a micro-light and aeroplane so there are no limits to what you choose to do: heli-camp, then surf the remote sand dunes of the Northern Frontier District or rock-climb the soaring pinnacles thrusting up from the valley , the list is endless. The camp also has a spa, tennis court, croquet, boules and a swimming pool. Cultural visits to local families and villages are also offered.