II Ngwesi has six open-sided and spacious rooms, which are tucked away in the hillside. Each room sits atop a broad wooden deck, and a steeply pitched thatch roof covers the whole space except for the front veranda. Each room has an en-suite bathroom with running water, wash basin, toilet, and private outdoor shower.
The Il Ngwesi area is a community conservation and livestock region in northern Laikipia, just north of the Lewa Conservancy. Built in 1996, the lodge is owned, managed, and staffed entirely by members of the local Il Ngwesi Maasai community. Your stay will combine great wildlife viewing with authentic cultural immersion.
Guests can view wildlife from their room, from the lodge, and on daily game drives. Other activities include guided walks to the rhino sanctuary and visits to the local “boma” where you can learn about honey collection, traditional hunting, and Maasai music and dancing. There are also opportunities to spend time with local women and learn about their beading techniques or visit a community health clinic or school. All the cultural interactions are done respectfully.
Guests of Il Ngwesi also have the opportunity to campout overnight, visit the Mukogodo Forest, and enjoy a bush breakfast by the Ngare Ndare River. At the lodge you can enjoy the swimming pool as well as in-house beauty treatments or therapeutic massages.
- Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
- Basecamp Masai Mara
- Bateleur Camp
- Campi ya Kanzi
- Cottar’s 1920s Safari Camp
- Deloraine House
- Eagle View
- Elephant Bedroom Camp
- Elephant Pepper Camp
- Elsa’s Kopje
- Encounter Mara
- Governors’ Camp
- Governors’ Private Camp
- Hemingways Ol Seki Mara Camp
- Il Moran Camp
- Il Ngwesi
- Joy’s Camp
- Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp
- Kifaru House Lewa
- Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge
- Kinondo Kwetu
- Kitich Camp
- Lake Elmenteita Serena Camp
- Leopard Hill
- Lewa House
- Lewa Safari Camp
- Lewa Wilderness Lodge
- Little Governors’ Camp
- Loisaba Lodo Springs
- Loisaba Tented Camp
- Loldia House
- Mahali Mzuri
- Mara Expedition Camp
- Mara Nyika
- Mara Plains Camp
- Mara Serena Safari Lodge
- Mara Toto Tree Camp
- Mfangano Island Camp
- Naboisho Camp
- Ngare Serian
- Offbeat Mara Camp
- Ol Donyo Lodge
- Ol Jogi
- Ol Pejeta Bush Camp
- Ol Pejeta House
- Olare Mara
- Ololo Safari Lodge
- Olonana
- Olonana – Geoffrey Kent Suite
- Rekero Camp
- Reteti House
- Sabuk Lodge
- Sala’s Camp
- Sand River Masai Mara
- Sarara Camp
- Sarara Treehouses
- Sarara Wilderness
- Saruni Mara
- Saruni Rhino
- Saruni Samburu
- Saruni Wild
- Sasaab Camp
- Segera Retreat
- Serian The Original
- Serian’s Nkorombo
- Sirikoi
- Solio Lodge
- Sosian Lodge
- Speke’s Camp
- Sweetwaters Serena Camp
- Tambarare
- Tangulia Mara
- Tawi Lodge
- Tortilis Camp
- Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
- Basecamp Masai Mara
- Bateleur Camp
- Campi ya Kanzi
- Cottar’s 1920s Safari Camp
- Deloraine House
- Eagle View
- Elephant Bedroom Camp
- Elephant Pepper Camp
- Elsa’s Kopje
- Encounter Mara
- Governors’ Camp
- Governors’ Private Camp
- Hemingways Ol Seki Mara Camp
- Il Moran Camp
- Il Ngwesi
- Joy’s Camp
- Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp
- Kifaru House Lewa
- Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge
- Kinondo Kwetu
- Kitich Camp
- Lake Elmenteita Serena Camp
- Leopard Hill
- Lewa House
- Lewa Safari Camp
- Lewa Wilderness Lodge
- Little Governors’ Camp
- Loisaba Lodo Springs
- Loisaba Tented Camp
- Loldia House
- Mahali Mzuri
- Mara Expedition Camp
- Mara Nyika
- Mara Plains Camp
- Mara Serena Safari Lodge
- Mara Toto Tree Camp
- Mfangano Island Camp
- Naboisho Camp
- Ngare Serian
- Offbeat Mara Camp
- Ol Donyo Lodge
- Ol Jogi
- Ol Pejeta Bush Camp
- Ol Pejeta House
- Olare Mara
- Ololo Safari Lodge
- Olonana
- Olonana – Geoffrey Kent Suite
- Rekero Camp
- Reteti House
- Sabuk Lodge
- Sala’s Camp
- Sand River Masai Mara
- Sarara Camp
- Sarara Treehouses
- Sarara Wilderness
- Saruni Mara
- Saruni Rhino
- Saruni Samburu
- Saruni Wild
- Sasaab Camp
- Segera Retreat
- Serian The Original
- Serian’s Nkorombo
- Sirikoi
- Solio Lodge
- Sosian Lodge
- Speke’s Camp
- Sweetwaters Serena Camp
- Tambarare
- Tangulia Mara
- Tawi Lodge
- Tortilis Camp
II Ngwesi has six open-sided and spacious rooms, which are tucked away in the hillside. Each room sits atop a broad wooden deck, and a steeply pitched thatch roof covers the whole space except for the front veranda. Each room has an en-suite bathroom with running water, wash basin, toilet, and private outdoor shower.
The Il Ngwesi area is a community conservation and livestock region in northern Laikipia, just north of the Lewa Conservancy. Built in 1996, the lodge is owned, managed, and staffed entirely by members of the local Il Ngwesi Maasai community. Your stay will combine great wildlife viewing with authentic cultural immersion.
Guests can view wildlife from their room, from the lodge, and on daily game drives. Other activities include guided walks to the rhino sanctuary and visits to the local “boma” where you can learn about honey collection, traditional hunting, and Maasai music and dancing. There are also opportunities to spend time with local women and learn about their beading techniques or visit a community health clinic or school. All the cultural interactions are done respectfully.
Guests of Il Ngwesi also have the opportunity to campout overnight, visit the Mukogodo Forest, and enjoy a bush breakfast by the Ngare Ndare River. At the lodge you can enjoy the swimming pool as well as in-house beauty treatments or therapeutic massages.
- Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
- Basecamp Masai Mara
- Bateleur Camp
- Campi ya Kanzi
- Cottar’s 1920s Safari Camp
- Deloraine House
- Eagle View
- Elephant Bedroom Camp
- Elephant Pepper Camp
- Elsa’s Kopje
- Encounter Mara
- Governors’ Camp
- Governors’ Private Camp
- Hemingways Ol Seki Mara Camp
- Il Moran Camp
- Il Ngwesi
- Joy’s Camp
- Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp
- Kifaru House Lewa
- Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge
- Kinondo Kwetu
- Kitich Camp
- Lake Elmenteita Serena Camp
- Leopard Hill
- Lewa House
- Lewa Safari Camp
- Lewa Wilderness Lodge
- Little Governors’ Camp
- Loisaba Lodo Springs
- Loisaba Tented Camp
- Loldia House
- Mahali Mzuri
- Mara Expedition Camp
- Mara Nyika
- Mara Plains Camp
- Mara Serena Safari Lodge
- Mara Toto Tree Camp
- Mfangano Island Camp
- Naboisho Camp
- Ngare Serian
- Offbeat Mara Camp
- Ol Donyo Lodge
- Ol Jogi
- Ol Pejeta Bush Camp
- Ol Pejeta House
- Olare Mara
- Ololo Safari Lodge
- Olonana
- Olonana – Geoffrey Kent Suite
- Rekero Camp
- Reteti House
- Sabuk Lodge
- Sala’s Camp
- Sand River Masai Mara
- Sarara Camp
- Sarara Treehouses
- Sarara Wilderness
- Saruni Mara
- Saruni Rhino
- Saruni Samburu
- Saruni Wild
- Sasaab Camp
- Segera Retreat
- Serian The Original
- Serian’s Nkorombo
- Sirikoi
- Solio Lodge
- Sosian Lodge
- Speke’s Camp
- Sweetwaters Serena Camp
- Tambarare
- Tangulia Mara
- Tawi Lodge
- Tortilis Camp
- Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
- Basecamp Masai Mara
- Bateleur Camp
- Campi ya Kanzi
- Cottar’s 1920s Safari Camp
- Deloraine House
- Eagle View
- Elephant Bedroom Camp
- Elephant Pepper Camp
- Elsa’s Kopje
- Encounter Mara
- Governors’ Camp
- Governors’ Private Camp
- Hemingways Ol Seki Mara Camp
- Il Moran Camp
- Il Ngwesi
- Joy’s Camp
- Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp
- Kifaru House Lewa
- Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge
- Kinondo Kwetu
- Kitich Camp
- Lake Elmenteita Serena Camp
- Leopard Hill
- Lewa House
- Lewa Safari Camp
- Lewa Wilderness Lodge
- Little Governors’ Camp
- Loisaba Lodo Springs
- Loisaba Tented Camp
- Loldia House
- Mahali Mzuri
- Mara Expedition Camp
- Mara Nyika
- Mara Plains Camp
- Mara Serena Safari Lodge
- Mara Toto Tree Camp
- Mfangano Island Camp
- Naboisho Camp
- Ngare Serian
- Offbeat Mara Camp
- Ol Donyo Lodge
- Ol Jogi
- Ol Pejeta Bush Camp
- Ol Pejeta House
- Olare Mara
- Ololo Safari Lodge
- Olonana
- Olonana – Geoffrey Kent Suite
- Rekero Camp
- Reteti House
- Sabuk Lodge
- Sala’s Camp
- Sand River Masai Mara
- Sarara Camp
- Sarara Treehouses
- Sarara Wilderness
- Saruni Mara
- Saruni Rhino
- Saruni Samburu
- Saruni Wild
- Sasaab Camp
- Segera Retreat
- Serian The Original
- Serian’s Nkorombo
- Sirikoi
- Solio Lodge
- Sosian Lodge
- Speke’s Camp
- Sweetwaters Serena Camp
- Tambarare
- Tangulia Mara
- Tawi Lodge
- Tortilis Camp