The Journal

Stories from the Wild

Kenya Lodges

Segera Retreat

Botanical-garden villas on a 50,000-acre Laikipia conservancy — art, wellness and rhino conservation in one retreat.

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Kenya Lodges

Giraffe Manor

The 1930s Nairobi manor where endangered Rothschild giraffes join you for breakfast through the window.

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Kenya Lodges

Angama Mara

Glass-fronted suites floating 300 metres above the Mara — the view that inspired Out of Africa, with the migration below.

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Kenya Lodges

Mahali Mzuri

Sir Richard Branson's twelve futuristic tents above the Olare Motorogi Conservancy, in the migration's private back garden.

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Rwanda Lodges

Bisate Lodge

Six woven 'bird's-nest' villas in a natural amphitheatre of rainforest, eye-to-eye with the Virunga volcanoes.

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Rwanda Lodges

Magashi Camp

Six tented suites on Akagera's Lake Rwanyakazinga — Big Five country reborn, with boat safaris from the deck.

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Uganda Lodges

Baker’s Lodge

Ten thatched suites on the southern bank of the Victoria Nile, with hippos on the lawn and Murchison Falls upstream.

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