Kembu Cottages and Campsite | Established Campground

April 2nd, 2024 by Linda

A really great campsite. Perfect for some R@R after time on the road or bush camping. Level grassy sites with sparkling clean ablutions with plenty of hot water. Laundry service if you ask. Great menu in the restaurant and bar and reasonably priced. Camping USD 8 per night. Also have cottages, but never asked the price. The owner, Andrew, super helpful and friendly. Highly recommended

March 26th, 2024 by Linda

Great campsite on a working farm. Clean ablutions, ample hot water and flushing toilets. Restaurant and bar. USD 8 per person is great value.

March 15th, 2024 by GARDEN OF LIFE

Nice place, level ground on grassy area with completely new washrooms on a high level and very clean. restaurant available (pre-book) at average pricelevel, extensive menue. cottages to rent or camping. social project "knitting work" for ladies of the area. they show you around if you wish and explain the project, or you just pop in at their shop and buy some local handmade stuff. recommendable place near Nakuru. 2600 KES for 2 pax is above average but for what you get its okay.

February 12th, 2024 by 14honeybadgers

PS when we paid our bill we were charged $10 for electricity but it was scrapped as we’d not been told at the onset. 😳🫢

February 12th, 2024 by 14honeybadgers

Fabulous campsite. Best ablutions, level, grassy campsite, super restaurant. Lovely owner. What more can I say? Perfect stop en-route to and from Nairobi.

January 28th, 2024 by ivoenmischa

Lovely place, green, good clean ablutions with warm shower, good food in the restaurant. All very positive. For us, it was relatively expensive because the kids pay full price here (USD 8 pp)

January 11th, 2024 by thelandyexpedition

Lovely spot with super friendly owners.
Very peaceful and quiet throughout the night.
Very clean ablutions with hot showers.
We really enjoyed our time here! We paid $32 for 4 people for 1 night.
$8 per person.

September 30th, 2023 by greta-does-africa.com

A superb little campsite on green grass, with excellent toilets and showers (just keep the doors shut to keep the bugs and dogs out).

They also have a really nice bar and restaurant area.

Also worth asking about the community knitting project Kenana Knitters. They have a little shop on site worth visiting.

A beautiful stopover in the area.

July 31st, 2023 by Julie en Moyo

wonderful place indeed. price for camping is now 8 $ or the equivalent in kes.

February 22nd, 2023 by jana.johanna

The campsite is a very big grassfield with little shelters for shade. There are 6 amazing bathrooms with hot showers, which are super clean. It's probably the best ablutions on a campsite I've seen so far in Kenya! There is a bar and a restaurant with good WiFi and nice sofas. The architecture of the place is amazing and the owners are super nice!
We would definitely recommend to go here. Camping is 1000 Ksh per person.

February 9th, 2023 by h.banierink

Good campsite with clean ablutions, hot shower. Beautiful restaurant, food not tried. I guess this place must be really nice in rainy season, now everything was dry. Camping 1000 KES or 8 USD pppn. Good for a stopover but for us no highlight (according to lonely planet Kenya it is). If you go make sure to check their shop with home knitted products and much more for a good cause. Also, Gad, a worker there makes the most beautiful watercolour paintings of birds (among other things). We bought one for a very good price and he was exceptionally happy.

July 3rd, 2022 by madelein74

A lovely restful campsite with lush grass to camp on. Ablutions are new and clean. Charges was KES 1000 pp, half for kids under 12. We arrived around 5pm, by which time the restaurant was only willing to serve pizza. The pizza was good & much appreciated. Wifi in the restaurant. Owner Andrew is 5th generation and knows everything (and everyone) in the area. Received very helpful onward travel advice.

Note to Andrew: something is wrong with the waterpressure in the ablutions. If your neighbour opens a tap, your shower stops.

June 26th, 2022 by Beady

Very nice place, very friendly. Showers and toilets are world class, in fact better than most hotels we stayed at in Kenya.
Camping area is very tidy.
See the pictures.

May 26th, 2022 by ytierie

Did not stay here because we did not feel welcome. We texted a few hours before we were expected to arrive to ask if they had space for us and if the restaurant was open.
They would not keep the restaurant open later than 6 pm without any prior payments…(we don’t have mpesa). We said we would arrive at 7, but they just said no exceptions.
So we decided to move on.

February 12th, 2022 by stuckinlowgear.com

Really nice campsite on a working farm with all the amenities needed for a proper rest stop. Laundry service, wifi, restaurant, cold beer, hot showers. The new immaculate ablutions have the rare luxury of having the toilet, sink and shower in the same large room! We had breakfast and dinner and the food was good. Firewood was brought to our campsite upon request. Andrew was a gracious host as well as a wealth of information on the area. The knitting project and gift shop at the farm are really impressive and well worth a visit. Camping was $6 pppn.

January 28th, 2022 by Kembu Cottages & Campsite

Hi Overlanders, this is Andrew - one of the campsite owners. We've spent our time during the Covid lockdowns in giving Kembu a complete facelift. New toilet and shower block, better wifi, more lawned terraces, new washing up and laundry sinks, new cook shelters. Its looking great and the farm and gardens are still beautiful as ever. Welcome!

June 6th, 2021 by dtumaini

lovely green camping area. great new ablution block. make sure to ask for a farm visit. $6 pp/night.

March 21st, 2021 by michialex.munich

It’s a very nice place with a new built Campsite and new, perfect working showers and toilets.
Wonderful farm, beautiful restaurant. At the moment ( still Covid-19) you have to order food in advance.
Friendly people, 6 $ pppn.

February 4th, 2020 by expedition-unlimited.nl

Lovely campsite and cottages, located on an active dairy farm where they also breed horses. The campsite is situated on a large grassy area near the restaurant and bar, where they also serve great home made three course meals. During chilly evenings the fireplace is lit and coal fire stove are provided. The view from the campsite is fabulous over the lush garden and nice surrounding landscape. There are latrine toilets and showers, basic, but al tidy and clean. Great place for an overnight stay, or better, for a couple of days to escape from the rush of daily life.

January 27th, 2020 by LCtracks

Neat and green! Flat camping area and a rain shelter came in handy. Tap at the camp area and a close WC. Showers are hot and near the main restaurant. 600ksh per person
andbar. We didn’t eat here but they had 3 course menu for

October 7th, 2019 by MufflonsOnTour

Such a lovely place to spend a night or two after (or before) visiting Lake Nakuro NP (less than one hour drive from main gate). Great camping area with clean ablutions and hot water. Amazing staff and really good food. We were the only guests at this night and they prepared a private dinner for us directly at the cosy fire place. 3 course dinner for 1.500 KES pp (not cheap, but definitely worth it). You can spend your time reading a book at the nice restaurant area or playing chess at the lawn. Really tidy place to relax and chill. We definitely recommend this place!

April 26th, 2019 by TheBuffaloOverlander

Lovely place for a stop over. Flat ground for camping. Food is wholesome and decent. Long drop toilets are actually not bad at all and cleaner than many flushing toilets we’ve encountered. Showers are hot. Staff friendly.

April 12th, 2019 by instagram-SimplyOverland

What a wonderful find. Lovely campsite with restaurant and fireplace. Beautiful grounds with picnic table, fire pit and enclosed kitchen area for campers. Plenty of room for big rigs and flat areas for roof top tents. 600 ksh per person. Highly recommended. We will be coming back.

March 21st, 2019 by Time Out Art Camp

stayed on campground which is a nice and beautiful place remote and quiet. lovely birds in the morning. friendly staff, power available but bring long extension. hot shower available, firewood, also nice Restaurant. 45min drive from nakuru Nationalpark. recommend this place. 600 pppn. ablution block and toiletts quiet basic but ok.

November 24th, 2018 by jet.roodbeen

What a pretty place. A very nice and good looking campsite. We loved the big garden with a great variety of trees and flowers. We spotted a lot of different birds and even got to pet a little deer that was popping by. In the evening we enjoyed a beer at the fireplace. Really nice camping time!

January 6th, 2018 by Www.2wheeledadventures.com

When coming here I was expecting a rustic farm location, but in reality it’s a very well established campground and they have cottages for rent too. The owners breed racing horses and keep diary cows and also have a lot of land for agriculture. All very modern. Showers are still good and hot, long drop toilets are clean, the grassy terraces are level and there’s plenty of shade in the morning. The owner said that the WiFi will be available in a few weeks - they are already working on it. The road to get here is new tarmac, just the dirt road inside the farm territory is a bit bumpy.

October 5th, 2017 by samuel.certain

Nice place, but no hot water when we arrived (fixed in the night), no wifi and children to pay same price as adults. No way to discuss with owner, so overpriced for familly, go in an other place if you're travelling with children !

September 10th, 2017 by fahrtwend.ch

very nice place with green grass under shadow trees, very friendly staff. clean toilet latrins,hot shower.
possibility to buy meat,fresh milk and other food.
its 630 ksh p/p

March 2nd, 2017 by meg.egler

I though it was quite charming. Best meal I've had in ages. I found the showers and bathrooms much to my liking as well. No interweb but maybe you wouldn't want interweb here anyway.

January 2nd, 2017 by taib

very nice campsite in a well kept farm which in days past must have been in a remote location, but which is now no longer the case as the Nakuru-Eldoret and the Njoro-Molo Highways both run a few kilometers off the site, but near enough for the vehicles to be audible. 2 of our party of 6 took the Cobb's Carriage cottage and were very comfortable there though disappointed by the lack of hot water attributable to a neglected problem, which the management has absolutely no excuse for not fixing. we all ended up using the camping area showers which were super hot but once again, housed in ramshackle structures with broken hangers and soap holders whose state is at odds with an otherwise excellent and very clean campsite. Why management would let such small matters remain unresolved to ruin an otherwise very good camp site, I simply cannot comprehend). All said and done, its a beautiful place.

December 12th, 2016 by Maggie in Africa

camping is ksh 600 per person

December 12th, 2016 by Maggie in Africa

Campsite is on green grass with nice facilities, shower is outdated but has hot water. Overall setup is good, bar area is nice however owner charges ksh 200 for electricity and ksh600 for firewood.

October 17th, 2015 by alles-selbst-erlebt

We are here for a 2nd time and this is for a good reason. Gras dry at the moment, but we have had the 1st rain today.

July 5th, 2015 by B'ambi

Hot showers, long drop latrines, nice open sided bar/restaurant with log fires. Clean, tidy with efficient staff and beautiful grass camping areas.

July 2nd, 2015 by mankei-travel

Very nice area like a park with well maintained sanitary facilities.
Dinner was with 1.350 Ksh much overpriced.
You can visit the farm and the social project 'Kenana Knitters' who sell very neat knitted animals.
12$ for 2 persons per night
2G with SafariCom SIM

July 2nd, 2015 by mankei-travel

Very nice area like a park with well maintained sanitary facilities.
Dinner was with 1.350 Ksh much overpriced.
You can visit the farm and the social project 'Kenana Knitters' who sell very neat knitted animals.
12$ for 2 persons per night
2G with SafariCom SIM
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(stricken Spielzeug und verkaufen Wolle)

May 25th, 2015 by alles-selbst-erlebt

Very nice park-like setting, friendly staff, absolutely quiet and no disturbing security lights during night. We had a group of children and students around, 550 KES pp

August 1st, 2012 by ourafricanfootprint.com

Dairy farm, camping on green lawn & excellent restaurant