Welcoming guests for an overnight stay or bespoke rental, the tower and its staff cater for guests to enjoy their day at a leisurely pace. Perhaps breakfast on the veranda, hippo watching while sipping English tea and freshly squeezed juices, or maybe a walk amongst the animals of the wildlife sanctuary itself.

An afternoon might be spent on the lake in the beautiful teak Riva motorboat before a candle-lit gourmet dinner using foods from their on-site organic garden or fresh from the nearby farms that surround the lake.

Such is the harmonious way that Hippo Point Tower integrates guest activities with the wildlife of the estate, you could perhaps forget that the 500 wallowing hippos peacefully waggling their ears in the lake are still two tons of wild animal. Given the protection the estate affords the animals, they are very relaxed in the company of humans and respectful of the guest presence, allowing a close-up experience of the animals in their natural habitat that is as unique as it is rewarding.

The estate is 80 miles (150km) from Nairobi on recently paved roads. Guests should allow at least 2 hours for road transit, or consider a private plane charter, taking only 25 minutes from Nairobi

Area Activities
Guests have unrestricted access to the property and its surroundings. Fishing, water-sports and riding can be arranged, as can game drives at next door private reserves. The wildlife surrounding the tower itself is worthy of mention with giraffes walking outside your window and impala feeding on the surrounding grasses. Both leopard and the shy nocturnal aardvark can often be spotted on night game drives.

The nearby mock-Tudor Hippo Point house has a fine 20m swimming pool and 7 additional bedrooms for larger groups. The pool is superbly maintained and would not be out of place in a luxury hotel or spa much closer to civilization, but echoes the style that personifies the Cunningham-Reid approach of doing things properly or not at all.