Amboseli · Nightlife

Drinks set up facing the mountain as it turns pink at last light. The reason to be here at all.

Flat horizons and dry air give Amboseli some of Kenya's clearest night skies outside the far north.

Not permitted inside the national park, but the neighbouring community sanctuary allows spotlit night drives.

Lodges lay on lantern-lit dinners in the open. The swamp frogs supply the soundtrack.

Most lodges host evening performances by neighbouring communities. Best booked through the conservancy.