KICHECHE MARA CAMP
Greater Mara
Kicheche Mara Camp: Our ViewKicheche Mara Camp, and its sister camp, the Bush Camp, are both very good examples of what a simple tented safari camp should be. Set in an area that is good for resident game, Kicheche starts to come into its own as the Loita herds move across from the East towards the middle of July. With fantastic game surrounding camp for the following 4 months we find peak season a great time to visit but question the quality of the game viewing at other time of the year. A great value camp and one that offers great game viewing in peak season months. However Kicheche can often be booked with large group trips coming by road from Nairobi….so the negative is that there is a chance a noisy group will be holding court. Kicheche Mara Camp: Fast Facts$495 per person per night (high season) Our Rating
Kicheche Mara Camp: The DetailKicheche Mara Camp is located on the Aitong Plains in the northern Koiyaki Lemek region of the famous Greater Mara. The camp is located in a prime wildlife area and game viewing starts right from the camp itself. The camp prides itself on offering a friendly and relaxing stay, with our hosts treating you as welcome guests, not mere travel statistics. To maintain this intimate and relaxed atmosphere there is a maximum of twenty two guests at any time. Each tent is comfortably furnished with an en-suite bathroom and flushing toilet, low wattage lighting is supplied 24 hours. The majority of the tents are in secluded positions overlooking the plains and nearby hills, while others are closer together for families or friends. Early morning and late afternoon are the most productive hours for game drives and our safari customised 4WD vehicles give everyone a perfect view. Watching wildlife at close range, but without encroaching on their space, is endlessly fascinating and the camp guides' instincts and experience provide superb photo opportunities of wild animals. Further to the standard driving safaris, the camp also offers opportunities to go fly camping out in the bush, visit and learn about the local communities in the region. You may also likeGreater Mara
The Kicheche Bush Camp is one of the two luxury tented camps around the Mara that are owned by the Kicheche Company and is the slightly younger of the two. Set up in the Olare Orok Conservation area to the north of the Mara Reserve, this great little tented camp is set in a pristine wilderness area and perfect for a few days of feeling like you are in the middle of nowhere.
The tents themselves are of the new design and so feel very open and spacious. The only drawback to the location is that the game can be rather sporadic….but it is there! Masai Mara Reserve
Governors’ has become synonymous with the Masai Mara and the camps, of which there are 4, are all superbly located to benefit from the annual Migration herd of wildebeest that come up from Tanzania around the end of July and depart towards the end of October. The camps have also, for the last 10 years or so, been the base for the famous BBC Big Cat diaries which have made the plains of East Africa so famous.
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Alex is really changing the way safari is considered in Kenya and East Africa. One of a group of camps that he has slowly developed, Serian is the perfect base away from the crowds of the Mara to use as a base for a few nights while using the mobile camps and walking safaris to go and see the herds.
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