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Planning Your Safari Holiday
With options ranging from luxury boutique lodges to mobile 2 man
tents, our helpful guide details all the options available to create
your perfect safari holiday and offers our handpicked selection of the
best safari tours.With such a wide variety of safari tours available,
these key considerations will help you to choose
the best options for your ideal safari holiday
Key Considerations:
- Accommodation - choosing where to stay - read more
- Parks & Reserves - how to have the best wildlife viewing - read more
- Choosing the Safari Transport - making the right choice - read more
- Safari Itineraries - finding the tour that suits you best - read more
- FAQs and Recommendations - useful advice from our safari experts - read more
Mara Camp - Ol Kinyei Conservancy, Mara
PRICES FROM $415PPper night Full Board including beer, house wine, gin & tonic, soft drinks & mineral water. Park fees, shared game drives in 4x4, night drives, sundowners, Maasai walks and airstrip transfers are also included.
PRICES FROM $415PPper night Full Board including beer, house wine, gin & tonic, soft drinks & mineral water. Park fees, shared game drives in 4x4, night drives, sundowners, Maasai walks and airstrip transfers are also included.
Mara Camp
Mara Camp is the only safari camp set in Ol Kinyei Conservancy – an exclusive 17500 acre wilderness set aside as a wildlife sanctuary with a wide variety of species including big cats.The area has open plains, forests, rivers and stunning views.
This exclusive setting provides the ultimate safari adventure in an unspoilt area, away from the crowds.
Game drives can also be taken in the nearby Maasai Mara National Reserve and the adjacent Naboisho Conservancy.
The award-winning Porini Mara Camp is located in a unique and beautiful setting under yellow-barked Acacia trees along the banks of the Laetoli. The camp contains just six spacious guest tents and has an exclusive yet friendly feel, with each tent containings comfortable furnishings and ensuite facilities (with hot shower and flush toilet). The camp Chef uses fresh ingredients to prepare high quality meals and even home-baked bread. Porini Mara Camp is fully-inclusive of meals, drinks (gin & tonics, wine, beer, sodas and mineral water) and all activities (including day and night game drives, sundowners and escorted walks). There is also the opportunity to book a Hot Air Balloon Safari. Game drives (shared) are in 4x4 safari vehicles with expert safari guides and you will experience the wilderness without the presence of other tourist vehicles.
Prices include flights to the nearby Naboisho Ol Seki airstrip (which has daily scheduled connections to / from Nairobi).
Itinerary
Duration: 2 nights/3 days
Day 1
10am flight from Nairobi’s Wilson Airport to the Mara. Porini Mara Camp staff will meet you at the airstrip and transfer you to camp. After lunch take an afternoon game drive, stopping at a scenic point for a sundowner. Dinner and overnight at camp.
Day 2
Following an early breakfast, take a game drive into the Masai Mara National Reserve in search of the Big Five. Return to camp in the late afternoon, after a picnic lunch in the Reserve. Later, head out on an evening game drive within Ol Kinyei Conservancy - stopping at a viewpoint for a sundowner. Continue on a night game drive looking for nocturnal animals. Dinner and overnight at camp.
Day 3
Take an early morning walk in the Conservancy escorted by Maasai warriors and return for breakfast. Transfer to the airstrip and fly back to Nairobi (arriving around 12.15pm).
Porini Mara Camp can also be combined with one or more of the other Porini Camps as part of a longer safari - see our recommended safaris for itineraries and prices.
Safari Weddings
Where better to celebrate your wedding than in a romantic and
tranquil setting, within stunning scenery and surrounded by the sounds
of the bush.
The multi award-winning Porini Safari Camps are perfect for unique civil ceremonies, renewal of vows or blessings.
Wedding ceremonies can be arranged at private, scenic viewpoints
with stunning vistas across the game-filled landscape. Maasai
traditional customs and blessings can be included to make a very special
and spiritual experience.
A Wedding Package at Porini Mara Camp is from $1175 - click here for more details.
PRICES FROM $370PPper night full board including beer, house wine, gin & tonic, soft drinks & mineral water. Park fees, shared game drives in 4x4, night drives, sundowners, escorted walk and Maasai village visit are also included.
Amboseli Camp
This award-winning safari camp is set in the Amboseli eco-system within the exclusive Selenkay Conservancy- an important wildlife dispersal area for wildlife moving out of Amboseli National Park. The private conservation area ensures the best possible game viewing in proper off-road safari vehicles, off the beaten track and away from other tourist vans and minibuses.
Porini Amboseli Safari Camp is small – with just 9 spacious guest tents – and retains all the charm and feel of the traditional luxury camps of days gone by. Tents are tastefully furnished and have solar powered electric lighting with en suite bathrooms including shower, wash basin and flush toilet. The camp provides an exclusive yet friendly experience with a maximum of 18 guests at a time and it is fully-inclusive of all meals, drinks (wine, gin & tonics, beer, sodas and mineral water) and activities (including day and night shared game drives, guided walks and sundowners). Game drives are in specially-designed, open-sided off-road (4x4) safari vehicles with expert safari guidesAmboseli Camp Highlights
- Shared game drives with excellent guides in the Selenkay Conservancy and in the Amboseli National Park. (Private vehicles available at a supplement).
- A full day (with picnic lunch) spent in the National Park to get close to the elephants and other wildlife.
- An escorted walk with Maasai warriors to visit an authentic Maasai village.
- Night game drives in the Selenkay Conservancy to seek out the nocturnal animals.
Gamewatchers Safaris is supporting the conservation of wildlife through the community at Selenkay and is involved in managing the Selenkay Conservancy and operating the Amboseli Porini Camp. This generates an income for the community and employment opportunities for them within the Selenkay Conservancy and at the Amboseli Porini Camp. The community is receiving a rent for the lease of the area by Porini Safari Camps, plus an entry fee for each tourist visitor. All roads have been constructed using local labour so that the members of the community gain employment from the Conservancy. In addition to the road maintenance team, Game Scouts have been employed to carry out patrols to see that the wildlife is protected.
