Naboisho Camp in Masai Mara
Naboisho Camp is one of the most upmarket, small, unfenced camps in the little visited Mara Naboisho Conservancy, north of Maasai Mara National Reserve. It is located in a game rich area where guests frequently witness spectacular wildlife events.
Naboisho Camp is the sister camp to another camp, Encounter Mara, also located in the Naboisho Conservancy, and Rekero inside the national reserve. Guests at Naboisho often do an all-day game drive in the national reserve and the three camps occasionally share vehicles and guides. Guests booked into one camp often spend a night or two in the other, as the conservancy and the reserve complement each other very well.
There is a swimming pool, a rare luxury in the Maasai Mara – and a second smaller dining area offering guests more space to spread out and relax, as well as a private dining area for those looking for privacy.
Game walks are a stand out feature and the game encounters close to camp are impressive. Naboisho has some stunning walking areas, wide open, short-grass plains and amazing viewpoints. There is the option to do some long walks, which enable you to access certain areas where vehicles cannot go, and there is always the possibility of approaching big game on foot.
Naboisho together with sister camp, Encounter Mara, offer fly camping which works particularly in combination with walking safari. You walk out from the camp accompanied by an experienced guide and head to a scenic location where a small fly camp has been set up.
The Mara Naboisho Conservancy is not governed by the same rules as the national reserves, so flexibility allows a variety of game viewing activities. These include bush walks, off-road safaris, night drives and fly camping.
The camp is suitable for families and offers a children’s safari programme in which they learn bush skills and play traditional game.
Popular Activities
Safari game drives
Bird watching
Guided bush walks adventure
Local Masai village visits
Bush dining
Fly camping
Night game drives
Hot air balloon rides
Photographic safaris
Stargazing
Location
The Camp is situated in the private Naboisho conservancy bordering the Masai Mara Reserve. The 200 square kilometers conservancy boasts of over 100 lions, an abundance of elephant, giraffe, wildebeest, zebra and over 250 species of birds. Naboisho is about 45 minutes’ drive from Ol Seki Airstrip.
Rooms
The Camp has seven spacious tents and two very large family tents. With solid concrete plinths under the tents, open air bathrooms, wooden pillars and makuti roof tiles, Naboisho Camp has something of the feeling of a contemporary country house. Solar power in the tents allows charging of batteries at any time.
The en-suite bathroom includes a shower, double basins and flush toilet. Through a canvas flap at the back is an open air spectacular twin bucket hot water showers.
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