Description:
Governors Main Camp was reserved exclusively for Kenya?s colonial Governors and their royal visitors, almost a century ago, the Main Governors? Camp is today a site popular with both animals and people with emphasis on enjoying the wild splendours of Africa in the highest possible style.
The tented camp nestles in the forest along the winding banks of the Mara River, in the world famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve, 320 km South West of Nairobi.
In luxury and style, the Camp fulfills the discerning and adventurous travelers? clamour for knowledge and life changing experience in surroundings beyond the reach of modern day stresses.
Accommodation:
Governors? Camp offers high standards in luxury.
37 Spacious Safari Tents with uninterrupted views over the Mara River
● 24 Twins
● 12 Double Tents
● 1 Suite (Justus Suite)
The Safari Tents are entirely under canvas, each with:
◙ Private Verandah
◙ En-suite bathrooms with shower, basin, flush toilet, bidet and hot and cold running water
◙ Gas & Paraffin lamps
◙ 220 Volt plugs at reception
◙ Room service on request
◙ Tea and coffee is served in the tents
◙ Morning Wake-Up Call
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Recreation: All the traditions of the bush apply and facilities are under canvas and include:
◙ Open Bar & Dining Tent with view over the Mara River and the open plains of the Masai Mara
◙ Bush Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner on request at a supplementary costs
◙ Cocktails & Evening Camp Fires
◙ Laundry
◙ Telephone, Fax and Email Services (A satellite telephone is also available & Radio contact with other camps and the Nairobi office)
◙ All Weather Airstrip
◙ Curio Shop
ACTIVITIES
◙ Hot Air Balloon Safari
◙ Game drives
◙ Game Walks in the African bush
◙ Culture Visits to the Nearby Maasai villages
◙ Day excursion to Lake Victoria
Maasai Mara Hotels
Governors Main Camp
Mara Serena Safari Lodge
Description:
Mara Serena Safari Lodge is set high on a bush-cloaked hill, embraced by arcing vistas and washed by a sea of richly rolling grasslands.
It stands center-stage to one of Africa?s most dramatic wildlife arenas and has a ringside seat for the greatest wildlife show on Earth, the legendary migration of the wildebeest.
Drawing its inspiration from the traditional Maasai cultural motif of a cluster of domed, mud-coloured huts encircled by a ?Boma? of brushwood, the Mara Serena offers a rare blend of raw African splendour and sumptuous sophistication.
The essentially ethnic d?cor also draws on a vibrant colour-palette of sun-burst colours, embellished by a unique selection of Maasai art to create the look and feel of a traditional bush encampment.
Accommodation:
The wide-spaced and secluded rooms have been sensitively designed so as to blend seamlessly into the landscape whilst offering magnificent Mara-vistas from their private verandas.
The interiors are individually styled in exuberant African colours reminiscent of Maasai art whilst also providing a relaxing haven after a hard day in the bush.
Guest rooms configuration:
1 presidential suite
20 double rooms (king size beds)
53 twin rooms
8 interconnecting rooms
All rooms feature:
* Spacious bathrooms with shower & bath
* Private balcony
* Room services
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Recreation: * A traditional safari-styled dining room
* Breakfast by the Hippo Pool
* Bush Dinners & Sundowners
* Riverside bar
* Lounge
* Laundry/ valet services
* Baby sitting services & Children?s Menus/Dining on request
* Shoeshine services
* Full medical back-up and emergency evacuation facilities
* Beauty therapy and massage services
* Large ?Hippo? swimming pool
* Forex facilities
* Full Business & Conference Organization Service/ Facilities
* Africana gift shop
* Wide range of board games
ACTIVITIES
* Game drives
* Nature walks
* Bird watching
* Balloon safaris followed by Champagne Breakfast cooked and served in the bush
* Visits to a traditional Maasai manyatta (village)
* Nightly entertainment- musicians, maasai dancer, wildlife films and talks.
Mara Simba Lodge
Description:
The Mara Simba lodge sits overlooking a dramatic bend on the bank of the Talek, a tributary of the Mara River, gently blending into the surrounding wilderness.
The lodge is culturally themed with an emphasis on exclusivity and comfort. It was designed to complement its surroundings and is decorated in Maasai traditional style. Wide, well-lit pathways connect the Public areas and rooms.
It is about three hundred kilometres from the city of Nairobi.
Accommodation:
The Lodge has 84 guest rooms, arranged in clusters of 6 each in natural wood and stone Banda ( 4 rooms on the ground floor, 2 interconnecting rooms on the first floor).
Comprise 60 twin rooms, 12 double, 4 double+single and 8 triple rooms; each quite spacious with:
* Tiled bathrooms with natural granite and Twyfords.
* Ensuite Showers & Bathroom Fittings
Each room opens into its own private veranda with uninterrupted views of the magnificent Talek river and the surrounding plains.
Luxury Tents are also Available.
Recreation:
The Lodge offers:
* A superb restaurant which offer first class cuisine.
* A bar with a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
* Room service
* Laundry facilities
* Children?s cots and meals are also available
* Sparkling Swimming Pool
* Souvenir Shop
* Night Time Floodlit Viewing
* Workshop and petrol/diesel filling station available
* Power is generated by duty & stand-by generators ( 220/240V-50Hz)
The hotel offers outdoor activities like:
* Balloon Safaris
* Walking Safaris
* Bush Dinner, Black Tie Dinner and Bush Breakfast
* Incentive Safari
Ol Seki Mara Camp
Description:
Ol Seki Camp is set on a rocky promontory, overlooking the Isupukiai River Valley, where one can enjoys panoramic views in a gorgeous wilderness area teeming with game. The camp is on the eastern Koiyaki Conservancy, north of the Mara Reserve and provides a rare opportunity to enjoy wildlife viewing, in a pristine setting away from mass tourism. The beautifully designed tents are nestled amongst Cordia and Acacia trees attracting an abundance of wildlife and birds, many of which are seen from the tents in the valley below.
Accommodation
Six light and roomy ?Nina? tents each with a double and a single bed with a changing room and en suite hot showers and flush toilets.
Two ?Shaba? double tents, ensuite. each of the tents have
a lock up trunk for valuables,Charging facilities for phones/ cameras etc.
The camp is powered by generator, invertor and solar power. Hairdryers can be used but only when generator is on and by prior arrangements
Recreation: FACILITIES
- Sitting and dining tent
- Wi-fi internet access in some areas within camp
- Mobile phone network (Blackberries do work)
- Small gift shop
- Laundry services available
AVAILABLE ACTIVITIES
- Game drives with experienced driver/guides in 4 wheel drive vehicles with photographic roof hatches in the Koiyaki Conservation Area
- Bush picnics, sundowners, bush dinners and star walks
- Visits to the local and unspoilt enkangs or villages
- Scenic walks on the nearby plains ? a botanist?s paradise
- Visits to an ancient Ndorobo cave below the camp with our resident Ndorobo tracker
- Game viewing from your private verandah, binoculars in hand and star gazing at night
- Visits to the newly established Koiyaki Guiding School where skills of effective tourism and wildlife management and incentives to conserve the bio diversity of the area are taught. Ol Seki Mara Camp pledges a bed night fee to support both their mission and those who live and protect this area.
AVAILABLE AT AN EXTRA COST
- Masseuse on site
- Balloon Safaris
- safari drives on Mara Game Reserve
Governors IL Moran Camp
Description:
Governors? Il Moran Camp is a small camp for those who want that extra bit of luxury. Recreated in the atmosphere of the original hunting camps, Il Moran is hidden under ancient trees, deep in the forest, off the banks of the Mara River.
This luxurious tented Camp is located in the wilds of the world famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve, which is constantly traversed by an unrivalled flow of wildlife throughout the year.
The camp can be easily accessed by road, 320 km southwest from Nairobi or by light aircraft landing at the Musiara Airstrip.
Accommodation:
10 Double Suite Luxurious and Spacious Safari Tents, all under canvas -each with:
◙ Private Verandah
◙ En-suite bathrooms with shower, basin, flush toilet, bidet and hot and cold running water
◙ Gas & Paraffin lamps
◙ 220/ 240 Volt plugs at reception
◙ Room service on request
◙ Tea and coffee is served in the tents
◙ Morning Wake-Up Call
Recreation:
All the traditions of the bush apply and facilities are under canvas and include:
◙ Open Bar & Dining Tent with view over the Mara River
◙ Complementary Wines served with Dinner
◙ Bush Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner on request at a supplementary costs
◙ Evening Cocktails & bonfire?s
◙ Laundry
◙ Telephone, Fax and Email Services (A satellite telephone is also available & Radio contact with other camps and the Nairobi office)
◙ All Weather Airstrip
◙ Curio Shop
ACTIVITIES
◙ Hot Air Balloon Safari
◙ Game drives
◙ Game Walks in the African bush
◙ Culture Visits to the Nearby Maasai villages
◙ Day excursion to Lake Victoria
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