Kicheche Mara Camp

Kicheche Mara Camp is a traditional bush camp in the Mara North Conservancy, the wilderness area with the greatest concentration of plains game in the world. The Masai Mara is famous for the annual Great Migration, but beyond that, it is one of the few remaining places in Africa where you can see wildlife in the same numbers observed in the 19th century.
 
Kicheche Mara Camp is a classic, luxury canvas bush camp set in a grove of wild olive trees. Game wanders through the unfenced camp, so your safari can begin right at Kicheche. In our opinion, Kicheche offers an impressive combination of adventure and comfort, and extraordinarily good value a view ratified by our clients.

Kicheche Mara Camp has eight comfortable twin and double-bedded tents. The luxury tents are subtly incorporated into the landscape - in a thicket of wild olive and croton trees - so that, even from a short distance, there is no sign of human habitation. Most of the tents are in private, secluded positions overlooking the plains and the nearby Aitong Hills, but some are closer together for the use of families or friends.  Each spacious tent is fully insect-proof, comfortably furnished and the decoration includes Maasai artwork. The en-suite bathroom provides a safari shower and flush toilet. Low wattage lighting is supplied round the clock. Each tent has a private verandah, in addition to the hammocks hung between nearby trees. The camp lounge has comfortable seating, a library, board games, cards and local crafts. Sundowners and post-dinner drinks are served in the lounge area or by the campfire, which becomes lively after the evening meal.

Fresh produce is flown in from Nairobi and bread and pastries are baked fresh each day. The menu features both African and international dishes and meals are served al fresco whenever possible. You eat at the communal table with the friendly hosts and some of the guides, or you are welcome to dine privately. The food is plentiful, well-presented and delicious.

During your stay at Kicheche Mara Camp you can visit a genuine, local Maasai village for a first-hand experience of the traditional Maasai way of life. Traditional crafts are on sale and, sometimes, there is traditional dancing. Your village guide, or the Kicheche guide, will tell you about the activities in the village and explain the interconnections between the Maasai way of life and the Mara. You can take a balloon safari over the plains of the Masai Mara from Kicheche and, after a champagne breakfast, game drive back to camp. Kicheche also offers a flying excursion to Rusinga Island on Lake Victoria, where you can fish or just relax to the sound of the lapping water.