Location

This well-established, permanent tented camp is situated at the floor of the Oloololo escarpment on the edge of riverine forest in the magnificant MaasaI Mara game reserve.

Access: 40 min. by air and 4 hours by road from Nairobi. The Oloololo Escarpment and the Sabaringo River flank Kichwa Tembo. The camp lies deep in a monkey-rich forest on the exclusive western side of the Masai Mara National Reserve, far removed from the package tourism of the eastern Mara.

Accommodation: Comfort Level-luxury; Child Policy: children welcome;

Your tent is stylish and spacious with twin beds, an ensuite bathroom with hot shower, toilet and electrical hurricane lamp. Best of all is your own shaded verandah with canvas camp chairs and a stunning view.

The view is the first thing to claim your attention. It is a most spectacular panoramic view of Africa. A rolling vista of savannah grassland sprinkled with dark patches of woodland spreads endlessly towards the horizon beckoning you.

Kichwa Tembo is an oasis of Hemingway-style tents shaded by dense forest canopy. Each luxurious tent has a private deck with sweeping views of the greatest grassland system on earth, the Masai Mara.

 Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp has 40 canvas safari tents, each with a private outdoor deck. There is an en suite bathroom with shower, stone floors and soft lighting. Each tent stands at least eight metres away from the next, ensuring absolute seclusion. The main living area and all the tents overlook endless, game-filled plains and are shaded by dense forest canopy. In the background, the Oloololo Escarpment stretches into the distance. The main lodge has a curio shop and a reception.

The courtyard is candlelit in the evening and you may relax in the bar/lounge area. The palm-fringed swimming pool overlooks the plains of the Mara. Lawns surround the tree-shaded waters. At night, Askaris (Maasai warrior security guards) accompany you to and from your tent. The airy main restaurant is covered with Maasai thatch grass and overlooks the Mara plains. Dinner may be served alfresco style outdoors, weather-permitting. Private meals are also arranged on request.

Service is unobtrusive and impeccable. From the moment tea or coffee is brought to your tent before a dawn game drive to the after dinner nightcap around the dying embers of a campfire, you are cossetted and cared for throughout your stay.

Game Viewing/Activities

Dawn and late afternoon are prime game viewing times but there is lots to do between game drives. For example try a bird walk with the resident ornithologist and see how many of the three hundred resident species you can identify. Book a hot air balloon ascent at dawn for a unique perspective of the Maasai Mara's wildlife followed by a champagne breakfast. How about a romantic candlelit-dinner on the banks of the Mara river, a visit to a Maasai village or simply a dip in the swimming pool.

It is the combination of raw nature, adventure and luxury that makes Kichwa Tembo an unforgetable, magical African experience. Karibu.