Kicheche Bush Camp

Excellent guides rule the roost at this esteemed photographic camp.

Wide views and extraordinary wilderness really emphasise the vastness of this area. Bring your camera – the guides here have a knack for finding the perfect photo-taking positions.

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About Kicheche Bush Camp

Sprawling across 133 square kilometres in Kenya's Masai Mara ecosystem, Olare Motorogi Conservancy lies on the southwestern edge of the eponymous national reserve. This community conservancy, with its open plains, thorn trees and grassy rolling hills, forms part of a critical conservation area within the Masai Mara. And it's here, in one of Africa's most lion-rich ecosystems, that you'll find Kicheche Bush Camp – a small, unfenced retreat in the heart of the action. It's a place for adventure so if watching game or even the migration from your bed, knowing the animals are close by, appeals, then it’s best to plan a visit...

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From $690 person/night

Camp

6 Tents

Mara Conservancies, Masai Mara, Kenya

What you'll love

The team here are passionate and kind and the guides are some of the best you'll find in the Mara - and having guided BBC film makers, award-winning wildlife photographers and even a few celebrities, you're in very good hands.

Insiders tip

The expertly-run vegetable garden is a treat! Ask the managers for a behind-the-scenes tour and meet head chef Kisombe whilst learning more about how the remote kitchen produces their five-star meals.

Something to think about

This is no place to put your feet up. The camp's focus is on safari, safari, safari and you can expect to be out from sunrise to sunset - with a good amount of tasty treats to keep you going, of course.

The property

Tucked among the thorny acacia trees is the central area, with its comfortable and subtly stylish main dining and lounge tent. A large square table seats everyone for meals, and beautiful decorative kelim carpets cushion your feet. An outside fire pit, ringed with canvas directors' chairs and decorated with an interesting collection of skulls and bones, is the perfect spot to watch the night roll in, with the flames crackling before you and the starry sky your canopy.

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The rooms

Six expansive canvas tents stretch out on the grassy hillside around the camp. All face out to the surrounds, with nothing to interrupt the views. The tents themselves are very 'Out of Africa" in tone, with classic safari comfort and an uncluttered lounge area. Accessed via a large roll-up mosquito-protection wall is the main bedroom, with its super-comfortable bed and warm white cotton sheets. To one side is a small bathroom. You'll have no problem settling into the Kicheche experience.

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Activities

Cultural

Bush Walks

Game Drives

Walking safari

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The lack of set game-drives means you can plan your safari experience exactly as you wish. Want to spend the day with lions? Or see some of the 50 raptor species? That can be done. And, being in a low traffic area, you'll probably be the only vehicle in the area. Visit a local village, take a hot air balloon ride, picnic in the bush, or inspect the wilderness on a walking safari. The guides here are extremely knowledgeable.

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About Masai Mara

Masai Mara

A safari classic filled with the Big Five, wildlife-dotted landscapes and vibrant Maasai warriors.

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Wildlife in Masai Mara

Elephant

Abundant

Giraffe

Abundant

Hippo

Occasional

Black Rhino

Rare

White Rhino

None

Lion

Abundant

Cheetah

Abundant

Leopard

Occasional

Hyena

Occasional

Wildebeest

Abundant

Buffalo

Occasional

Zebra

Abundant

Warthog

Occasional

Wild Dog

Rare

Meerkat

None

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The Masai Mara is Kenya's flagship conservation region: a place of rolling plains, bush scrub and acacia thicket— known for the seasonal great wildebeest migration, a mass movement of more than two million, wildebeest, zebra, kongoni, topi and gazelle. As exciting as this phenomenon is, there is so much more to this wilderness. Encounter elephants, buffalo, hippo, giraffe, crocodiles and a variety of cats including lion, cheetah, leopard and the shy serval during a stay in these parts.

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