Naboisho Camp

Naboisho Camp  - Mara conservancy accommodation

Appealing both to safari purists and those seeking a little luxury, Naboisho Camp is the most upmarket of the handful of new, small camps in the relatively little-visited Mara Naboisho Conservancy. Surrounded by untouched savanna and dense thicket, it is located in a game-rich area where guests are frequently witness to spectacular wildlife events.

Naboisho Camp is the sister camp of seasonal Rekero inside the national reserve, and it shares Rekero's focus on top-quality guiding. Guests at Naboisho often do an all-day game drive in the national reserve and the two 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.

The camp is a wonderful combination of raw bush and luxurious home comforts. Incorporating stone and wood, it has more permanent structures than most of its neighbours, yet the camp is unfenced, and the lounge – a large, stone-built building – and guest tents look out across a broad plain. The grass in part of this area, closest to the lounge deck, is kept short, giving guests a safe garden area for outdoor meals.

There are seven identical standard tents and two very large family tents. With solid plinths under the tents, stone walling in the open-air bathrooms and extensive use of decking, wooden pillars and makuti roof tiles, Naboisho Camp has something of the feeling of a contemporary country house, a mood accentuated by the stylish furnishings, including a pair of softly cushioned wicker chairs and a daybed in the vestibule at the front of each tent.