Kicheche Valley Camp is part of the 210 km² private Mara Naboisho Conservancy, which borders the Maasai Mara Game Reserve in the north and serves as a buffer zone for the actual Maasai Mara Game Reserve.

Located on the eastern side of the conservancy, the camp offers a personalized safari experience in one of the Maasai Mara's best protected areas. The six tents with en-suite bathrooms are raised on wooden platforms and the set-up offers enough space for a small sofa corner, a desk and a foredeck with table and chairs.

Most guests fly in a small aircraft from Nairobi Wilson to the Mara Ol Seki Airstrip from where it is only a 10-min drive to camp. The flight time from Nairobi Wilson is approximately 45 minutes.

The Maasai Mara abuts the Serengeti to the north to form the border with Tanzania. The reserve covers an area of approx. 1'510 km² and receives water via the Sand River, the Talek River and, of course, the Mara River.

The Naboisho Conservancy is made up of land belonging to some 500 Maasai families, which joined forces in March 2010 to create a single area to be used for sustainable tourism. Today, the Naboisho Conservancy is one of the best nature reserves in the Maasai Mara. It is reserved exclusively for use by guests of the few camps that are allowed to be built there.

The Maasai Mara is home to one of the highest concentrations of big cat in Africa and more than 50 species of raptor. Lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena, buffalo and elephant are high on the must-see list of most visitors here, and it is indeed the most likely place to get a snapshot of all of them.

Additionally, July sees the arrival of the first ca. two million wildebeest, zebra and Thompson’s gazelle that migrate from the Serengeti to feast on the fresh green grass of the Maasai Mara. They remain until September, when they make their way south again towards the Serengeti. The animals traverse the Mara River, where hungry crocodiles lie in wait for their prey, a spectacle known as ‘river crossings’.

Day and night game drives, bush walks, bush picknicks, balloon flights (additional costs), fly-camping (additional costs) and visits to a local village.

Guides are allowed to leave the tracks in the Naboisho Conservancy, which means very close animal encounters are possible.

Game drives take place in the conservancy, but also cross into the actual Maasai Mara Game Reserve, which is particularly popular during the great migration. It is not unusual for guides to pack breakfast and lunch and spend the whole day out with guests to witness one fo the River Crossings. Night drives are allowed in the private conservancy, but not in the game reserve.

The Kicheche Camps in the Mara also offer fly camping in basic dome tents. This can be booked as part of a trek between Kicheche Valley Camp and Kicheche Bush Camp or simply as an addition to your stay at the camp.

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