Porini straight out of the marketing starting blocks after Obama visit

US President Barack Obama is welcomed by Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, image by AP via BBC

So now is a good time to highlight our Porini Safari Camps which offer the ultimate safari experience in some of Kenya’s more exclusive game-viewing areas.

Our four Porini camps are located within award-winning Conservancies – vast areas of pristine wilderness teeming with animals including Africa’s "Big Five". Guests staying on the Conservancies have exclusive access to the area and visitor numbers are limited to protect the land and to retain a true feeling of being "in the Wild" away from busy tourist hot-spots.

We have a range of affordable itineraries (click here for details) by road or by air combining Porini Camps with each other and with other Big Game areas such as Nairobi National Park, the Samburu, Aberdares, Mt Kenya and Lake Nakuru.

Bush breakfast in Selenkay

Porini Amboseli Camp has just nine guest tents within the game-rich Selenkay Conservancy, a 15,000 acre wilderness next to Amboseli National Park. The area has great game-viewing and is particularly famous for its elephants. Guests enjoy day and night game drives, sundowners, bush dining, safari walks as well as visits to Selenkay village to learn about the Maasai way of life.

Guest tent at Porini Mara Camp

Porini Mara Camp is the only camp within the 18,700 acre Ol Kinyei Conservancy in the Masai Mara. With a perfect setting under shady Acacia trees beside a spring, the camp has just six guest tents ensuring a premium and exclusive safari experience. The conservancy has a resident pride of over 20 lions. There are also leopards, cheetahs as well as elephants and a wealth of plains game including large numbers of giraffes.

Porini Lion Camp by guest Philip Edwards

Porini Lion Camp has ten guest tents in a beautiful setting along the Ntiakatiak River in Olare Motorogi – a 33,000 acre private conservancy bordering the Masai Mara National Reserve. The area is renowned for its Big Cats and profusion of wildlife. Guests enjoy game activities (including guided walks) within the conservancy as well as in the Reserve.

White Rhino – image by guest Samson So

Porini Rhino Camp has 7 guest tents in Ol Pejeta Conservancy, a 90,000 acre wildlife haven. The Big Five are present, but it is most famed as a rhino sanctuary. Guests can see Black Rhino, Southern White Rhino and even meet 3 of the World’s last 5 remaining Northern White Rhino at the Endangered Species Boma. Game activities see many less common species such as African Wild Dogs.

• Camps are small (with as few as 6 guest tents) in secluded settingswithin vast game-filled wildlife conservancies
• Game drives in open-sided 4×4 safari vehicles
• Game-viewing by Day and by Night
• Maximum 6 guests per vehicle – guaranteed window seat
• Friendly, fully-qualified / registered safari guides
• All meals / drinks included in the price
• All Park / Reserve fees included in the price
• Optional Hot Air Balloon Safaris and beach add-ons (supplements apply)
• Value-for-money all-inclusive rates with nothing else to pay at the Porini Camps
• Camps are easily combined with our choice of itineraries by air or by road
• Daily scheduled flights to local airstrips (plus additional charter flight to Selenkay in peak season)
• Porini camps create income for local people through employment and community support.
• The income from guests at Porini Camps pays for the rental and running costs of the Conservancies.

Lounge tent at Nairobi Tented Camp

This authentic safari camp is the first accommodation to be allowed within Nairobi National Park – a vast 117 km-squared area of diverse habitats supporting a broad range of animal and bird species.

There isn’t anywhere else in the world like it; with sweeping plains on one side and Nairobi city on the other.

Nairobi National Park is a wildlife haven unlike any other, with virtually guaranteed sightings of rhino a reason in itself to visit, and Nairobi Tented Camp offers guests the opportunity to really get to know this unique destination and its wildlife.

Left: Guest Tent at Nairobi Tented Camp. Right: Nairobi National Park courtesy of Stuart Price/MEAACT

This is the best choice in Nairobi for clients who prefer to be away from the hustle and bustle of the city centre, and is a great way of extending any safari experience.

Rates are from just $105 per person per night sharing on a Bed & Breakfast basis including soft drinks and there is a choice of extras (Lunch, Dinner, Game Drives). Special "Game Packages" are also available including Full or Half Board, game drives, airport transfers and a visit to the Elephant Orphanage.

For more details on Nairobi Tented Camp see our web site: click here

Caracal by guest Nirmalya Banerjee, and Mt Kilimanjaro from Selenkay by our safari guide Wilson Ole Kasaine

For a map of the Mara conservancies: click here

NEWS:

Kenya Visas now available online!

A new e-visa service is now available online for all visitors to Kenya who require a visa and will be the sole method of obtaining a visa from 1st September 2015.

For visitors arriving into Kenya up to 31st August 2015, visas can still be obtained from the Kenyan Embassies / High Commissions in their country prior to departure OR on arrival at the airport in Nairobi.

As the e-visa process will become compulsory from 1st September 2015, visitors are advised to register their application well in advance of travel as approvals may take up to seven days to process.

For full details please see our website: click here

With best wishes,

Jake Grieves-Cook
Managing Director




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