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Amboseli Porini Camp is located within the exclusive
Selenkay Conservancy, in the Amboseli eco-system, an important wildlife
dispersal area and rangeland for wildlife moving out of Amboseli
National park. The camp facilities include 9 spacious guest tents,
comfortably furnished and with en suite bathrooms including shower,
wash basin and flush toilet.
Tents have solar-powered electric lighting. The camp is small and
is on the lines of the traditional luxury safari camp, but with
more comfortable bathroom arrangements than were available to the
big game hunters of earlier years! The camp provides an exclusive
experience catering to a maximum of 18 guests at a time. All transport
on this safari is in a specially designed open-sided Landrover 4
wheel drive safari vehicle.
Going on safari in a 'proper' safari vehicle gives a far better
safari experience than traveling in the minibus vans with window
seats used by other tour operators! And as Selenkay Conservation
Area is a private game reserve you will not see any other vehicles
or minibuses. From Amboseli Porini Camp guests have game drives
with excellent guides in the Selenkay Conservancy and in the Amboseli
National Park. A full day is spent in the park with a picnic lunch
to get close to the elephants and other wildlife. One of the highlights
is an escorted walk with Maasai warriors to visit an authentic Maasai
village. Night game drives are taken in the Selenkay Conservancy
to seek out the nocturnal animals. At the camps all meals, drinks
(wine, gin & tonic, beer, sodas, mineral water), and all activities
including game drives, walks, night drives and sundowners are included
in the price.
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Gamewatchers Safaris is supporting the conservation of wildlife
through the community at Selenkay and is involved in managing the
Selenkay Conservancy and operating the Amboseli Porini Camp. This
generates an income for the community and employment opportunities
for them within the Selenkay Conservancy and at the Amboseli Porini
Camp. The community is receiving a rent for the lease of the area
by Porini Safari Camps, plus an entry fee for each tourist visitor.
All roads have been constructed using local labour so that the members
of the community gain employment from the Conservancy. In addition
to the road maintenance team, Game Scouts have been employed to
carry out patrols to see that the wildlife is protected.
The
Maasai community constructing a road in the Selenkay Conservancy
Selenkay Conservancy is well
off the beaten track and has not been visited by tourists until
fairly recently. It lies in the heart of Maasailand and the animals
are truly wild and not fully habituated to vehicles. The number
of tourist visitors staying at the Amboseli Porini Camp within Selenkay
Conservancy is limited to a maximum of eighteen per day to retain
the wild and unspoilt nature of the area and to minimise the impact
on the environment. Within the conservation area the following animals
have been seen recently: elephant, lion, leopard, cheetah, Thompson's
and Grant's gazelles, gerenuk, impala, oryx, lesser kudu, zebra,
wildebeest, giraffe, warthog, striped hyena, jackal, bat-eared fox,
caracal, African wild cat, serval cat, genet cat, honey badger,
mongoose and ostrich. Birdlife is prolific, especially birds of
prey.
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