Mara Wildebeest Migration Safari

A Special Offer combining 4 of the best private wildlife conservancies in the Mara (Ol Kinyei, Naboisho, Olare Orok, Motorogi) PLUS the Mara National Reserve.
 
See the wildebeest migration which moves into the area between June and October and stay 5 nights in the highly rated Porini Camps from US$1995 with full board, free drinks, all conservancy fees, unlimited game drives in open-sided 4x4 safari vehicles, escorted walks, bush breakfasts, sundowners and night drives all included.

Migration Safari Highlights

The safari starts with a 4 hour road transfer by our shuttle minibus from Nairobi to the Porini Mara Camp to stay 3 nights and explore the exclusive Ol Kinyei and Naboisho conservancies. Then on Day 4 we drive into Olare Orok Conservancy to stay 2 nights at the Porini Lion Camp with game drives in the conservancies and a full day with picnic lunch inside the Mara Reserve, before flying out on Day 6 back to Nairobi or direct to Ukunda Airfield at the coast for a relaxing stay by the beach after your safari. The wildebeest migration moves through the Mara Reserve and the adjoining conservancies during June to October so if your stay is in this period you should see the migration within the conservancies and have a day in the reserve to see if there are any river crossings.

The conservancies where the Porini camps are located form a vast wilderness area of 100,000 acres set aside exclusively for wildlife and adjoining the Mara reserve. Within these conservancies there is a large lion population (over 120 individual lions have been identified in the 100,000 acres , making this area the place with the highest concentration of wild free-roaming lions in Africa. Leopard and cheetah also present in good numbers as well as all the animals for which the Mara is famous including giraffe, buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, eland, topi, jackal, and hyena. At the Ol Kinyei Conservancy there is only our Porini Mara Camp with maximum 12 guests and our Gamewatchers Adventure Camp with maximum 18 guests located within the 17,500 acres conservancy and we do not allow outside vehicles and minibuses so you will see the big cats and other wildlife without the hordes of tourist vehicles that throng the Reserve itself. 

The wildlife conservancies next to the Mara Reserve are now recognised as the best place in Kenya for wildlife viewing and to see the big cats, offering a more exclusive experience then the Mara Reserve itself which can become very crowded with minibuses from all the large mass-market tourist lodges built inside the reserve and along its boundary. Within the conservancies there is a strict limit on tourism by keeping to a policy of no more than 1 guest tent per 700 acres and a maximum of 12 tents in any camp: a formula developed by Gamewatchers’ Managing Director, Jake Grieves-Cook who pioneered the concept of leasing parcels of land from the Maasai landowners to be set aside as Conservancies to create protected wildlife habitat to generate benefits for the Maasai community from the rental income and from opportunities for employment as conservancy rangers, safari guides and camp staff. 

A recent article by the writer and expert on African wildlife safaris, Brian Jackman, giving an update on the conservancies can be seen here:

At the Porini Camps the price includes all meals, free drinks (wine, beer, gin & tonics, soft drinks, mineral water), all game drives in open-sided 4x4 safari vehicle, nature walks, bush breakfasts, sundowners, night game drives, Maasai viillage visit and there is nothing extra to pay once you are at the camp. (This is very different from most of the other camps and lodges in the Mara where there are usually substantial costs for drinks, mineral water and extras like sundowners, bush breakfasts, nature walks and night drives!) 

All Porini Camps have a Silver Eco-rating and have been designed to have minimal impact on the environment and to make a real contribution to wildlife conservation. There is also a close connection with the local Maasai community which earns an income from the tourism activities in the conservacies and you will find that you receive a warm welcome from the Maasai staff who run the Porini Camps You will be taken out on game drives by an expert Maasai guide ready to share his wealth of knowledge about the wildlife species that you will see.