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"Porini Camps, offering a real authentic wildlife experience. Staying in small eco-friendly camps away from the main tourist tracks."

Porini Amboseli 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.

Porini Mara Camp has recently been set up in the exclusive wildlife conservancy of Ol Kinyei, one of the most beautiful wilderness areas in the Serengeti-Mara eco-system The safari camp is located less than 18 kms from the Masai Mara park boundary.

Porini Lion Camp is located in the exclusive 20,000 acre Olare Orok Conservancy situated along the banks of the Ntiakatiak River, a seasonal river with some permanent hippo pools near the camp. Transfers are from the airstrip to the camp.

A clip from a BBC Fast Track programme featuring Olare Orok Conservancy in the Mara and Porini Lion Camp.

Guests at Porini Lion Camp in Olare Orok Conservancy, enjoy exclusive viewing as a leopard stalks a herd of gazelles and then captures one down in a gorge in the middle of a stream. 

As the world’s largest wildlife migration moves through Kenya, wildebeest face a gauntlet of predators as they frantically cross the Mara River.

While on a Porini Lion Camp game drive, witness a chain of events not easily forgotten.  The events unfold as a pride of lions begin chasing Cheetahs away, as the lions enter into an area where there are jackal dens, the jackals try to chase of the lions.  Right in the middle of all of this, a hyena has attacked a wildebeest.  Now the lions take take their attention off the noisy jackals and move in to claim the wildebeest.  Surrounded by hyenas, the lions take over the wildebeest as the sun begins to fade.  Another amazing day comes to a close while staying at Porini Camps!

A family gives their review of the outstanding service, accommodations, and wildlife viewing at Porini Lion Camp

A cheetah family shares a meal.  Filmed while staying at Porini Camps.

A special bush breakfast is a real treat!  Our Maasai guides, always cheerful, but seem to be most happy when they are singing!  Also, on another day, a game drive lunch-break at a hippo pool.  Memories of a lifetime are created during a safari with Gamewatchers!

Maasai guide talks about the Gamewatchers Safaris concept of helping preserve Africa’s unique wildlife and Jake Grieves-Cook’s insight in establishing conservancies and importance of sustainable eco-tourism.

A Maasai guide talks about the Porini Camp concept and what role Porini Camps are taking to help the local Maasai people through education, support, and job opportunities.

A young male lion feeding on a wildebeest carcass is surrounded by noisy hyenas that are anxious for their opportunity to claim the meal.  See and hear the hyena’s excitement as the feeding frenzy begins.  Filmed while staying at Porini Amboseli Camp.

Emanuel, a Maasai guide at Porini Amboseli Camp, talks about how the Maasai people and their community benefits through employment, education, and health services assistance as a result of the sustainable ecotourism ventures with Gamewatchers Safaris.

During a stay at Porini Camps, guests are treated to “sundowners” at a scenic spot for sunset.  Afterward, a night time game drive in the conservancy, when the predators are most active, is a real treat to guests of Porini Camps.

Two Maasai boys have huge responsibilities at such a young age as they tend to their family’s sheep in an area that is common to see lions and hyenas.  Filmed while staying at Porini Amboseli Camp.

A pack of muddy hyenas drive off a lioness that had killed a zebra.  While staying at Porini Amboseli Camp, it’s one exciting moment after another!

A walk with Maasai warriors will create memories of a lifetime!  Watch a spear throwing contest and see an authentic Masai village.  This is a great opportunity to see Masai homes and learn more about their way of life.  This is an authentic Masai village and certainly will be a highlight of your stay at Porini Amboseli Camp!