Awards & Accolades

Over the years, Porini Camps and Gamewatchers Safaris have been honored for excellence in sustainable tourism and wildlife conservation.

Explore the awards, media features, and milestones that highlight our ongoing commitment to conservation and community partnerships.

2025

GOLD Eco-Rating Certification by Eco-tourism Kenya

Porini Mara Camp
Porini Lion Camp
Porini Cheetah Camp
Porini Giraffe Camp
Porini Safari Cottages
Rhino River Camp
Porini Amboseli Camp

2024

GOLD Eco-Rating Certification by Eco-tourism Kenya

Porini Mara Camp
Porini Giraffe Camp
Porini Amboseli Camp

SILVER Eco-Rating Certification by Eco-tourism Kenya

Porini Rhino Camp

Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice Award

Gamewatchers Safaris
Porini Cheetah Camp
Porini Lion Camp

World Travel Awards Kenya’s Leading Tented Safari Camp 2024 - Winner

Porini Mara Camp.

ATTA® Collaborative Champions of Climate and Social Justice - Winner

This award recognises the collaboration of organisations with aligned missions that share resources to make a holistic impact.

Magical Kenya Loyalty Rewards (MKLR) Program - Silver Winner

The MKLR initiative serves a higher purpose: to honor and appreciate stakeholders who continuously support and participate in Kenya Tourism Board's (KTB) initiatives every year. It’s an acknowledgment of collective effort, where everyone involved plays a role in promoting Kenya’s natural beauty, culture, and unique experiences to the world.

ATTA® Meaningful Engagement Champion - Finalist

This award recognises the tourism entity that has demonstrated exceptional commitment to protecting both people and places through outstanding employee and client engagement initiatives. It honours those who have successfully fostered a culture of caring within their workforce and clientele, actively involving them in meaningful conservation and community actions.

2024 World Travel Awards - Nominee

Kenya's Leading Safari Camp Brand 2024
Africa's Responsible Tourism Award 2024
Porini Amboseli Camp - Africa's Leading Tented Safari Camp 2024

2023

WINNER:

- Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award 2023 - Porini Mara Camp
- 2023 Word Travel Awards - Kenya’s Leading Safari Camp Brand 2023

NOMINEE:

- 2023 Word Travel Awards - Africa's Responsible Tourism Award 2023
- 2023 Word Travel Awards - Africa's Leading Tented Safari Camp 2023 - Porini Amboseli Camp
- 2023 Word Travel Awards - Kenya's Leading Tented Safari Camp 2023 - Porini Mara Camp
- 2023 Word Travel Awards -Kenya's Leading Tour Operator 2023

2022

WINNER:

- Eco Warrior Awards (Ecotourism Kenya) - Best Tour Operator in Promoting Community Development (winner).
- Eco Warrior Awards (Ecotourism Kenya) - Best Accommodation in Collaboration with Impact Partners (winner) - Porini Amboseli Camp.
- Word Travel Awards - Kenya's Leading Tented Safari Camp 2022 - Porini Mara Camp

RUNNER UP:

- Eco Warrior Awards (Ecotourism Kenya) - 1st runner-up in Best Accommodation in Conservation through Establishment of Conservancies. - Porini Mara Camp.

NOMINEE:

- Word Travel Awards - Africa's Responsible Tourism Award 2022
- Word Travel Awards - Africa's Leading Tented Safari Camp 2022 - Porini Amboseli Camp
- Word Travel Awards - Kenya's Leading Safari Camp Brand 2022
- Word Travel Awards -Kenya's Leading Tour Operator 2022

2021

WINNER:

- Regenerative Travel 2021 Impact Awards - Conservation Category.
  Click here to view our Managing Director accepting the award.
- Word Travel Awards - World Travel Awards — Kenya’s Leading Safari Camp Brand 2021

NOMINEE:

- Word Travel Awards - Africa's Responsible Tourism Award 2021
- Word Travel Awards - Africa's Leading Tented Safari Camp 2021 - Porini Amboseli Camp
- Word Travel Awards - Kenya's Leading Tented Safari Camp 2021 - Porini Mara Camp
- Word Travel Awards -Kenya's Leading Tour Operator 2021

2020

WINNER:

- TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice “Best of the Best 2020” - Porini Mara Camp

NOMINEE:

- Word Travel Awards - Africa's Responsible Tourism Award 2020
- Word Travel Awards - Africa's Leading Tented Safari Camp 2020 - Porini Amboseli Camp
- Word Travel Awards - Kenya's Leading Safari Camp Brand 2020
- Word Travel Awards -Kenya's Leading Inbound Tour Operator 2020

2019

WINNER:

- Eco Warrier Award Winner - Best Social Impact 2019
- Word Travel Awards - Africa's Responsible Tourism Award 2019

RUNNER UP:

- Eco Warrior Awards (Ecotourism Kenya) - Best Green Tour Operator

NOMINEE:

- Word Travel Awards - Africa's Leading Tented Safari Camp 2019 - Porini Amboseli Camp
- Word Travel Awards - Kenya's Leading Safari Camp Brand 2019
- Word Travel Awards -Kenya's Leading Inbound Tour Operator 2019

2018

AWARDED:

- Ol Kinyei Conservancy awarded IUCN Green List Status
- Trip Advisor Hall of Fame recognition for Porini Amboseli Camp, Porini Rhino Camp, Porini Mara Camp and Porini Lion Camp.
- GOLD Eco Rating certificate by Eco-tourism Kenya for Porini Amboseli Camp and Porini Mara Camp.
- SILVER Eco Rating certificate by Eco-tourism Kenya for Porini Lion Camp.

WINNER:

- Word Travel Awards - Africa's Responsible Tourism Award 2018
- Word Travel Awards - Africa's Leading Tented Safari Camp 2021 - Porini Amboseli Camp
- Word Travel Awards - Kenya's Leading Tented Safari Camp 2021 - Porini Mara Camp
- Word Travel Awards -Kenya's Leading Tour Operator 2021

NOMINEE:

- Word Travel Awards - Africa's Leading Tented Safari Camp 2018 - Porini Amboseli Camp
- Word Travel Awards - Kenya's Leading Safari Camp Brand 2018
- Word Travel Awards -Kenya's Leading Inbound Tour Operator 2018

2020 - 2023

WINNER OF KENYA’S LEADING SAFARI CAMP BRAND 2023

We are delighted to announce that Porini Safari Camps has won the category of “Kenya’s Leading Safari Camp Brand” at the prestigious 30th Annual World Travel Awards (the “Oscars of the Travel Industry”)!

WINNER OF KENYA’S LEADING TENTED SAFARI CAMP 2022

In the World Travel Awards 2022, our Porini Mara Camp has been voted “Kenya’s Leading Tented Safari Camp”!

WINNER OF ECO WARRIOR AWARDS 2022

Gamewatchers Safaris won the best tour operator in promoting community development in the Eco Warrior Awards 2022!

WINNER OF REGENERATIVE TRAVEL 2021 IMPACT AWARDS

The winners of the Regenerative Travel 2021 Impact Awards have been announced, and we are pleased that our Adopt An Acre Initiative has won in the “Conservation” category.

WINNER OF WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2021

The Africa & Indian Ocean winners of the 2021 World Travel Awards have been announced today, and we are pleased that our Porini Safari Camps have won “Kenya’s Leading Safari Camp Brand”

TRIPADVISOR TRAVELLERS’ CHOICE “BEST OF THE BEST” 2020

Porini Mara Camp is a “Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best” Winner — Tripadvisor’s highest honour! The camp has won in the category of “Best Small Property – Africa” and is in the top 1% of properties worldwide based on travellers’ reviews and ratings of their experience.

TRIPADVISOR TRAVELERS’ CHOICE AWARD 2023; PORINI MARA CAMP

We are thrilled to announce that Porini Mara Camp has for the fifth time, been honored with the prestigious TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Award for 2023. This coveted accolade is a testament to the exceptional experiences and unparalleled hospitality provided by Porini Mara Camp, as recognized by travelers from around the world.

Ol Kinyei IUCN Green List Status 2018

Ol Kinyei Conservancy – the pristine setting of our Porini Mara and Porini Cheetah Camps – is included on the prestigious IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas, one of only 45 in the world.

SKAL INTERNATIONAL AWARDS 2017

Gamewatchers Safaris wins the “Tour Operators & Travel Agents” category of the sixteenth annual Skål International Sustainable Tourism Awards!

TRIPADVISOR TRAVELLERS’ CHOICE AWARDS 2016

Porini Mara Camp has gained another TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award! The annual TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice awards are now in their 14th year and for 2016 Porini Mara Camp has come 4th out of 10 in the Top Ten hotels for romance in Kenya!

WINNER OF ECO WARRIOR AWARD 2016

Gamewatchers Safaris received the Ecotourism Kenya 2016 awards for “Eco-rated Tented Camp of the Year” for Porini Amboseli Camp in Selenkay Conservancy and the 1st Runners up certificate for the “Community Conservancy of the Year” for Ol Kinyei Conservancy.

WINNER OF WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2016

Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Safari Camps have won “Kenya’s Leading Safari Camp Brand” for the third time in the 23rd World Travel Awards – the “Oscars of the Travel Industry”!

WINNER OF ECO WARRIOR AWARD 2015

The Eco Warrior Award for ‘Kenya’s Tour Operator of the Year 2015’ was awarded to Gamewatchers Safaris in a ceremony on 16th October 2015 at Leisure Lodge, Diani.

WINNER OF WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2015

For the third year in a row Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Camps won “Africa’s Leading Tented Safari Camp” as well as “Kenya’s Leading Safari Camp Brand” in the 22nd annual World Travel Awards. The World Travel Awards brand is recognized globally as the ultimate hallmark of quality, with winners setting the benchmark to which all others aspire.

FODOR’S TRAVEL GUIDE: TOP TEN SAFARI OPERATORS

Gamewatchers Safaris has been rated one of the world’s Top Ten Safari Operators to Africa by Fodor’s Travel for 2015.

TRIP ADVISOR TRAVELLER’S CHOICE AWARDS 2014

TripAdvisor announced the Top Ten properties in Kenya for “Exceptional Service”: Porini Mara Camp came first!

Winner of World Travel Awards 2014

We are very proud to announce that for the second year in a row Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Camps won "Africa's Leading Tented Safari Camp" in the 21st annual World Travel Awards.

Winner of World Travel Awards 2013

Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Camps are proud to have won in two categories of the prestigious World Travel Awards 2013 – Africa’s Leading Tented Safari Camp and Kenya’s Leading Safari Camp Brand.

WINNER OF ECO WARRIOR AWARD 2013

The Eco Warrior Award for ‘Most Responsible Tour Operator of 2013’ was awarded to Gamewatchers Safaris in a ceremony held at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi on the 24th of September 2013.

KENYA TOURISM AWARD 2012

Porini Safari Camps were awarded by the Kenya Tourism Federation for Best Support and Integration with local communities’ award in 2012.

KENYA TOURISM AWARD 2011

Gamewatchers Safaris Ltd is the proud Winner of the Kenya Tourism Awards for 2011 in the Tour Operator of the Year category – Large Tour Operator.

WINNER OF ECO WARRIOR AWARD 2010

The Eco Warrior Award for ‘Most Responsible Tour Operator’ was awarded to Gamewatchers Safaris.

SKAL INTERNATIONAL AWARD 2011

Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Camps win in the 2011 Skål International "Sustainable Development in Tourism Awards”

ECO WARRIOR AWARDS 2009

Ecotourism Kenya awarded the low-impact Porini Camps the 2009 Eco-warrior Award in the Accommodation category for“working with communities next to national parks and reserves to create protected wildlife areas”.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TOP ECO-LODGES 2009

National Geographic Adventure magazine has rated Porini Amboseli Camp as one of the Top 50 Ecolodges in the World, acknowledging the camp’s outstanding achievements in wildlife conservation and supporting local communities.

Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards

VIRGIN HOLIDAYS RESPONSIBLE TOURISM AWARD 2008

Gamewatchers Safaris and Porini Camps won the 2008 Responsible Tourism Award for Best for Conservation of Endangered Species or Protected Area at the World Travel Market in London, November 2008.

VIRGIN HOLIDAYS GOLD PARTNERSHIP AWARD 2008

Virgin Holidays at their 2008 Annual Awards Ceremony presented Porini Safari Camps with the prestigious Gold Partnership Award for Sustainable Tourism.

National Geographic Best Adventure Travel Companies Award

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TOP TEN

Gamewatchers Safaris is delighted to have been rated one of the Top Ten African Safari Companies in the World by National Geographic Adventurer Magazine.

What Our Guests Say..

In our commitment to excellence, we not only strive to exceed our clients’ expectations but also value their feedback. We are proud to present our latest clients’ feedback from Gamewatchers Safaris clients posted on Trip Advisor.

What Our Clients Say About Us...

In our commitment to excellence, we not only strive to exceed our clients’ expectations but also value their feedback. We are proud to present our latest clients’ feedback posted on Trip Advisor.

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