The Crowd-free Way To Go On Safari
Ripoi Conservancy and Porini Giraffe Camp are mentioned in this article by The Times / Dec 2023
Press & Media Coverage
Over the years, our commitment to authentic safari experiences, wildlife conservation, and community partnerships has attracted attention from leading travel publications and media outlets around the world.
Here you’ll find a selection of newspaper and magazine features highlighting our work — from our pioneering conservancy model and eco-friendly camps to guest experiences that showcase the very best of Kenya’s wilderness.
Explore the stories below to see how our safaris continue to inspire travelers and support conservation efforts across Africa.
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Recent Press Highights
Over the years, our commitment to authentic safari experiences, wildlife conservation, and community partnerships has attracted attention from leading travel publications and media outlets around the world.
Here you’ll find a selection of newspaper and magazine features highlighting our work — from our pioneering conservancy model and eco-friendly camps to guest experiences that showcase the very best of Kenya’s wilderness.
Explore the stories below to see how our safaris continue to inspire travelers and support conservation efforts across Africa.
17 of the best safaris in Kenya
A guide to the best safaris in the country, including bush camps in the Masai Mara and eco-camps in top conservancies, recommends Porini Amboseli Camp in the Selenkay Conservancy.
How to plan a trip to see Africa's Great Migration
This National Geographic Traveller piece lists Porini among operators/camps active in Maasai Mara conservancies.
Who Should Benefit From Kenya's Elephants?
As Kenya returns management of Amboseli National Park to Kajiado County, the debate over how best to conserve wildlife is intensifying. Dr Mohanjeet Brar, Managing Director of Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Camps, offers some important insights.
The push to save The Great Migration
As global tourism continues to grow, Africa’s wildlife areas are under increasing pressure. Dr Mohanjeet Brar, Managing Director of Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Camps, contributes to this conversation by highlighting the role of community-led conservancies such as Ol Kinyei Conservancy.
How Masai Mara is balancing tourism growth with wildlife conservation
Dr Mohanjeet Brar, Managing Director of Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Camps, highlights tourism’s value while cautioning against the accelerating spread of fencing and settlement around the Mara. He explains how these changes hinder wildlife movement and warns that Kenya’s experience offers important lessons for conservation across Africa.
How our Conservancies in Kenya are empowering Maasai women
An article by The Guardian (UK) showing how our conservancy concept is supporting Maasai women who are taking up roles that give them a say in community life and protecting the land they depend on.
17 of the best safaris in Kenya
A guide to the best safaris in the country, including bush camps in the Masai Mara and eco-camps in top conservancies, recommends Porini Amboseli Camp in the Selenkay Conservancy.
How to plan a trip to see Africa's Great Migration
This National Geographic Traveller piece lists Porini among operators/camps active in Maasai Mara conservancies.
Who Should Benefit From Kenya's Elephants?
As Kenya returns management of Amboseli National Park to Kajiado County, the debate over how best to conserve wildlife is intensifying. Dr Mohanjeet Brar, Managing Director of Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Camps, offers some important insights.
The push to save The Great Migration
As global tourism continues to grow, Africa’s wildlife areas are under increasing pressure. Dr Mohanjeet Brar, Managing Director of Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Camps, contributes to this conversation by highlighting the role of community-led conservancies such as Ol Kinyei Conservancy.
How Masai Mara is balancing tourism growth with wildlife conservation
Dr Mohanjeet Brar, Managing Director of Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Camps, highlights tourism’s value while cautioning against the accelerating spread of fencing and settlement around the Mara. He explains how these changes hinder wildlife movement and warns that Kenya’s experience offers important lessons for conservation across Africa.
How our Conservancies in Kenya are empowering Maasai women
An article by The Guardian (UK) showing how our conservancy concept is supporting Maasai women who are taking up roles that give them a say in community life and protecting the land they depend on.
Gamewatchers Safaris – Kenya’s game-changers
2018 - Our Managing Director, Dr Mohanjeet Brar, was interviewed by Endeavour Magazine and explained how our “conservancy concept” has been supporting wildlife and local communities in Kenya for over three decades.
Africa Prestige Awards Magazine: Maasai Mara
Porini Lion Camp, set in Olare Motorogi Conservancy, was recommended in this article on the Masai Mara by Africa Prestige Awards magazine.
The Untold Magic of Selenkay Conservancy
This article by Rupi Mangat for Nation media explores Selenkay Conservancy, home to Porini Amboseli Camp in the Amboseli region of Kenya.
Article in KLM inflight magazine
This article by Mark Eveleigh is from the “Holland Herald” KLM inflight magazine (Dec 2021) and features our Ol Kinyei Conservancy in the Masai Mara.
Article in Msafiri Magazine by Kenya Airways
An article about our role in setting up conservancies on community land, first in Selenkay and then Ol Kinyei. These conservancies were the first of their kind in Kenya and this began an exciting new model of ecotourism with people and conservation at its centre.
Leap of Faith by Mark Eveleigh
An article by Mark Eveleigh on the Masai Mara, as featured in Ng’aali Magazine (the Uganda Airlines magazine), August 2021.
Gamewatchers Safaris Adopt An Acre Plan
A report from Ol Kinyei Conservancy where our “Adopt-an-Acre” plan offers a way to support the conservancy while income from international tourism has been curtailed due to global travel restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Living in the heart of the African Savanna
An article for The Times of India by Nirmalya Banerjee explaining his life-changing decision to move to the African bush to run Porini Cheetah Camp.
Call of the Wild
Riju Mehta’s article for The Economic Times tells the story of how Nirmalya and Jui Banerjee fell in love with the wildlife of Kenya, and decided to change their lives by relocating to the Maasai Mara to run Porini Cheetah Camp.
Animal Odyssey in Ol Kinyei Conservancy
An article for the Daily Record by Craig McDonald following his visit to Porini Cheetah Camp in Ol Kinyei Conservancy.
Get a Big Cat Experience in Kenya, Indian Style
This wonderful article by Nirmalya Banerjee was featured in the Deccan Chronicle and the Asian Age newspapers.
Adventures in Animal Magic
Paula Murray’s feature for the Sunday Express following her visit to Porini Cheetah Camp in August 2017
A Kenyan Safari - Planes, Trains & Automobiles Across Kenya
This feature by Mei Capes gives insight into a journey across Kenya, discovering bush and beach by using as many different types of transport as possible! It also includes some beautiful images and good tips for planning a safari.
Interview for Swara Magazine
Andy Hills from “Swara” (the magazine of the East African Wildlife Society) interviews our Managing Director Jake Grieves-Cook on Kenya’s tourism industry and the future for Kenya’s wildlife.
An interview with "A Luxury Travel Blog"
“A Luxury Travel Blog” – reputed to be one the most popular travel blogs in the world – interviews our Gamewatchers Safaris Managing Director Jake Grieves-Cook.
Nairobi & the Masai Mara by Rostow Ravanan
An article from The Deccan Herald featuring the exciting safari experience of Rostow Ravanan, CEO of software firm MindTree.
Security Key to Achieving Kenya’s Tourism Potential
Our Managing Director Jake Grieves-Cook is interviewed by Nairobi’s The Star newspaper on the subject of marketing Kenya within the UK.
Spreading the conservation message to local children
We invited 42 students from neighbouring schools to the Ol Kinyei Conservancy situated in the Maasai Mara to visit the Porini Mara Camp and to experience a game drive in the conservancy. See more in this Africa Geographical report.
Maasai Mara when it rains (The Hindu)
Divya Gandhi from The Hindu spends time in Ol Kinyei Conservancy at Porini Cheetah Camp
Masai Mara: Stepping into the light
Few visitors to Kenya have more experience in the Masai Mara than the writer Brian Jackman. His first book on the reserve, The Marsh Lions, written with Jonathan Scott, is being re-released and in this issue of Travel Africa magazine.
Porini’s “small is beautiful” conservation concept
Exploring how Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Safari Camps and the wildlife conservancies on which they operate have made a positive contribution to the sustainability of tourism in Kenya.
Press Archive
On Safari in Southern Kenya
The Times highlights Porini's low-impact approach, off-track game viewing, guided bush walks, and the close connection guests share with their Maasai guides. The Times / Feb 2022
Soul Safari
This article from the “Holland Herald” features our Ol Kinyei Conservancy in the Masai Mara.
KLM Inflight Magazine / Dec 2021
Low Impact High Yield Is The Way To Go
An article about our role in setting up conservancies on community land in Kenya. Kenya Airways’ inflight magazine / Oct 2021
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 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 from Gamewatchers Safaris clients posted on Trip Advisor.
