Govenor’s camp

Governors’ Camp, which opened its doors in 1972, set the bar for opulent tented campgrounds nationwide. Providing some of the nicest and most opulent amenities of any camp in the Masai Mara National Park, the Governors’ Camp of today is no exception. Governor’s Camp, which received a Silver Eco Rating from Eco-Tourism Kenya, is still at the forefront of providing the greatest, most immersive, and revolutionary safari experiences in all of Africa.

Governors’ Camp is proudly located next to the Mara River’s meandering banks, offering breathtaking views of creatures such as crocodiles, hippos, and birds. The area is officially part of the Masai Mara National Reserve. Located in the middle of a riverine forest, Governors’ Camp offers visitors a rare opportunity to see an unspoiled, wild natural ecosystem while also providing a reprieve from the warm Kenyan weather. Governors’ Camp is a mystical place where raw beauty and comfortable rusticity coexist.

Nothing is left to the imagination and everything is left to the visual joys of Governors’ Camp visitors as a lioness and her cub graze freely across golden grasslands and antelope and wildebeest march through the Mara River in the Masai Mara National Reserve.

Governors’ Camp is a private setting with just canvas separating visitors from the vastness of the Kenyan nature. It has thirty tents arranged along the riverside, including 21 classic safari tents, eight family tents, and one safari suite. Every tent has a direct view of the Mara River or the Mara bush, even though it is tucked away within the jungle. The Governors’ Camp tents are light, bright, and spacious, with individual verandas that showcase the scenery in all its splendor come rain or shine. At Governors’ Camp, every tent has a private bathroom with a shower, sink, flush toilet, and hot and cold running water for your convenience.

Governors’ Camp offers a la carte dinners, alfresco lunches, and continental and full English breakfasts. For guests going on excursions, picnics and packed meals are offered. Specialty bush dinners can be purchased for an extra fee.

Governors’ Camp, which has been awarded the Silver Eco Rating, provides a selection of handmade, environmentally friendly Cinnabar Green toiletries created in Kenya using natural ingredients. To cut down on plastic waste, products including shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, soap, and body lotion are reloaded into reusable canisters. It is both welcome and encouraged for guests staying at Governors’ Camp to utilize these products.

Governors’ Camp is equipped with an opulent spa where visitors can indulge in body scrubs, massages, facials, manicures, and pedicures following a day of exploring the vast African savannah. Above all, Governors’ Camp is a much-needed oasis of excitement and comfort.

Governors’ Camp Activities
Governors’ Camp, located in the center of the Masai Mara Game Reserve, offers a plethora of activities for visitors to partake in, not to mention its fantastic game drives. Known as a safari of the senses, a game drive at Governors’ Camp allows visitors to see the abundant resident wildlife of Masai Mara that is there all year round. There are three game drives available every day, so visitors can choose to leave camp at dawn, in the late morning, or in the middle of the afternoon to take in the sights and sounds of life in the vast African wilderness. Every game drive is accompanied by knowledgeable and experienced guides. Governors’ Camp guides, who have first-hand and unmatched knowledge of the reserve, will take visitors in an open-top, all-terrain off-road vehicle to the best spots in Masai Mara for Big 5 sightings. Every game drive provides unparalleled chances for photographing and observing wildlife in some of the most stunning wildlife locations on the planet.

Additionally, Governors’ Camp provides hot-air balloon excursions above the Mara River, woods, and wide plains for an extra fee. Just before dawn, visitors set off on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, taking off in a balloon from a nearby natural launch location. The best way to see some of the most amazing creatures and fauna in the Masai Mara is to go on a hot-air balloon safari, where you can also experience the exhilaration of being suspended in a basket high above the ground. After a champagne breakfast and more leisurely game viewing on the way back to camp, guests will toast to their return to the earth as the balloon descends.

Another fantastic method to take in the unadulterated splendor of the Masai Mara is through dawn walking safaris. Visitors will love the chance to get up close and personal with wildlife in their natural habitat, guided by knowledgeable guides. Guests will be rewarded with a bush breakfast and a wildlife drive back to camp, just in time for a delectable lunch, following an early and bright stroll around the reserve.

Everybody at Governors’ Camp is pleased to be of African descent, and visitors are welcome to join in on an excursion to nearby communities that is organized by the camp. As part of the Governors’ Camp excursions, participants visit nearby Maasai villages to interact with the locals and get insight into their culture, way of life, and community.