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Governors‘
Camp on the Mara river, Masai Mara, Kenya
(open throughout the
year)
Camp description:
Governors' Camp is
situated on the banks of the Mara river in the west of the Masai
Mara Game Reserve.
Created in 1972, it
set new standards in luxury as a tented camp, putting particular
emphasis on comfort
and service,
complimented by the sort of good food which would have been
impossible in the bygone days of
the grand safari.
Maintaining these unique qualities as a tradition, the camp has
been refined and improved
through the years.
We have taken special
care to preserve an atmosphere in which today's traveller can
share the same
elemental landscape
that inspired Hemingway and magnetised adventurers the world
over.
The site and size of
a safari camp is critical to its vitality. Governors' Camp, with
its 38 tents set amongst
the trees along the
Mara river, also has unrivalled views over the plains and is
visited and re-visited by
guests who find its
continued excellence, personal style and family feeling quietly
reassuring.
All guest facilities
are under canvas and keep the authentic, traditional safari
atmosphere. All guest tents
have en-suite
bathrooms with shower and basin, running cold and hot water as
well as a flush toilet. Gas and
paraffin lamps are
used for lighting.
Our privately located
Justus Suite is perfect for honeymoon couples.
The dining, our open
fire place and the bar tent are in the centre of the camp. Next
to the reception is a
small gallery with
local paintings and handcrafts as well as a small souvenir shop.
Breakfast and lunch are
served buffet style
in the open. Dinner is served in the dining tent. For dinner
there is usually a menu with
a choice of main
courses. A traditional camp fire is lit at sunset every evening.
The Masai Mara is a
unique area with a constant and unrivalled flow of wildlife
throughout the year. From
July to October the
Mara becomes a backdrop for one of the last great natural
wonders of the world,
when 1.4 million
wildebeest and zebra surge up from the Serengeti plains in their
annual search for the
seasonal grasses that
sustain them. The spectacle as the vast herds cross rivers and
sweep through the
golden grasses, is
punctuated by individual struggles with the predators, which are
in turn drawn to take
their part in this
dramatic event.
There are various
activities on offer: game drives in open Landrovers, game walks
or balloon flights over
the wide plains of
the Masai Mara. Day excursions to the Lake Victoria are also on
offer. However, we
recommend to book
this excursion well in advance and combine the Lake Victoria
trip with an overnight
stay.
All meals, three game
drives daily as well as laundry are included in our price. Park
entrance fees, drinks as
well as other
activities (such as walking, ballooning, Lake Victoria
excursion, a visit to a Masai village) are to
be paid separately.
Please announce special dietary requirements to us in advance.
Please note: luggage
restriction of 15 kg on all domestic flights. Extra luggage can
be left at your base
hotel in Nairobi.
Bookings through your local ground handling agent or directly
with Governors’ Camp.
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The setting is magical. So much
so that almost a century ago it was reserved, exclusively, for
Kenya’s colonial Governors and their royal visitors. Now
Governors’ Camp nestles in the forest along the winding banks
of the Mara
River, it’s waters teeming with hippo and crocodile.
Guests
stay in well-appointed canvas tents, each with its own bathroom.
Evenings are devoted to cocktails around a bonfire and dinner by
candlelight."
