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Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Kichwa Tembo

This is a simple and clean property in a great game viewing area. Unfortunately, there are WAY too many rooms for an intimate feeling. This property is excellent for single travelers - since there is no added single supplement charge, larger groups and people with a restricted budget.  — Mango's view

Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp consists of 40 Hemingway-style safari tents shaded by dense forest canopy. The camp's two thatched rondavels overlook the Sabaringo River, shaded by tall fig and ebony Trees. The main living area and all the tents overlook endless plains of the Masai Mara. The camp is set among the forests just below the spot where a famous scene from the film "Out of Africa" was shot.

Home to the greatest concentration of large mammals on earth, the Masai Mara National Reserve is a living tapestry of grassy savannah, spreading thorn trees and tall gallery forests. The reserve is the northern extension of the vast Serengeti-Mara ecosystem, situated at the edge of the Great Rift Valley. The animals are naturally contained by the wall-like Oloololo Escarpment in the west and the Ngama Hills in the east.

Kichwa Tembo is renowned as a vantage point for witnessing the ancient spectacle of the great migration. From July each year, like iron filings drawn by a magnet, over two million wildebeest, zebra and other grazing ungulates move through the Serengeti to the Masai Mara. The hungry herds are drawn north by the sweet grass resulting from the long rains. In the course of their journey they brave relentless predators, a shortage of food and water and the huge crocodiles of the turbulent Mara River.

Late July, August and September (dry season) are prime game viewing months, but there is an abundance of resident wildlife all year round and superb viewing is by no means confined to the migration. The black-maned Mara lions are of special interest. Cheetah, giraffe, elephant, a host of antelope and fascinating monkeys can also be seen.

Includes: All meals & safari activities (game drives)