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Amboseli National Reserve, Kenya

Porini Camp

Porini camp holds a great reputation for having some excellent guides. The five star pricing for a tented camp makes does make this a tough recommendation.  — Mango's view

Located in the Selenkay Conservancy, a few miles north of Amboseli National Park, Porini Camp lies in the heart of Masai land and the animals are truly wild and not yet habituated to the presence of vehicles. The numbers of tourist visitors are being limited to a maximum of twelve per day to retain the wild and unspoiled nature of the area and to minimize the impact on the environment.

Accommodation while on safari at Porini Camp is within the conservation area. The facilities include 6 spacious guest tents, comfortably furnished and with en-suite bathrooms including shower, wash basin and flush toilet. Tents have solar powered electric lighting. The camp is small and is on the lines of the traditional luxury safari camp, but with more comfortable bathroom arrangements than were available to the big game hunters of earlier years.

All transport is in a specially designed open-sided Land Rover 4-wheel drive safari vehicle. Going on safari in a 'proper' safari vehicle gives a far better safari experience than traveling in the minibus vans with window seats used by other tour operators. And as Selenkay Conservation Area is a private game reserve, you will not see any other vehicles or minibuses.

Within the conservation area, the following animals have been seen recently: elephant, lion, leopard, cheetah, Thompson's and Grant's gazelles, gerenuk, impala, oryx, lesser kudu, zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, warthog, striped hyena, jackal, bat-eared fox, caracal, African wild cat, serval cat, genet cat, honey badger, mongoose and ostrich. Birdlife is prolific, especially birds of prey.

Includes: All meals, soft drinks, beer, house wines & safari activities