ROOMS & SUITES: 18

Much of "Out of Africa" was shot here...Enjoy the views of the game-filled Masai Mara plains from your honeymoon bed, while being pampered by your personal butler.

18 spacious tents with wooden floors and private verandahs grace this exclusive camp. Inside each tent, you will find every possible comfort, including an unexpectedly expansive en-suite bathroom. There is also a writing desk, subtle lighting and ceiling fans in each tent. The ultimate indulgence - a personal butler service - ensures you are pampered in style.

The award-winning Bateleur Camp at Kichwa Tembo in Kenya now boasts a second exclusive and intimate luxury tented camp. Featuring nine tented suites, spacious guest areas and its own access areas, the camp offers the epitome of tented luxury in the renowned Masai Mara. The camp overlooks the massive Masai Mara plains, where lion, elephant and giraffe roam freely. During the Great Migration guests can witness the passing throngs of animals, including zebra and wildebeest.

The Masai Mara is Kenya's premier wildlife habitat. Kichwa Tembo is the ideal location for intimate encounters with an overwhelming assortment of animals. The camp overlooks endless, game-filled plains and is shaded by a dense forest canopy. 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.

You will probably be more familiar with the sight of Masai Mara than its name. Much of "Out of Africa" was shot here and many a wildlife film has recorded the great wildebeest migration over its gentle terrain. Great herds of elephant shuffle through the grassland which they share with gazelles, rhinos, leopards, lions, cheetahs and many other species. The gentle climate with its predictable, regular rainfall makes it a kind of Eden. The bird life is prolific and includes 57 species of birds of prey, one of which is the Bateleur eagle. Bateleur Camp puts this exciting wilderness right on your doorstep. Such is its isolation, you arrive by air landing on its own airstrip. You live in a tent whose furnishings could have come straight out of Hemingway but he would never have had the luxuries that you will find. Days are spent on game drives and, come the evening, you can relax with a sun downer followed by a gourmet dinner under the stars.

AFFILIATIONS

Small Luxury Hotels of the World

LEISURE

Swimming pool, Ballooning (nearby), Guided nature walks, Masai cultural village visits, Night and day game drives.

EXPLORE

Masai Mara National Reserve. Bateleur Camp lies in an isolated location.

Kichwa Tembo is set among the forests just below the spot where a famous scene from Out of Africa was filmed. This setting was also chosen to illustrate the motion picture's poster.

Enchanting camp shaded by dense forest canopies
Views of earth's greatest grassland system
Great migration of over 2 million animals
"Big five"
Wildlife includes crocodiles and black-maned lions
2 vervet monkey troops at camp
Blue monkey and red-tailed monkey
Day and night game drives
Guided bush walks
Maasai cultural village visits
Hot-air ballooning
Sundowners on Great Rift Valley rim

AIRPORT

Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)

AIRPORT DISTANCE

177 miles/30 minutes by air transfer

HIGH SEASON

May through October

GETTING THERE

Air transfer from Wilson and Jomo Kenyatta Airports takes approximately 30 minutes.