Karen Blixen Camp is located to the north of the Mara reserve in a private conservancy and is a beautiful eco-friendly tented camp.
There are 22 luxury canvas tents, all with stunning views of the Mara River. Each tent has an en-suite toilet and outdoor shower, and is furnished with a large comfortable bed, Persian rugs, a cozy armchair and a minibar with chilled drinks giving you the ultimate in camping luxury. The bathroom is located to the rear of the tent and has a flush toilet, double hand basins, with the shower being located outside with an amzing view of the sky. There is one family tent and this consists of two tents with a shared veranda.
The main building is open plan and is separated into a dining area and lounge area. It is set on a raised wooden deck and looks out over the river on a pool where a resident hippo pod provide daily entertainment.
Meals are served in the open-plan dining tent or the bush garden, where you have spectacular views over the river. The variety of food here is wonderful and can cater for all tastes including influences from England, French, Italian, Danish, Far East, India and Africa's own traditional cooking.
The camp also offer a variety of wellness massages and treaments. The therapists are highling trained in old African Kukanda (massage) tradition, and treaments are taken in the privacy of your open veranda.
The camp also boasts a tranquil swimming pool with loungers, to relax in-between game drives.
Fair Trade / Responsible Travel:
Karen Blixen is commited to limit their impact on the environment, and ensure the camp is run in a way to benefit the people who work at the camp and the local communities in the area. This is done by the use of green tachnologies, solar panels that provide all power used at camp, gas burners heats up water for the outdoor showers and a sewage system that handles all waste water produced.
The camp has also received funding from Danida (Danish International Development Assistance) to build a school specialising in professional hospitality education for the local Maasai youth, increase IT literacy, and grow indigenous trees for the restoration of natural wildlife areas in the Masai Mara.
