OFFICIAL CATEGORY (Ministry of Tourism classification): 5****
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. Here, they take 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.
Location
Along the Mara River in the Masai Mara Game Reserve, on a magical setting. So much so that almost a century ago it was reserved, exclusively, for kenyas colonial governors and their royal visitors.