Elephant Pepper Camp

Masai Mara National Reserve - Kenya

(Elephant Pepper Camp is located in the middle of a 3600 Square Kilometer protected Koiyaki Wilderness Area (Masai Mara Conservation Area) on the Northern Edge of the Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya. The Masai Mara is 270 miles from Nairobi (five hours by road). All weather Mara Shikar Airstrip – 20 minutes drive from Elephant Pepper Camp - 45 Minutes from Nairobi by plane)

Elephant Pepper Camp, Masai Mara - Kenya

Elephant Pepper Camp

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Elephant Pepper Camp; Elephant Pepper Camp is tucked away in the shade of a natural forest overlooking the Mara plains. Elephant Pepper Camp (originally Mara Bush Camp) offers a comfortable environment and due to its location is named after the Warburgia Ugandense tree, which is commonly known as the Elephant Pepper tree.

Each of the camp's eight tents provides spectacular views across the plains, meaning guests can look on in awe as the annual wildebeest migration thunders past seeking new grazing in the lush savannahs of the Masai Mara. Situated right on the northern edge of the Masai Mara reserve in the Masai-owned Koiyaki Community Ranch, Elephant Pepper is a very comfortable and homely camp aiming to provide clients with a unique and authentic safari experience.

The camp is seasonal with no permanent structures, no generator, no traffic, just the sights and sounds of the African bush. The eight large light canvas tents include en-suite dressing rooms, safari showers filled with hot water on request and flush toilets. Animals are able to roam freely through the camp, making the night time guard escort especially reassuring.

Being situated just out of the National Reserve ensures the camp can provide a more flexible range of game viewing including night game drives in their open-sided vehicles, guided bush walks which explore easily ignored and less obvious wildlife flora and fauna. Guests are assigned a personal guide for the duration of their stay providing a personal service. Also available are bush breakfasts and bush sundowners, which invariably provide you with spectacular backdrops to your drinks and meals.

Elephant Pepper Camp staff are friendly and welcoming, making camp arrivals something of a homecoming. The appetizing food is prepared by chefs trained by the owner's’ family using traditional North Italian recipes mixed with international and local favorites.

The chef uses local produce where possible, though in the middle of the African bush this is not always possible. Elephant Pepper Camp barbecues by the campfire, dinner in the mess tent, or a bush breakfast on the open plains all make meal times a memorable event. Meal times are generally dinner party style with guests sharing their adventures and experiences although more private dining can be accommodated.

Elephant Pepper Camp Accommodation Prices

Notes

* Child is anybody between the age of 5-16 Years

* Elephant Pepper Camp Rates above are per Person Per Day

* Afternoon departures surcharge - 25% of the Per Person Rate

* Elephant Pepper Camp accepts children from 5 years of age upwards

* Elephant Pepper Camp rates are based on a minimum stay of 2 Nights

* Children below 5 years sharing or in own room are free of charge all year round

* Park /Conservation fees are subject to change without notice and are quoted on a Per Person Per Night Basis

* Park Tickets - One Park ticket for Masai Mara is included in the Masai Mara National Conservancy tickets to enable clients to visit the Masai Mara National Reserve for 1 day

Elephant Pepper Camp Rates Include:

* Laundry Services
* Full Board Accommodation at Elephant Pepper Camp

* Soft drinks, House wines, local Beers and Non-Luxury Spirits

Elephant Pepper Camp Rates Exclude:

* Massage

* Guided Walk

* Day Game drives

* Night Game drives

* Local Airstrip Transfer

* Bush Walks, Bush Meals & Sundowners
* Champagne, luxury Spirits and Selected Wines
* Masai village entry fee - Paid direct to the Masai Elders
* Exclusive use of game drive vehicle 300 US Dollars per day

* Transfer for balloon Safaris lounging site 100 US Dollars per Vehicle

* Masai Mara Conservancy Fees: Adult Rate 85 US Dollars and child under 16 years 45 US Dollars

* Masai Mara Game Reserve Park Entrance Fees Adult 90 US Dollars and Child under 18 Years 45 US Dollars

Elephant Pepper Camp Safaris activities

* Night game drives
* Daily Game Drives
* Guided bush walks
* Elephant pepper Bush Massage

* Balloon safaris at additional cost
* Personal guides to provide personal services
* Bush breakfast, lunch dinner and sundowners

Elephant Pepper Camp offers the spectacular views. Being situated at the edge of the National Reserve ensures that from the camp you have a flexible range of game viewing plans, including night game drives in their open-sided vehicles and guided bush walks. This enables you to explore the rich, easily ignored and less obvious wildlife of the Mara ecosystem.

The greatest migration spectacle on the planet takes place in the Masai Mara Game Reserve. Every year, driven by a force man cannot comprehend, up to two million wildebeest, interspersed by herds of zebra, cross the Mara River from Tanzania to eat the lush grass resulting from the seasonal "long rains" in Kenya.

It is this display which lures people and predators Lion, Leopard and cheetah among others, to this place, but there is more to the Mara than the annual spectacle, no wonder Mara is the all time people favorite for viewing game. All the Big Five including Elephant and Rhino can be seen here. Part of revenue from Elephant Pepper Camp goes back to the local community to aid local projects while 80 percent of camp staff is from the local community. From the camp you can arrange cultural visit to a local Masai village.

Elephant Pepper Camp Highlights

* Sitting round the fire sharing stories after a day’s game drive listening to the noises of the Masai Mara

* Viewing the wildebeest migration on your game drives, and watching life unfold on the Masai Mara
* Getting away from the modern world without traffic noise or generators to spoil the atmosphere

* African Honeymoon - the honeymoon tented suite features a king size double bed

* Elephant Pepper Camp offers high standards of ecological care
* Comfortable en-suite tents

Elephant Pepper Camp Location

Elephant Pepper Camp is tucked away in a natural forest with spectacular views out over the Mara plains - ideal during the Migration. Elephant Pepper Camp is located in the northern Masai Mara on the Koiyaki Community Ranch, a 5-hour drive from Nairobi, in south-western Kenya.

Elephant Pepper Camp Best time to visit

Kenya's main rainy season runs from April until the beginning of June. There is also a short rainy season in November. The arrival of the Migration in the Masai Mara usually starts towards the end of July with the animals staying in the Mara until October.

Elephant Pepper Camp Accommodation

Elephant Pepper Camp has 8 tents, one of which is the Honeymoon Suite. Each is has en-suite dressing rooms, safari showers filled with hot water on request and flush toilets. Animals are able to roam freely through the camp, making the night time guard escort especially reassuring. Sounds of the night and the fresh scent of the earth and grass fill the air all around you. Guests are assigned a personal guide for the duration of their stay providing a personal service

Elephant Pepper Camp Meal times are generally dinner party style with guests sharing their adventures and experiences although more private dining can be accommodated. Also available are bush breakfasts and bush sundowners, which invariably provide you with spectacular backdrops to your drinks and meals. Barbecues by the campfire, dinner in the mess tent, or a bush breakfast on the open plains all make meal times a memorable event.