Ilkeliani Tented Camp

Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

(Ilkeliani (pronounced eel-kelly-ahni) has 17 tents with each guest tent positioned on the edge of the Talek River looking out onto the Masai Mara plains. Ilkeliani camp is 4 Kilometers downstream from the Talek Gate and centrally positioned to explore the Masai Mara Game Reserve. The closest Airstrip is Olkiombo which is 25 Minutes away from the camp and access by road is 4 ½ hours from Nairobi.)

Ilkeliani Camp Masai Mara

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Ilkeliani Camp Masai Mara; Ilkeliani is an eco-friendly permanent tented camp, centrally located in the Masai Mara. Camp environs have been intentionally preserved so as to feel as close as possible to nature. Ilkeliani has 17 tents with each guest tent positioned on the edge of the Talek River looking out onto the Masai Mara plains.

Guest tents are also well spaced out thereby ensuring that guests have maximum privacy. Lighting is provided by solar power and all tents are en suite with flush toilets and hot water showers 24 hours (Ilkeliani Camp use a recycled by-product as fuel to keep the boilers hot).

Ilkeliani is the name given to the age group of the young Masai warrior. The young warrior is thus an ilkeliani before he becomes the il Moran. To become a warrior is the dream of every Masai youth; the word itself seems to convey magical powers .A warrior must be strong, clever, courageous, confident, wise and gentle.

Warriors enjoy great comradeship, sharing with one another everything from food to girl friends. In addition to the practical services they provide for the group they live among, warriors also add an immeasurable sense of excitement, adventure, and romance; without their songs, their poetry, their flirting, their bold masculinity, Masai life would not be the same.

Ilkeliani Camp can accommodate a maximum of 30 guests at any one time. Personal attention and care is paramount to the camps service delivery. Ilkeliani Camp offers extended game drives with the proficient help of your experienced Masai driver guide who has an intimate knowledge of the Game Reserve.

The camps Resident Naturalist conducts daily nature walks along the Talek River and guests can identify different animal spoors and spot the diverse Bird life in the camps extensive grounds. Excursions to the Masai village are encouraged to enrich ones appreciation of the Masai Culture.

Ilkeliani Camp Non-Residents Accommodation Rates/Prices

Rates Include Full Board Accommodation

Notes

* Children under 5 years free of charge

* Check-out time is 10 am, regardless of the time of arrival
* Late departures after 12.00 will be charged at 100 US Dollars per adult and 60 US Dollars per child. This will include l unch if required

Ilkeliani Camp Accommodation Rates include:

* Full board accommodation at Ilkeliani Camp

Ilkeliani Camp Accommodation Rates Exclude:

* Park fees Adult 80 US Dollars per night & Child (2-16Years) 45 US Dollars Per Child Per Day

* Late Departure 100 US Dollars (inclusive of extra lunch & game drive)

* Exclusive use of vehicle 275 US Dollars per day

* Gratuities & other items not mentioned above

* Airstrip Transfer 50 US Dollars (one – way)

* Gratuities & anything of a personal nature

* Cultural visit 30 US Dollars per head

* Use of guide 30 US Dollars per day

* Bush Breakfast 30 US Dollars

* Balloon Safari 465 US Dollars

* Bush Dinner 40 US Dollars

* Day trips to Lake Victoria
* Items of personal nature

* Extras

Ilkeliani Camp Information

All meals are prepared by Ilkeliani's camp chefs, offering hearty breakfasts, alfresco lunches and candle light dinners in the Mess Tent. Picnic breakfast/ Lunches are prepared if you prefer to stay out and explore the reserve all day long. A camp fire is lit from1800 Hours onwards and the safari experience is shared with fellow guests while enjoying a "tusker"/drinks. Biting are served with Sundowner.

Ilkeliani Camp employs local Masai driver-guides, trained to a high standard. They have grown up in the area and have an instinctive talent for spotting game and natural ability to read animal spoor, as well as signs of an impending natural event, be it a river crossing or a predator kill.

The guides will be also be happy to share their cultural background with you, and may even take you outside the reserve to visit their Masai homesteads, depending on your day's game viewing schedule.

Those guests who are interested in cultural visits should ideally book extra time at Ilkeliani to fully enjoy this unique opportunity.

Your day will be planned by your driver-guide, who is in the best position to know where the animals are that day, including where the last crossings were made, whether there are new resident lions in the area or nomad lions passing through. Working in the area they love and know so intimately, they are the experts.

Ilkeliani Camp Activities:

* Sightseeing
* Game drives

* Riverfront dining
* Private bar &lounge
* Nature and cultural walks
* Sundowners by a camp fire
* Manyatta (Masai village) visits

Booking & Reservations for Ilkeliani camp is a 4 star Safari Lodge, nestled in a river glade in the Masai Mara Game Reserve, favourite area for elephants coming to drink from the Talek River - Kenya

Booking Office Tel: + 254 (0) 20 2437871

Mobile : 0721242711 (Safaricom) - Kenya

Email: info@africanspicesafaris.com