Little Governors Camp

Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

(Little Governors Camp is quietly nestled in Kenya's Masai Mara Game Reserve, in Kenya. The unfenced camp is at the edge of a watering hole where grazing elephants, giraffes, hippos and zebras are regular visitors. Little Governors distance from Nairobi is approximately 320 Kilometers (5 to 6 Hours Drive) and about 45 Minutes by air to Musiara Airstrip which is served by scheduled flights twice daily from Nairobi. Little Governors Camp guests are met on arrival and transferred approximately 15 minutes to the camp)

Little Governors Camp in Masai Mara, Kenya

Little Governors Camp, Masai Mara

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Little Governors Camp; Little Governors Camp is intimate in character, with just 17 luxury en-suite tents tucked around a large watering hole that teems with both birds and wildlife. The camp is approached by a boat ride across the Mara River, then an escorted walk through the riverine forest. Vehicles are left on the far river bank, and the camp is therefore quiet and undisturbed.

Little Governors Camp accommodation comprises of 2 Twins, 5 double tents, (tent 17 recommended for honeymooners). All the tents are comfortable and tasteful. Each has an en-suite bathroom, hot running water, even bidets. In keeping with safari tradition lighting is by gas and kerosene lanterns, or by candlelight. As dusk falls, the flickering lights in the forest make the Camp a peaceful and atmospheric place. Meals are in superlative standard, served outdoors during the day and in the candle lit dining tent by night.

Come the evening it’s time for chilled drinks and tall tales around the blazing campfire. Then finally a delicious dinner and a hot-water bottle to keep you warm in bed. The guest tents at Little Governors’ have recently been renovated and now have great wooden decks with large verandahs for guests to enjoy the constant game activity that takes place around the watering hole at the camp.

All Governors’ properties are unfenced, and at Little Governors’ there is a resident families of warthogs wander freely through the camp. Guests may need to make way for elephants which sometimes visit the camp at lunch time.

Breakfast and lunch are served in the open air, and the resident family of warthogs frequently wander amongst the tables. Since Little Governors Camp is unfenced and in the heart of the Reserve, elephants may also stroll past. In the evening a warming log fire burns in front of the Bar Tent, and dinner is served in the nearby Dining Tent.

Little Governors Camp Accommodation & Safaris Rates/Prices

Notes

* Little Governors Camp Rates above are quoted Per Night

* The supplement for the Justus Suite at Governors’ Camp is 60 US Dollars per night

* Hot Air Balloon Ride cost Per Adult is 450 US Dollars & Child below 12 Years 230 US Dollars

Little Governors Camp Accommodation Rates are inclusive of:

* Laundry

* Bottled water

* All airstrip transfers

* 3 meals per person per night booked

* Transport to local Masai Villages (Manyattas)

* Rates include full board accommodation at Little Governors Camp

* Transport to / from the local schools and other community and conservation projects

* Three Game Drives daily into the famous Masai Mara National Reserve and surrounding areas

Little Governors Camp Accommodation Rates are Exclusive of:
* Drinks

* Personal expenses

* Manyatta (Masai Village) entrance fees

* Hot Air Ballooning service is provided by Governors Balloon Safaris Ltd at an extra fee

* Park Entrance Fees for Masai Mara Adult 60 US Dollars and Child below 16 years 30 US Dollars

Little Governors Camp Activities

Little Governors Camp offers various activities: game drives in open Landrovers, game walks or balloon flights over the wide plains of the Masai Mara. Day excursions to the Lake Victoria are also on offer. However, we recommend booking these excursions well in advance and combining the Lake Victoria trip with an overnight stay. All meals, three game drives daily as well as laundry is included in the price.

Park entrance fees, drinks as well as other activities (such as walking, ballooning, Lake Victoria excursion, a visit to a Masai village) are to be paid separately. Please let African Spice Safaris know special dietary requirements in advance.

Little Governors Camp Game Drives
Governors’ Camp properties combine the best locations in the Masai Mara with the best-designed vehicles and exceptionally highly trained and experienced guides to give our clients un-matched game-viewing and photographic opportunities in the world’s prime wildlife area.

Little Governors Camp Walking Safaris
Little Governors Camp allows you to leave your vehicle behind and take a walking safari with one of the experienced and qualified naturalists for the true thrill of the bush. Down on the same level as the animals, you will experience the untamed beauty of the Mara.

The walking safaris take place in a private concession area adjacent to the Masai Mara Game Reserve. The scenery here differs significantly from the Masai Mara. Picturesque acacia trees characterize the hilly landscape and you can enjoy walking through either in the morning or afternoon. The walk takes approximately 1.5 to 2 hours.

You will track game, unsure what waits round the next corner, giraffe, buffalo, hyena, zebra or even lion. You will catch the scents and sounds of the wild Africa and at the end of it all waits a sumptuous bush barbecue breakfast, complete with champagne.

Your drive back to the camp again is a game drive through the Masai Mara. Afternoon walking safaris are finished with sundowner drinks and canapés. Participants in a walking safari should be in good health and be reasonably fit and active. There is no path as such and some parts of the walk lead through hilly and rocky areas. Children under 10 years are, for safety reasons, not allowed to participate in walking safaris.

Little Governors Camp Masai Cultural Visits
Take a drive out to visit a traditional Masai manyatta or homestead, to experience a way of life unchanged for centuries. Visitors are always struck by the grace and beauty of the Masai people, and the colorful lifestyle they lead. In October 2006, and to assist these communities with conservation of local woodland habitats, Governors’ Camp commissioned its first “Bio-gas” project at one manyatta.

This will provide residents of that manyatta with methane gas generated from dung from the Masai’s own cattle. Methane can be used for cooking thus eliminating the need for the women to collect fire-wood which is both harmful to the local woodlands and takes up time that could be used in a more economically productive way. We welcome the assistance of our clients in these socio-economic and conservation.

Little Governors Camp Hot-Air Balloon Safaris
Little Governors Camp Hot Air Balloon ride adventure begins just before dawn. Departure is from a perfect natural launch site behind Little Governors’ Camp and flames from the hot air balloon burners light the darkness as the crews inflate their craft.

The first, pink tongues of sunlight flicker across the skies and the hot air balloon fills, then rises. Suspended in a basket beneath the rainbow-colored canopy, you’re off for a game-viewing adventure with an entirely different perspective. What amazes most first-time balloonists is the absolute stillness: the silence as you float above the plains, the forest and the rivers of the Masai Mara. Even if you’ve flown elsewhere, this is a unique experience.

Little Governors Camp Hot Air Balloon ride flight lasts an hour or so, drifting wherever the air currents take you, and with ample opportunities for photography and video filming. Then your Kenyan Hot Air Balloon Safari finishes with a flourish. In the time honored tradition of balloon flights the world over, you toast your return to earth with a champagne breakfast, cooked wherever you land.

The Balloon Safari ends with a leisurely game drive to Camp. It is a tradition of Governors’ that each passenger is presented with a certificate signed by the pilot to commemorate the flight.

Little Governors Camp Great Wildebeest Migration Game Drives
Little Governors Camp is ideally placed to let you to be at the heart of the Great Wildebeest Migration as the camp is situated right inside the Masai Mara Game Reserve. After the rains when the first flush of grass turns the Masai Mara’s golden savannah green, the most mesmerizing wildlife spectacle anywhere takes place here:

The Great Wildebeest Migration. Between the months of July and October one and a half million wildebeest, accompanied by vast numbers of zebra and gazelles make the long and dangerous trek from drier lands in Tanzania, northwards to this corner of Kenya.

Lines of animals stretch as far as the eye can see across the plains. They come to give birth to their young and the grasslands echo with the sounds of the new-born. But it is a time too when the predators are drawn from all around. High above on the hot winds the carrion birds, the vultures and eagles, soar. In the long grasses lion, cheetah, leopard and hyena prowl.

Most dramatic of all is the moment when the migration arrives at the Mara River. They must cross it to reach the rich grazing. As the animals throng, crocodiles cruise the waters. Then the bravest takes the plunge into the swirling currents and thousands follow.

Lake Victoria Day Trips
Mfangano Island Camp is a tranquil retreat on an island with no vehicles, where transport is by colorful local canoes. It offers a perfect place to relax and unwind, either at the beginning or the end of your safari. The following activities are available at Mfangano Island Camp:

• Spa

• Relaxing

• Water sports

• Trail walking

• Bird watching

• Cultural Walks
• Swimming pool

• Fishing for Nile Perch and Tilapia

• Visit Nyakweri Primary School and Village
• Visit the caves containing pre-historic rock art
• Further afield… day trip by aircraft to Kakamega Forest – one of Kenya’s premier bird watching areas

Other Activities at Little Governors Camp
• Spa

• Relaxation in Camp

• Meals & sundowners in the Bush
• Specialist guiding: ornithology, photography

Booking & Reservations for Little Governors Camp situated along the Mara River in the Masai Mara National Reserve - Kenya

Booking Office Tel: + 254 (0) 20 2437871

Mobile : 0721242711 (Safaricom) - Kenya

Email: info@africanspicesafaris.com