Mara Timbo Camp

Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

(Mara Timbo Camp is situated in the Northwestern Masai Mara, Trans-Mara County Council, near Oloololo escarpment, where the classical Africa movie “Out of Africa” was filmed. Mara Timbo Camp is accessible by road (5 hours drive from Nairobi) and twice a day by air from Nairobi (Air Kenya, Safarilink and Fly 540) through Kichwa Tembo airstrip. Flight time from Nairobi is only 45minutes. From Mombasa the flying time takes two hours. Transfer from Kichwa Tembo Airstrip to the camp takes 35 Minutes)

Mara Timbo Camp

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Mara Timbo Camp is ideally situated in the most untamed bush in the Western part of Masai Mara, near Oloololo escarpment, where the classical Africa movie “Out of Africa” was produced. Mara Timbo Camp, directly in a loop of Mara River, offers its guests a perfect panoramic view of two huge herds of hippos from your bush pavilion as well as from the dining area. The Camp is embedded in 300 acres of land, owned by a Masai landlord. The area allows walking safaris, beautiful sundowners, bush cuisines and night game drives.

Mara Timbo Camp Accommodation
Mara Timbo Camp offers seven luxurious and spacious bush pavilions (each 45sqm) with en-suite bathrooms, tastefully decorated interiors, with warm blends of color and unique furnishings. The bush pavilions are all under grass thatched roofs, providing cool temperatures during the day. Mara Timbo Camp facilities in the bush pavilions include a large king size bed made out of local furniture under a mosquito net, a safe deposit for valuables, enough space for placing clothes, a writing table, a stand mirror, a bathroom with two double sinks, hot and cold water, flush toilet, 220/240volt power supply and amenities for use by the guests.

Facilities for recharging batteries are available at Mara Timbo Camp. Guests should bring the required adapters. Out on every tent’s deck, guests can overlook The Mara River. The private terrace is 110sqm wide with a dining area, a swing and a cozy sitting place for leisure time and romantic getaways.

Mara Timbo Camp Accommodation Rates/Prices

Notes

* Mara Timbo Camp Christmas Supplement: 40 US Dollars per Person Per Night
* Children pay 70% of adults rate

Mara Timbo Camp Accommodation only Rates/Prices includes:

* Laundry
* Full board accommodation
* Personalized butler service
* 10 minutes welcome massage

Mara Timbo Camp Accommodation only Rates/Prices Excludes:

* Beverages
* Park Entry Fees

* Babysitter Service

* Full Body Massage

* Visit to a Masai Manyatta

* Night game drive, Walking safari
* Extra activities like Balloon Safari

Mara Timbo Camp Information

Mara Timbo Camp Exquisite Cuisine

Mara Timbo Camp chef has vast experience in gourmet cuisine, ensuring that guests look forward to each and every meal. We offer a choice of three 3-course menus for lunch and dinner, one always vegetarian. All meals are Table d’hôte, but we are flexible to meet other special requests for favorite meals and dietary requirements, which will be catered for with utmost pleasure.

Mara Timbo Camp Personalized Butler Service
A personal butler is assigned to every bush pavilion during guests stay at Mara Timbo Camp to ensure that service is provided from Food and Beverage Service, Bush Excursions, Special anniversaries and room service. The butlers are extensively trained to maintain and enhance the set luxury up market standards at Mara Timbo Camp.

Mara Timbo Camp Restaurant, Lounge & Bar and Gift shop
Mara Timbo Camp breakfast, lunch and dinner are served under the open African sky as long as the weather allows it. Additionally, the Camp has three cozy restaurant islands which ensure maximum privacy to the guests. To provide warmth to the cool Mara evenings, campfires are lit in front of these restaurant islands with sumptuous candlelit dinner as well as in front of the lounge.

Mara Timbo Camp lounge décor is tasteful with huge lounge chairs, artworks from local Masai Villages, with a well-stocked library. After the evening safari, pre-dinner drinks around the campfire are a delight with the resident naturalist entertaining and narrating stories about the local Masai tribe. You can reminisce the day’s events as you watch the rekindling fire! The Bar is set centrally located in the lounge area with the campfire ablaze, as our professional barman treats you to the most intriguing cocktails. Every cocktail on the list is challenging for him and strangely tastier than the previous one.

Souvenirs Guests are welcome to visit the camp’s well stocked gift shop located in a real Manyatta (a Masai hut) next to the lounge. Gift items include films, souvenirs, t-shirts, hats, Masai beadwork crafted by local Masai women.

Mara Timbo Camp Acclivities
Mara Timbo Camp Game drives
Mara Timbo Camp game drives are in customized Land cruisers or Land Rovers, with a capacity of 6 and comfortable photographic view of the wildlife. Two games drives are offered every day from dawn with the expertise of a professional, friendly and knowledgeable driver/guide. The guide will give you detailed information about the animals, species of birds, plants, the area, migration, and the local people.

Every game drive will be a totally different experience due to the vast plains of the Masai Mara game reserve. The game drives are informative, exciting and flexible to meet your day’s schedule. On special cases, through your travel agency, exclusive use of vehicle can be organized at extra charges.

Mara Timbo Camp Nature Walks
At Mara Timbo Camp, you can experience nature walks with the expert resident naturalist is exhilarating. The “little things” which were missed out on the 4 x 4 game drives will be sighted on foot and impeccable knowledge collected. It is most knowledgeable and memorable; you experience hands-on-feeling of the surroundings, animal footprints, droppings, wild flowers, plants and their medicinal or household use to the Masai tribe.

Mara Timbo Camp Cozy Sundowners
Sunsets over the Masai Mara are magical and truly romantic. Mara Timbo Camp staff and driver-guide know where to escape for this special sundowners treat with house wines, champagne, cold beers... You cannot help but start planning the next trip.

Mara Timbo Camp Adventurous Night Game Drives
Unique experiences under moonlit skies, Night Game Drives are a must! Different from most other camps, Night Game Drives are allowed at Mara Timbo, since Mara Timbo Camp is not located within the National Park. Some of the animals are nocturnal and cannot be sighted during the day. Hyenas and jackals prefer to hunt during the night and sometimes the leopards and lion prides can be spotted. And of course Mara Timbo Camp’s direct neighbors, the hippos, come out at night for grazing on the vast plains surrounding the camp and can be spotted there.

Mara Timbo Camp Visits at a Masai Village
You cannot be in the Masai Mara without curiously having an urge to visit and experience the way of life of the most cultural tribe in Kenya. The villages are en-route from the airstrip or on the way back from the game drive. Mara Timbo Camp guide will organize to drop you there and with the assistance of a local chief, take the informative tour around the Manyatta.

Mara Timbo Camp Breathtaking Balloon Safaris
Mara Timbo Camp Balloon safaris are the most breath-taking experience, not only during the great migration. The view is spectacular, tranquil and magical. Hot breakfast is cooked and served in the middle of nowhere an hour or so later after the exciting landing experience. A Balloon Safari can be organized at the camp with one of our cooperation’s partners.