Porini Rhino Camp, located in the Western part of Ol Pejeta Conservancy has been experiencing a lot of wildlife action lately with various wildlife flocking the tented camp. Guests at the camp have been seeing many elephants, giraffes, zebras, rhinoceros, birds and lions. There are even some rarely-seen animals such as stripped hyenas that have a den just behind one of the guest tents. Recently, our staff at camp got to witness one of the most exciting wildlife interactions, a female lion hunting down a baby zebra. View of elephants, giraffes, and zebras from the Porini Rhino Camp lounge/mess ..read more

A Maasai women group from the Greater Maasai Mara region in the former Ol Kinyei Group Ranch has benefit from a 3,000-litre solar-powered milk coolant donated by the World Wide Foundation for Nature(WWF) with funding from the German government in partnership with Gamewatchers Safaris and Porini Camps. Dubbed “Ol Kiwu Self-help group” the 18-member group received the milk coolant as a result of leasing their land out for wildlife habitat conservation and tourism. Land which today constitutes the 18,700-acre Ol Kinyei Conservancy. 15 out of the 18 group members are Ol Kinyei landowners. The cool ..read more

Have you ever imagined taking a slow-paced adventurous tour inside Africa’s wilderness on foot? Walking safaris are exactly that. Also known as bushwalks, walking safaris are completely different from game drives as they awaken all your senses allowing you to notice smells, sounds, and even colors of the wilderness. Walking is prohibited in most of Kenya’s National Parks and reserves, however, in conservancies, it is an exciting option. One of the activities that we offer guests at Porini Camps is guided walking safaris. To ensure their safety, we ensure guests are accompanied by experienced a ..read more

A rare sighting in Selenkay Conservancy!  Guests from Porini Amboseli Camp were treated to a viewing of African Wild Dogs yesterday whilst returning to the conservancy from a game drive in Amboseli National Park. Safari guide Daniel Sayialel identified them as two male and one female and they were seen relaxing in the shade after killing an impala. They did not seem to be shy of the presence of the vehicle. Also known as African Hunting Dogs, African Wild Dogs are one of the world’s most endangered mammal species. They live and hunt in packs – males stay within a pack whilst females mi ..read more

With a seemingly endless choice of locations, camps, lodges, transport and activity options, planning a safari can be over-whelming. So to help you make some informed decisions, here are 10 good reasons why you should choose Porini Safari Camps for your next African adventure … NB  there are many other reasons, such as our consistently high Tripadvisor ratings, our World Travel Awards, our Eco-Warrior Gold Ratings, our competitive prices and our three decades of experience creating safaris that benefit the wildlife, the environment and local communities as well as our guests .. but here a ..read more

Meet Jui and Nirmalya Banerjee, our hosts at Porini Cheetah Camp, as they describe how the camp was conceived and developed, and what makes a stay at the camp so special. Porini Cheetah Camp is one of our accommodation choices in Ol Kinyei Conservancy in the Masai Mara. The conservancy is a vast area of pristine habitat that has been set aside for wildlife, and only our Porini guests have access to this area. The camp opened in June 2017 and, like all the other Porini camps, it is a small-tented camp designed to maximise your wildlife experience. The conservancy, which is part of the wider Ma ..read more

Congratulations to these 14 recruits who recently completed their training as Ol Kinyei Conservancy community rangers and who are vital to the protection of wildlife. Ol Kinyei Conservancy is a vast area of protected habitat in Kenya’s Masai Mara region. The conservancy attracts many different animal species including elephants, lions, leopards and cheetahs. It is income from our low-impact safari camps (Porini Mara Camp and Porini Cheetah Camp) that pays for the conservancy land and for the rangers that keep this habitat safe for wild animals. Porini Camp guests benefit from day and night ga ..read more

Follow our team in Ol Kinyei Conservancy as they assist the vets of the Kenya Wildlife Service and Mara Predator Conservation Program track and collar “Ole Cook”, a young male lion named after our Chairman and Founder of Ol Kinyei Conservancy, Jake Grieves-Cook.   The temporary GPS collars are used on just a few individuals and are vital in lion conservation. An understanding of their movements and behaviour helps reduce human-wildlife conflict and habitat loss and so protects lions for the future. Ol Kinyei Conservancy is in the Mara ecosystem and comprises over 18,500 acres of protecte ..read more

Join guest Aman Ghandi on a walkaround tour of a typical Porini Camp guest tent (and Family Tent), showing the accommodation in detail. Porini tents are comfortable “rooms under canvas” and each has a king size and a single bed, solar-powered lighting, en suite facilities (with hot shower and flush toilet) and a private veranda. The below was filmed in Porini Lion Camp – watch to the end for a bonus sighting of leopard “Furaha”! http://www.porini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/273207356_149741267450489_2092005933905717344_n.mp4   See more updates / videos from in and around Porini Ca ..read more

Congratulations to 10 rangers from Selenkay Conservancy for last week successfully completing a rangers training course and to the conservancy manager Daniel Mamai for leading the team. The training included physical fitness training, drill and duty, standard operating procedures for wildlife scouts, signals and communication skills, field operation skills, land navigation, basics of law, problematic animal management, tactical first responder care, and wildlife crime scene management. Selenkay Conservancy in the Amboseli eco-system was set up almost 30-years ago by Gamewatchers Safaris in par ..read more