I travel to every safari country in Africa every year and Kicheche Bush Camp is on top of the pile.
Greg Du Toit, Photographer – South Africa
the camp
The perfect hideaway in the outstanding wilderness of Olare Motorogi Conservancy. Kicheche Bush camp has attracted scores of professional photographers who trust the Kicheche approach to a day on safari.
That has created an exciting environment where any amateur photographer can raise their game and capture the sorts of images that inspired them in the first place.
Olare Motorogi Conservancy
Kicheche Bush Camp is located in a superb wildlife area in Olare Motorogi Conservancy bordering the Masai Mara Reserve. The game viewing is first class and the exclusivity of the Conservancy ensures a high quality African safari and Kenya holiday experience with low density tourism.
Game drives start right from the camp itself and it is the ideal location to witness the annual wildebeest migration.
Activities
Game drives in safari customized 4WD vehicles with one of our Silver guides. Watching wildlife at close range, but without encroaching on their space, is endlessly fascinating and our guides’ instincts and safari experience will provide superb wildlife photography. Extended game drives – we do not impose limits on the length- Guided walks
- Flycamp: one night out in the wilderness either as a journey towards Kicheche Valley camp or on its own. The Mara Wilderness package is done by foot across the Mara with a night out wild camping.
Mara Wilderness Package
community
Visit the MAA TRUST in Olare Motorogi Conservancy, a great project our Kicheche Community Trust supports with focus on women empowerment and education. Only 10 minutes from camp, visiting the Maa Trust is a wonderful opportunity for guests to interact with Maasai women, watch and learn about their bead-work and learn more about The Trust’s efforts towards wildlife conservation through sustainable community development.
Our Guides
All guides are well experienced working with photographers and select optimal positions at sightings taking lighting and animal behavior into account.
We are excited to introduce our newly modified photography vehicle providing photographers an extra lower edge in order to enable them to capture their award winning shots. One side of the vehicle drops down, allowing photographers to lie flat and capture eye-level images in comfort, with soft padded flooring, lens platforms and bean bags all provided. The vehicle is suitable for a maximum of 3 people and must be booked on an exclusive use basis.
facilities
- Simple luxury of an elegant common area for relaxing, having tea or dining
- 6 stylish tents spread out under Acacia trees
- Spacious en-suite bathroom with running cold and hot water
- A personal atmosphere prevails at Bush where you will mix with other guests and your hosts at meals and around the fire each evening for an aperitif
- Lunch under the trees or in a form of a picnic while in the Conservancy
- Water dispenser in each tent to refill your complimentary water bottle.
- Lighting is supplied 24 hours; charging facilities in the tent, however, the solar system does not allow hair dryers
- WIFI but can be unstable
awards
Certificate of Excellence
Gold Eco Rated Facility
James Nampaso
Best Safari Guide – Wanderlust World Guide Awards 2019
itineraries & special offers
When to go
January
Hot but beautiful, the year’s late rains leave the Mara & Laikipia like a verdant carpet and there is plenty of game with normally excellent predator sightings. After the New Year, Kenya holiday visitors have gone home. The plains are open and the cheetah roam in search of Thomson gazelles enjoying the short grasses. It’s a popular time for wildlife photographers.
See January wildlife sightings
February
Superb weather, normally dry and settled, ideal for Northern Europeans to escape their winter hibernation. The four legged population of our Conservancies has no thought of hibernation. This is the time of the synchronized births of the huge Loita wildebeest herds across the conservancies in the northern Mara. Jackals roam the plains searching for the gazelle fawns which arrive this month and continue into March.
See February wildlife sightings
March
Take advantage of the lower rates on offer. The storms start building up in late March giving incredible skies and amazing light. You will encounter few Kenya holiday makers and many migratory birds as well as plenty of new wildebeest fawns which the predators stlak relentlessly.The Masai Mara is in full bloom.
See March wildlife sightings
April
Camps closed.
May
Camps closed.
August
The plains darken with massive numbers of wildebeest and zebras. The grass is low and the sightings phenomenal. This migration may very well be the finest wildlife spectacle in the world, Kicheche guides have its movements in their DNA. The big migration coincides with school holidays around the globe and triggers the arrival of many makers in the country.
See August wildlife sightings
September
Probably the peak migration month with crossings almost daily. Small antelope calves drop across the plains. Predators from crocs to cheetahs fill their boots as do Kicheche visitors. The reserve is busy with visitors however, you can fully appreciate the quality game viewing in the conservancies due to the strict controls on developments and visitor numbers.
See September wildlife sightings
December
The sightings always superb, made more special by the lack of vehicles earlier in the month. Later on in the month is busier but once again quality is assured with the conservancy low vehicle density restrictions. The lion prides are weaning themselves off wildebeest and turning their attention to zebra, warthog and on occasion buffalo and giraffe.
See December wildlife sightings
Voices
what our clients say
Quite simply the best thing we have ever done! Thank you so much for an unforgettable stay. A beautiful camp, exactly what it should be. You never lose the sense that you are in the bush but so comfortable, and stylish. The attention to minimising waste and eco-friendliness. Delicious food, such kind and welcoming service from the staff
Laura & Callum
UK
I now total 90 game drives at KBC, looking to go over 100 and more. Continue as it is. Do more of the same.
Bernard
France
Kicheche is just right – a tonic for the mind and soul.
Udaya & Hardev
India
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