The Tamarind Tree Hotel is ideally located just five kilometres / three miles to the southwest of Nairobi within the spacious Carnivore grounds and its iconic Carnivore Restaurant. The hotel offers easy access to all parts of the city, its national park, as well as to the country’s many diverse attractions via the neighbouring Wilson Airport and Southern Bypass. The nearby Langata and Karen suburbs are among the liveliest and most popular in Nairobi with world-class shopping malls and excellent restaurants. Nairobi has many interesting tourist attractions you can visit so talk to us if you might want to come a few days earlier or add a few days here at the end of your stay.
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Kicheche Bush Olare | Olare Motorogi Conservancy
Kicheche Bush Camp is a small, classic, intimate, luxury tented camp completely unfenced, accommodating a maximum of twelve guests. Six spacious luxury tents, fully insect-proof, with en-suite bathrooms and a flushing toilet, running cold water and hot bucket showers. Solar power is provided 24 hours to your tent. There are comfortable chairs on each veranda overlooking the plains. There is a spacious well furnished lounge and dining tent, although we prefer to eat alfresco if weather permits.
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Kicheche Bush camp tent
Kicheche Bush camp tentCredit: Kicheche CampsDouble tent
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Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
Credit: Atkinson Photography & Safaris
3 single beds
Spacious, fully insect-proof, and equipped with Podocarpus beds, Egyptian cotton linen, bedside tables, luggage racks, and Indian rugs. Bathrooms are en-suite and are equipped with a dresser, shower, a flushing toilet, and a wash basin with running water. There are very comfortable chairs on the veranda of each tent where you can watch the world go by.
2 single beds
Spacious, fully insect-proof, and equipped with Podocarpus beds, Egyptian cotton linen, bedside tables, luggage racks, and Indian rugs. Bathrooms are en-suite and are equipped with a dresser, shower, a flushing toilet, and a wash basin with running water. There are very comfortable chairs on the veranda of each tent where you can watch the world go by.
1 double king size bed
Spacious, fully insect-proof, and equipped with Podocarpus beds, Egyptian cotton linen, bedside tables, luggage racks, and Indian rugs. Bathrooms are en-suite and are equipped with a dresser, shower, a flushing toilet, and a wash basin with running water. There are very comfortable chairs on the veranda of each tent where you can watch the world go by.
1 single bed
Spacious, fully insect-proof, and equipped with Podocarpus beds, Egyptian cotton linen, bedside tables, luggage racks, and Indian rugs. Bathrooms are en-suite and are equipped with a dresser, shower, a flushing toilet, and a wash basin with running water. There are very comfortable chairs on the veranda of each tent where you can watch the world go by.
Property Facilities
24-hour Security, Communal Dining, Eco Friendly, Internet Access (Complimentary), Laundry Service (Complimentary), Secure Parking
Bird Watching, Game Drives, Game Viewing, Game Walks, Safaris, Walks (Guided)
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.
Early morning and late afternoon are the most productive hours for game drives and, our safari customised 4WD vehicles and a photographic vehicle give everyone a perfect view. Watching wildlife at close range, but without encroaching on their space, is endlessly fascinating and our guides’ instincts and experience provide superb photo opportunities of wild animals.
Game driving is available throughout the area and your program is arranged daily with your guide. The drives are conducted in open-sided and open-roofed customised 4WD Land Cruiser vehicles. Game drives are shared with other guests, though exclusive use of a vehicle is available at an extra charge. Our vehicles are superbly designed for photographers, all our fleet is open-sided with open roofs. Cameras can be rested on the roof, with supplied beanbags, or on the armrests lower down, to which we can mount simple platforms for larger lenses. For complete flexibility, it is recommended that you take a vehicle on an exclusive use basis at US$400 per vehicle per night in peak season and US$350 in regular and mid-season.
Guests can visit one of the local Maasai villages to see first-hand their way of life. A village guide or your Kicheche guide will give you an interpretive talk during your visit. There is sometimes dancing and traditional souvenirs are on sale. There is a charge of $30 per person.
Kicheche offers escorted walking safaris with overnight stays in a fly-camp in the bush. These excursions are led by one of Kicheche’s senior guides and an armed ranger. It is an outstanding opportunity to see the Mara from a completely different perspective and also offers some welcome exercise whilst on safari. You will explore the smaller aspects of savannah life – birds, grasses, and insects – and may even be lucky enough to encounter some larger game en-route.
Kicheche Community Trust support a number of schools and projects in the greater area. It is usually possible to pay a visit to them. Any educational gifts or donations that you can contribute are an enormous help to the pupils.
A different perspective is gained through escorted walks on the savannah. Our interpretive guides will point out the spoor of a leopard, the nest of a rare bird or signs of recent migration activity that would pass unnoticed by the eyes of strangers… Walks are included in our tariff.
This is a popular excursion in the Masai Mara. Balloons take off early each morning at sunrise and glide over the plains for approximately an hour before landing. Upon touchdown a champagne breakfast is set up before you. The excursion finishes with a game drive back to camp. Price is around US$505 per person and trips can be booked through your tour operator or with the balloon operator.
Your Stay
7 Nights
Fully Inclusive - Bed, All Meals, Fees and Activities
All Local Brands (Spirits, Wine and Beers) Included
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Safari Lodge
Spoken Languages: English
No. Rooms: 6
Special Interests: Big 5, Birding, Flora, Gourmet, Hiking, History & Culture, Leisure, Nature, Wildlife