Asilia Naboisho Camp

Style

Feline frontier

Setting

Community-knit Naboisho

Skirting the Maasai Mara Reserve in southwestern Kenya, Asilia Naboisho Camp has its game face firmly on. Cross-seasonal sightings include predators in residence, and cultural visits to the land’s native owners shed important light on its community-led conservation. Equally inimitable scenes can be found back at camp, too, with spa treatments and pool dips set under encompassing acacia trees, and upscale tented suites a soothing antidote to Earth-kind adventures.

Once you’ve booked your safari stays, the Asilia team will be in touch within 48 hours, on business days, to help arrange travel between camps, which may include charter or private small-plane flights and/or overland transfers.

Facilities

Rooms

Nine tents, including two family tents.

Checkout

10am. Check-in is at 2pm. If you opt for late check-out, you’ll be charged for an additional day’s park fees, as well as meals and private transfers.

More Details

Rates at Asilia Naboisho Camp include all meals and drinks (except premium wines), limited laundry service, open-vehicle game drives, walking safaris (for over-12s) and return transfers to Ol Seki Airstrip.

Also

Unfortunately, this remote camp is not suitable if you have limited mobility.

Laundry

Pool

Room Service

At the Hotel

Boutique, gym equipment (yoga mats, weights, ab rollers, resistance bands and skipping ropes) to borrow, and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: radio, torch, coffee-making kit, free bottled water, laundry detergent, bathrobes, slippers and organic Jani bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

Asilia Naboisho Camp has two outfitted options to choose from: the Tented Suites set the scene for more romantic rendezvous with an outdoor shower for two and a private veranda, hugged by vast plain prospects. The Family Tented Suites have similarly enticing views, as well as a duo of rooms for bigger groups.

Poolside

Dozing wildlife aren’t the only ones able to cool off with a dip between ventures: Naboisho Camp has its own outdoor swimming pool (open from sunrise till sunset) that frames the conservancy’s cinematic landscapes and weaves between the camp’s calming communal spaces.

Spa

There’s no formal spa at Naboisho Camp, but staff are happy to arrange treatments — ranging from ancient reflexology and lavender-infused aromatherapies to deep tissue massages that deknot with an oil-coated Maasai rungu — in your tent or anywhere around camp.

Packing Tips

Go for khakis, browns and beiges to blend with your surroundings and secure sightings. A layer or two will come in handy for chillier evenings, too.

Also

Once you’ve booked your safari stays, the Asilia team will be in touch within 48 hours, on business days, to help arrange travel between camps, which may include charter or private small-plane flights and/or overland transfers.

Children

Over-fives are welcome. With under-12s in tow, you’ll need to book a private vehicle for game drives at additional cost. For some activities, the minimum age is 12 years old; younger Smiths will need to stay at camp, supervised by one of their adults.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

In a camp embraced by such dramatic landscapes, there’s no wrong choice.

Dress Code

Come as you are in this remote, outdoorsy stay.

Hotel Restaurant

Expect farm-to-fork dining that showcases seasonality and is proudly low on food miles. A commitment to sustainability and a celebration of local, indigenous ingredients underpin Asilia Africa’s approach to cuisine across all camps. Breads, cakes and even ice-creams are made freshly in-house, and dishes are always paired with South African wines.

At Asilia Naboisho Camp, breakfast might be a picnic in the bush consisting of fresh fruits, yoghurt, muesli, freshly squeezed juices, baked pastries, breakfast sandwiches and wraps. But if you're staying in camp, you also have an option to start your day with hot dishes à la carte.

Across all Asilia Africa camps, the menu changes by the day; at each meal, there’ll be a choice of starters, mains, sides and desserts, with vegetarians as well served as meat eaters. Lunch on Wednesdays and dinner on Sundays are a distinctly Swahili affair, spotlighting local culinary traditions. If you have food preferences or dietary requirements, the camp’s kitchen team will be happy to adapt dishes to suit.

Hotel Bar

There’s no formal bar, but drinks of all varieties are available round-the-clock in the camp’s communal area.

Last Orders

Rather than working to scheduled hours, meals fit around your plans and staff are happy to flex to meet your wishes.

Room Service

Available 24 hours: you can order drinks and snacks to your suite; meals, too, can be arranged chez vous.

Planes

From Nairobi Wilson Airport, connecting flights touch down at Ol Seki Airstrip, where you’ll be met by Asilia staff for the 45-minute transfer, included with your stay.

Automobiles

All the driving at Naboisho Camp is taken care of by trained staff using Asilia vehicles.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

Asilia Naboisho Camp’s enviable setting in its eponymous, lesser-known conservancy means fewer crowds and a higher concentration of wildlife. Game drives (both day and night), hot-air ballooning and walking safaris are your best bet for prime sightings, and photography vehicle set-ups make capturing these natural wonders all the easier. More intimate animal meetings come courtesy of trips to Ol Chorro Rhino Sanctuary, or a secluded night in the bush fly camping. There’s equal emphasis on community engagement, too, with visits to local Maasai villages encouraged during your stay.

Naboisho Camp makes an ideal launchpad for a Kenya-to-Tanzania adventure: after three nights at Naboisho, head over the Tanzanian border to Asilia Namiri Plains in Serengeti big-cat country for three nights. Then travel to riverine Ruaha in the Iringa region, home to Asilia Jabali Ridge camp — two luxurious Tanzanian outposts to complement your Kenyan stay; three prime game-viewing destinations.

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