While putting together my recent trip to East Africa I wanted each destination to reflect something different and add another experience to our adventure. Ideally, one of the luxury African safari camps would typify the high end tent-in-the-bush experience that most people imagine when they think of safari. My research led me to a standout property from the excellent &BEYOND group, luxury tented &Beyond Bateleur Camp in the MASAI MARA, the northern extension of the vast Serengeti-Mara ecosystem that is the largest concentration of large mammals on earth.

It stood out from the huge range of tented camps as being luxurious and intimate - the camp is exclusively luxury tented suites, in two small clusters of 9.

To get to the Masai Mara we flew from Nairobi’s Domestic WILSON AIRPORT to the small airstrip at KICHWA TEMBO, our destination at the base of the Oloololo escarpment, alongside the Sabaringo River.

The &Beyond Bateleur Camp service already began before we even took off: …the &Beyond representative presented Zoe with a fantastic childrens’ pack, with binoculars, pencils and an art kit. They also helped us make the most of our 3 hour wait by taking us shopping in town. (see WHERE TO SHOP, NAIROBI).

As warm and helpful as the luxury safari company is however, even they can’t help you with the 15 kg rule! 

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