Basecamp Naboisho sits inside the Naboisho Conservancy, one of the earliest and most fully realised examples of Kenya’s community conservancy model, in which Maasai landowners lease land directly for conservation and receive tourism revenue in return.
Eco-tents built with a light footprint using local materials, each with a private veranda facing the conservancy’s rolling grassland.
Kenyan cooking with a genuine sustainability focus, much of it sourced through the camp’s own environmental programme.
Game drives across Naboisho’s grasslands, guided walks with Maasai trackers, and visits to community-run conservation and education projects.
Naboisho holds one of the highest lion densities in the Mara ecosystem, alongside cheetah, leopard and large resident herds of plains game, with far lower vehicle density than the main reserve.
Naboisho’s conservancy-only visitor limits mean far fewer vehicles at any sighting than the national reserve, a genuine advantage for uncluttered predator photography.
Basecamp’s founding partnership with Naboisho’s Maasai landowners is considered a benchmark for community-led conservation in Kenya, directly linking land protection to local livelihoods.
To arrange a tailor-made journey to this lodge, speak with your Kipekee Journey Lead.
