Jose Serrano came from Mallorca with one idea: a camp in one of the wildest corners of Kenya. More than twenty years on, he still runs it.
A sheltered valley in the far south.
Wilson, Keekorok, camp
A 45-minute scheduled flight from Nairobi’s Wilson Airport to Keekorok, where your guide and spotter are waiting with cold drinks. The drive to camp takes about 25 minutes and counts as your first game drive.
Near the Sand River
A 36-hectare property on the slopes of Mount Kalema, close to the Serengeti border, with a small stream running through it all year. The reserve is busy at Talek and Sekenani; down here it is not.
A Mediterranean kitchen
Set menus written each day and changed for whoever is in camp, with vegetables from the camp’s own garden. Breakfast is usually out on the plains, wherever the morning drive has stopped.
Sundowners, then the fire
A drink somewhere out on the drive home as the light goes, then the campfire before dinner — wine or a local beer, and the day’s sightings told again.
Sixty square metres of canvas.
Double tents of 60 m² with a king bed or two singles, a lounge and an en-suite bathroom; and a 120 m² family tent — two bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, either side of a shared lounge. Wi-Fi, a fan and international sockets in every one.
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The Double Tent
Sixty square metres under canvas: a king bed, a lounge with a sofa and an en-suite bathroom. Sleeps 2.
The Twin Tent
The same 60 m² tent made up with two single beds, for friends or a parent and an older child. Sleeps 2.
The Family Tent
Two connected tents, 120 m²: a king room and a room with two singles, each with its own bathroom, either side of a shared lounge. Sleeps 4.
A guide and a spotter in every car
Every vehicle goes out with a professional guide and a Maasai spotter — one drives and reads the animals, the other watches the grass. Dominic Maatany, one of the camp’s guides, is the youngest to reach KPSGA Gold.
Four lion prides, and few other cars
The camp sits in a low-use corner of the southern Mara. Four lion prides live within reach of camp, and on most morning drives the sightings are shared only with the camp’s own vehicles.
Rhino hills and the Serengeti border
The hills behind camp hold one of the Mara’s few black rhino territories, and the Serengeti border is close enough to meet the migration as it crosses in from the south.
Rated 5.0 on Tripadvisor by 653 travellers
A Travellers’ Choice camp since 2022. Guests write about the guides by name — Dominic, Johnson, Isaac — the breakfasts in the bush and the hot-water bottle in the bed at night.
Out at six, back for lunch.
Morning drives leave at six with blankets, hot-water bottles and a coffee. Breakfast is laid out in the bush around half past nine, and you are back for lunch unless the animals say otherwise. The afternoon drive goes at four and ends with a sundowner.
Most of the team is Maasai, from the land around camp.
“Everyone from our evening escort to/from our tent, to our servers to our guides made us feel welcome and cared for.”
Jose runs the camp himself and answers the enquiries. Guests write about him, about Mariona who looks after them in camp, and about the guides and spotters by name — Dominic and Semberre, Johnson and Steven, Isaac and Nelson.
Read what guests say →“During our safaris in the area we barely saw another car.”
Notes from the south.
Olderkesi: the Mara’s remote south-east
How to see the migration without the crowds
From the camp garden to the table
Two camps, one team.
Enkewa Camp has a younger sister: Little Enkewa, five tents near the Sand River for guests aged sixteen and over, run by the same team. Leave your email for news and offers from both.