Christmas in Maasai Mara: stay 3 nights with the 3rd FREE, full board and shared game drives. KSh 59,800 per person sharing, For East African residents.
John Cleave recalls learning to fly at 17, the road trip that changed his plans, and the chance introduction to Jackson Naurori that brought him to Tembo.
There is a debate over whether children should go on safari at all, on the grounds that they will not enjoy the game drives. One young guest who flew into camp with her father settles it.
The Sarit Getaway Tourism Expo in Nairobi on 26 October was a great success: the whole marketing team took part, and the display drew large crowds to the Tembo by Jackson showcase.
From 6 to 8 October 2026 we were back at the Magical Kenya Travel Expo at Uhuru Gardens, Nairobi, where a large number of enthusiastic visitors got to know our two Maasai Mara camps.
A night or two in the Maasai Mara fits inside a coast holiday: daily flights from Mombasa, Diani and Malindi land at the Mara airstrips, 15 to 30 minutes from camp, and the fly-in packages take care of the rest.
Three short stories from the camps this season: new artwork for the Sunset Lounge at Tembo Bush Camp, a photographer who stayed 35 days, and the Mara's best way to end a game drive.
A family of three generations, some visiting from the UK, shared the evening campfire at Tembo Bush Camp. One of the children travels with a wheelchair, and the camp's accessible tent made the safari possible.
Giza, a rare black leopard, rests with Nyota and Zawadi in Laikipia, a moment Patrick Kientz had dreamed of for years, with Jackson Naurori guiding.
From 1 to 3 October 2025 we joined the Magical Kenya Travel Expo at Uhuru Gardens, Nairobi, sharing our two Maasai Mara camps with the travel trade.
Tembo Bush Camp sits inside the Maasai Mara National Reserve, with guides who read the light and animal behaviour, and vehicles customised for photographers.
First safari in Kenya? Here’s why staying inside the Maasai Mara National Reserve at Tembo Bush Camp, not just near the action, makes all the difference.
A week of breakfast battles in the Mara: Moses, our head guide, set up breakfast 3 km from the lions, who took it personally. Then the bees found the honey jar.
In March 2025, the Mara lost Winda, one of the last two members of the Tano Bora coalition of five male cheetahs. Our farewell to a legend of the plains.
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