Little Governors' Camp 

A wildlife experience like no other

Take a small boat across the Mara River to discover a tranquil camp teeming with wildlife.

If you are looking for a friendly tented camp that’s intimate in character and sits in one of Africa’s best wildlife viewing spots, this is it. Little Governors’ lies a small boat ride across the river from its sister camps. There’s no vehicle access, with safari vehicles left on the far side of the riverbank, so it remains quiet and undisturbed. In fact, the most commotion you’ll witness is if an elephant decides to wander through camp at lunchtime – that’s how close to the action you are here. It’s more than likely that you’ll hear hippos at night and get up close with the resident family of warthogs. A large bank of solar panels means that Little Governors’ can run on 100% solar power. Governors' recognises that local people must benefit directly from tourism, resulting in a 50-year commitment to local communities delivering genuine social and conservation results.

Why we love Little Governors' Camp

  • There's a high number of repeat guests who are drawn back to the magic of this wildlife-rich setting

  • The camp is set around a large natural watering hole and at night, you can often hear hippos grazing outside your tent

  • During the Annual Great Migration, you don’t have to go far to see thousands of wildebeest crossing the Mara River

  • The camp looks onto a beautiful marsh where elephants come to drink and buffaloes wallow

4.5 stars
Maasai Mara
Little Governors’ Camp enjoys a secluded forest setting on the banks of the Mara River, right in the heart of the Maasai Mara Reserve
It is a 45-minute light aircraft flight from Nairobi's Wilson Airport to Musiara Airstrip, followed by a 15-minute game drive and a small boat ride across the river
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The day usually starts with a wake-up call accompanied by fresh Kenyan tea or coffee and biscuits in your tent. Breakfast and lunch buffets are served al fresco, there’s an open-sided bar tent and restaurant tent for candlelit dinners and the campfire is lit at sunset.

Whats Included

Lodge Package • Breakfast, lunch and dinner in the dining tent or outdoors (Bush dinners are extra) • Bottled water • Up to 3 game drives per full day • Laundry • Airstrip transfers • Park fees.

A drinks upgrade option including house wines, beers and soft drinks is available for a supplement. Please speak to a Personal Travel Expert for more details.

Massages can be arranged in the privacy of your tent. The Wild Herb Company products used are 100% natural.

Seek out the big cats that are well known by the camps’ guides on daily game drives, take an optional hot-air balloon safari - the launch site is just behind the camp. During the Annual Great Migration, you don’t have to go far to see millions of wildebeest crossing the Mara River.

(delete as applicable / remember from 2023 drinks included in rate) Lodge Package • Breakfast, lunch and dinner in dining tent or outdoors • Purified water • 2 or 3 game drives per day • Airstrip transfers • Park fees • Laundry OR
Lodge Package with drinks • Breakfast, lunch and dinner in dining tent or outdoors • Purified water • 2 or 3 game drives per day • Park fees • Selected drinks including soft drinks, house wine, local beer/spirits • Laundry • Airstrip transfers

• Thanks to a large bank of solar panels, Little Governors' can now run on 100% solar power. This provides electricity to the whole camp, including the staff areas, kitchen, laundry and guest areas

• All water is heated by solar water heaters and each tent has its own solar water heater installed

• Governors’ recognises that local people must benefit directly from tourism, resulting in a 50-year-long commitment to local communities delivering genuine social and conservation results.

• A ‘zero waste’ policy means that all of the camp’s waste is sorted and separated then processed for recycling where possible. A programme has also been initiated to use this recycled paper and cardboard to make briquettes to fuel the hot water systems.

• Governors’ funding for local primary schools includes providing uniforms and paying teachers’ salaries. Funding through secondary school is provided for some of the most gifted pupils

• Governors’ have helped fund construction of classrooms, libraries, bore holes, water towers and tanks, solar power and water purification facilities in local schools

• Support is provided for the Narok County Council by supplying equipment and personnel to help with maintenance of local roads and the airstrip


• Governors’ have helped build a new Health Centre at Mara Rianda just outside the Masai Mara National Reserve for their Masai community neighbours

• Governors’ actively re-plants an average of 45 native trees a month to help replace those lost to natural causes (primarily destructive elephant grazing).

Luggage must be in soft bags weighing maximum 15kg.

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