Porini Giraffe Camp

Experience the Mara as it was meant to be seen: intimate, wild and unspoilt. Porini Giraffe Camp sits within the 24,000-acre Mara Ripoi Conservancy, where just eight guest tents share the landscape with free-roaming giraffes, elephants and big cats. Mara Ripoi was established by Porini Safari Camps, owner of Porini Giraffe Camp, working in partnership with local Maasai landowners and other founding members.

Why Porini Giraffe Camp

Porini Giraffe Camp is set along the Ripole River among Leleshwa (African wild sage) and Yellow Bark Acacia, offering an intimate, low-density safari experience with just eight guest tents. The camp sits within the 24,000-acre Mara Ripoi Conservancy, where each guest tent effectively helps protect around 700 acres of wilderness and vehicle numbers are strictly limited to 1 vehicle per 1,400 acres. The conservancy is known for its healthy populations of Maasai giraffe, plains game, and big cats including lion, cheetah and leopard.

The camp’s small scale and secluded setting allow guests to experience the Mara away from the crowds, while supporting a model of responsible tourism that helps protect wildlife habitat and provides sustainable benefits to the local landowners who call this area home.

The Mara Ripoi Experience

Mara Ripoi forms part of an important wildlife landscape, connecting with neighbouring conservancies and the Maasai Mara National Reserve. This unbroken habitat supports the free movement of wildlife,
including elephants, lions, cheetahs and Maasai giraffes.

With limited tourism development and controlled vehicle access, guests at Porini Giraffe Camp enjoy day and night game drives, guided bush walks and sundowners in a wilderness setting, accompanied by experienced Maasai guides who bring generations of knowledge of the land and its wildlife.

Guests can also experience the culture and traditions of the local Maasai communities through guided visits to nearby homesteads and villages.

A Visual Journey of Porini Giraffe Camp

Join us for an exclusive look at Porini Giraffe Camp in the stunning Mara Ripoi Conservancy. Nestled along the Ripole River and surrounded by hills, forests, and plains, the camp is a perfect getaway for those seeking an eco-conscious safari adventure.

Camp & Guest Experience

Eight solar-powered, eco-conscious guest tents set within the natural surroundings
Guided bush walks and nature experiences
Cultural visits and community engagement
Sundowners and Bush meals
All-inclusive accommodation, including meals, drinks and safari activities
A riverside dining area and lounge with Wi-Fi
Access to the wider Mara Ripoi wildlife landscape and Mara Reserve (park fees payable)

“Is there an option to give 6 stars? We spent 5 nights at Porini Giraffe Camp and had a truly incredible experience. I cannot fault it. Having wanted to do a safari in Kenya for a very long time, this exceeded all expectations. We saw a huge amount of animals, including 27 different mammals and a wide variety of birds. It is in a beautiful setting, with animals wandering through from time to time. I highly recommend it and would love to go back one day. Thank you!”

Conservation & Community

Porini Giraffe Camp’s presence within Mara Ripoi is part of a wider model of conservation through responsible tourism. The camp operates through a 25-year land lease with the local Maasai community of approximately 1,600 landowners providing an alternative and sustainable source of income while keeping the land under wildlife-compatible use.

Tourism also creates employment and skills-development opportunities for local Maasai communities, including roles for guides and camp staff. Through its operations and community engagement the camp contributes to maintaining the area’s wildlife habitat while supporting the livelihoods of the people who own and care for the land.

The camp is Gold Eco-Rated, runs entirely on solar power, and is built without permanent infrastructure – a deliberately light footprint designed so that, within months of the camp being removed, little trace would remain. Tourism here also creates direct employment and skills-development opportunities for local Maasai guides and staff.

Porini Giraffe Camp demonstrates how carefully managed tourism can contribute to conservation, support local communities, and help maintain a connected and thriving Mara ecosystem.

Moments from Porini Giraffe Camp

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Gamewatchers' Conservation Legacy

Mara Ripoi is part of a long-standing conservation model developed by Gamewatchers Safaris and Porini Safari Camps. The company established Selenkay Conservancy in partnership with local Maasai landowners in 1997, creating Kenya’s first community-owned conservancy of its kind, and later helped establish Ol Kinyei Conservancy in the Maasai Mara, one of the Mara’s pioneering community conservancies. Today, Ol Kinyei is connected to Mara Ripoi through a wildlife corridor, linking these conservation areas and helping maintain a wider landscape for wildlife.