Reviews of Naboisho Camp
Wildlife sightings and reviews
48 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Naboisho Camp and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
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Great guide - Lucas.
Great walking with Roelof.
The breakfasts and lunches are excellent but the standard of food at dinner is not quite so good." See all these reviews: 8n in Kenya
"Great safari camp and animal sightings."
The managers were very welcoming and helpful as were all the staff.
Our guide, Wilson, was very knowledgeable and on our arrival, on the way from the airstrip to the camp, we encountered 4 jackals killing a baby impala. The impala mother fought for such a long time but could not protect her baby. Such a fantastic sighting but also quite sad. We then went on to see so many animals, too many to name, on our game drives, which was fantastic.
Altogether a great camp with a good guide and superb animal sightings." See all these reviews: 7n in Tanzania; 7n in Kenya
"Naboisho Camp review"
Our drives with our guide Wilson were always interesting, he seemed to know just where the animals would be. He could look into a thicket and spot something that we would have to pull out our binoculars to see. The night drives allowed us to see active nocturnal animals such as bush babies. We were glad for the warmth of the blankets and hot water bottles. But combined with the early morning walks the night drives could make for a long day.
The village visit with Wilson (who is from the area) was great and allowed at least some insight into the lives of the rural Maasi.
Overall the camp staff was great (even those behind the scenes that we never met) and made for a wonderfully comfortable and relaxed stay. Sometimes they even anticipated special needs that we hadn't mentioned.
The camp's location was great with lions and elephants within walking distance.
Overall we had a perfect stay." See all these reviews: 7n in Kenya
"Friendliest yet very professional camp"
Tents extremely comfortable even if Lions wake you up at night. food good , lunch under tree by watering hole, great atmosphere at dinner" See all these reviews: 13n in Kenya
"Brilliant safari and great staff"
We were particularly pleased to be allocated a guide and vehicle for the whole period on an exclusive basis. Our guide (Benjamin) was excellent" See all these reviews: 4n in Rwanda; 4n in Kenya
"Wonderful Naboisho Camp"
The tents are spacious with luxury linens and plenty of storage in the dressing area. We enjoyed the twin bucket showers outside as well as as one indoors. At night we appreciated the hot water bottles tucked into our bed, as well as those in the car on the early morning game drives. The food was excellent, with a fresh and varied buffet each day for lunch. Dinner was served at a large communal table with the managers joining the guests (at all three meals). Manager Helen stocks their excellent gift shop with locally made goods.
We had good game viewing, both on our drives and on two walks with manager Roelof. Roelof gave us a rare opportunity to view a baby eagle from a vantage point on the hillside above its nest, and we also were close to zebra and hyenas on one of our walks. We had great sightings of big cats, including some very playful lion cubs and a pair of cheetah resting in the grass. The landscape was beautiful and green, and the sunsets and full moonrise were spectacular. We would return to Naboisho any time!" See all these reviews: 10n in Tanzania; 7n in Kenya
"Naboisho Camp review"
We highly respect the camp's effort to aid the community and be environmentally friendly." See all these reviews: 12n in Kenya
"Naboisho Camp review"
Meals were excellent especially some of the lunches and the staff made every effort to cater for any special requests.
The game viewing in this conservancy was on a par with the other reserves, with lions and their cubs, cheetah and leopard being seen. We came across a baby giraffe within a minute of it being born which was exciting to see it try to move about on four rather unconnected legs!!
We went on what we thought was a walking safari on our first afternoon but this turned out to be not much more than a 2 hour route march through the bush surrounding the camp. Having read some of the other reviews on the Expert Africa website regarding the walking safaris at this camp we do feel we were a bit short changed, but perhaps not having Roelof in camp may have something to do with that.
One other issue that I had was with the format of the Toyota Land Cruiser that this camp uses. Unfortunately they have no roof access so it is not possible to stand up in the vehicle and rest camera lenses on top as with the vehicles used in the Kicheche camps. Keen photographers might find this an issue, especially those interested in birds." See all these reviews: 11n in Kenya
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