Masai Mara National Park Kenya Safari & Lodging Guide


Masai Mara National Park Kenya safari - This definitive Masai Mara Park accommodation guide offers the ultimate Kenya safari, suggested package tours, day trips, rest camps.

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Bateleur Rest Camp 


Bateleur rest camp lies close to where hungry opportunists once panned for gold 
and is today one of the best camps from which to spot elephant and other game.
 


    

  • Dry winter months make for the best game viewing season
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  • Restaurant, laundry, swimming pool, picnic site and fuel station
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  • Range of accommodation available from a guest house to camping
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  • Nineteenth century gold prospecting history
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  • Bird and wildlife viewing opportunities at the nearby river
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History of Bateluer Rest Camp in Masai Mara National Park:

Associated first and foremost with Elephant, the world's largest land
 mammal. Breeding herds of 50 to 60 animals are common in this region. 
During the 1970s and 1980s some of the Masai Mara National Park's biggest tuskers roamed the region.


These Elephant were named the Magnificent Seven, and one, Bateleur 
who died near the rest camp in 1981, carried tusks which weighed in at 
47 and 58 Kg respectively. His tusks, as well as those of his fellow 
giants can be viewed at Manyatta Rest Camp.


It still remains uncertain from where the name Bateleur is derived, but it is believed that the early Tsonga named the rivers
 of this area after prominent local people. 




Bateleur Rest Camp Facilities:


    

  • Information at Reception
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  • Public Telephones
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  • Post Box; ATM in shop
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  • Conference Facilities
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  • Basic First Aid Assistance
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  • Cafeteria; Shop
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  • Cutlery and Crockery Hamper
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  • Emergency Road Service; Petrol Station
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  • Laundromat
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  • DSTV only Available in Guest Houses
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  • Picnic Facilities
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Governors Rest Camp


Governors Rest Camp in Masai Mara National Park is a popular rest camp situated in the heart of Big Five territory and is easily accessed by road and by air. Governors Rest Camp in Masai Mara National Park features a variety of accommodation options such as camp sites, 21 furnished safari tents, semi luxury bungalows, cottages and 4 guesthouses.
The myriad of birds and wild game in the area is easily spotted by going on bush walks and game drives. Wildlife documentaries are shown in an outdoor amphitheater. There is a magnificent 9 hole (18-tee), Par 72 golf course available for golf enthusiasts on their Masai Mara Park safari holiday. Read more about Golfing in Masai Mara at Governors Golf Course

Disabled Visitor facilities:

The reception area is accessible with drop curves providing access from the parking area to the buildings, which include the reception office, a bank, a post office and public toilets (including a barrier free toilet) amongst others. The auto-bank is up a step and is thus inaccessible for wheelchair users. The camp's shop, restaurant and cafeteria are all designed to be all easily accessed in a wheelchair, as is movement along the camp's perimeter fence adjacent to and overlooking the Mara River.
Governors Rest Camp has several attractions such as a museum hut, an information centre and an auditorium. Only the library is inaccessible. Wheelchair users will need to be pulled up the stairs to access this facility. The camp has 8, 2-bed huts with barrier free facilities (6 with showers and 2 with baths). There is an accessible 6-bedded cottage with bath and shower facilities.

Restaurants

Governors Rest Camp has 2 restaurants including the Keekorok Station Grillhouse. Keekorok offers a full a la carte breakfast everyday from 7:30am to 10:30am.

Restaurant trading hours:

  • Weekdays: 6:00am - 22:30pm
  • Weekends: 12 – 3pm and 6pm– 22:30pm

Airport:

The airport is a rudimentary one. The airport staff assists passengers off the plane via airline wheelchairs and down a mobile ramp. No barrier free toilets existed at the time of writing although access to the toilets is easily managed.


Governors Rest Camp Facilities:

  • Information at Reception
  • Public Telephone
  • Post Box
  • Public Telephone
  • Bank
  • Car Hire
  • Car Wash
  • 2 x Restaurants
  • Auditorium and Conference Facilities
  • Internet CafĂ©
  • Delicatessen
  • Communal ablutions
  • 2 swimming pools in camp (for overnight residents only)
  • Cafeteria
  • Shop
  • Laundromat
  • Filling Station
  • Communal Kitchens
  • Cutlery and Plates Hampers (from Reception)
  • Basic First Aid Assistance
  • TVs (limited DSTV) available in family bungalows only
  • DSTV (limited channels) available in Luxury Units only
  • Day Visitors Picnic (located 4km outside the camp) with own swimming pool
  • Cellphone reception
  • Governors Indigenous Nursery (located approximately 5km outside camp)
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