Leleshwa Camp offers the discerning traveler a luxury tented camp in the very heart of the Masai Mara. Kenya - Leleshwa Camp was designed with privacy, exclusivity as well as adventure in mind we ensure a warm and memorable Masai Mara safari. Game drives in the Masai Mara are unforgettable due to the abundance of wildlife and the spectacular landscapes, with gently rolling hills and wide-open plains, this is the quintessential African safari experience. Travelers to Leleshwa Camp can expect to encounter large numbers of animals year-round, with big herds of elephant, buffalo and other plains game. At Leleshwa Camp It is also common to see predator interaction, the Great Wildebeest Migration passes through the Leleshwa Camp Masai Mara for approximately three months each year, Game drives may last from a couple of hours to the whole day, with a picnic breakfast and lunch. If you are lucky enough to experience nature’s greatest spectacle, the Wildebeest Migration, it is a sight to behold. From July to November each year over two million wildebeest, zebra and gazelle embark on a cyclical movement through the Mara, driven by rainfall and the subsequent availability of grazing. Throughout their journey, the wildebeest face tremendous threats, crossing rivers teeming with wily crocodiles and encountering an abundance of predators following closely behind them. In November the short summer rains begin and the wildebeest move south to their Serengeti calving grounds. However, the ample resident wildlife of the Mara stays in place, ensuring an unforgettable safari experience at any time of the year. Lion and hyena can be encountered in the reserve, as can cheetah and leopard. The Mara is famous for its magnificent, black-maned lion and you stand a good chance of viewing these powerful animals on a game drive. Up to six species of vulture are found in the Mara and one or more of them may often be seen on the sidelines of a lion kill. The Masai Mara National Reserve is part of a huge conservation area that also includes the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in neighbouring Kenya. With no fences or man-made barriers, wildlife can move freely throughout this area, constantly recreating an ageless natural cycle. Explore our wilderness watching wildlife at close range, but without encroaching. Conservancy safaris are unlike anywhere else with off-road driving permitted and limits on vehicles. Our silver qualified guides belong to the top 5% in Kenya and their instincts and experience will provide superb wildlife opportunities whether you are photographer or animal enthusiast. Our customized 4WD vehicles are designed to give perfect views on safari whether your quarry is elephants, buffalo, impala or our fabled predator population. Mara Conservancies are the only area in East Africa where lion numbers are growing, this is not by co-incidence. Depending on our location, enjoy a full or half day game drives around the parks or conservancies. Your guide and tracker will set the route for your game drive depending upon the season and their local knowledge of where the best wildlife viewing is to be found. As the animals are most active during the early hours of the day, we recommend an early start with a mid-morning picnic breakfast pausing for lunch under a shaded tree. Your guide and tracker will set out a traditional picnic with ice cold drinks after which you can enjoy a siesta on the blankets and cushions, we provide before continuing your game drive. Explore a rich diversity of game and bird species in each of the areas. In private areas in the late afternoon, on your game drive, stop for a ‘sundowner’ cocktail to watch the sun set and prepare for your night drive back to camp. where you will discover many different nocturnal animals as well as predators coming out to hunt.

Game drives,

Watching wildlife at close range, but without encroaching on their space, is endlessly fascinating and the quintessence of every African safari or Kenya Holiday. Our guides’ instincts and safari experience will provide superb wildlife photography opportunities. Our customized 4WD safari vehicles are designed to give a perfect view.

Night game drives

Night Game Drives are offered to enable guests the chance to observe lesser seen nocturnal species. Our 4WD safari vehicles are fitted with a hand-held filtered spotlight for your convenience in the dark. Resident nocturnal species you may spot on your night drive include aardvark, genet, bat-eared fox, striped hyena, serval, honey badger, civet and zorilla. Night drives are available at siana conservancy

Modified photography vehicles

Modified photography vehicles provide photographers an extra lower edge in order to enable them to capture their award-winning shots. One side of the vehicle drops down, allowing photographers to lie flat and capture eye-level images in comfort, with soft padded flooring, lens platforms, and bean bags all provided. The vehicle is suitable for a maximum of 3 people and must be booked on an exclusive use basis. The privacy of your game drives in Siana conservancy are a welcome contrast to those in the Masai Mara and as we allow our vehicles to go off road you can get a real and private experience with the animals. We can offer walking safaris, sundowners and night game drives in Siana conservancy which are not permitted in the Masai mara park. This gives you a chance to stretch your legs and get close to the animals on foot, enjoy drinks in the bush while surrounded by the wildlife and follow the nocturnal animals while they are active at night. Just remember this is a rare experience not possible to those staying within the Masai Mara National Reserve. Being in our Siana conservancy also offers the benefit of not having to surround the camp with fences so you are fully immersed in the wildlife throughout your stay. All the inhabitants in the community are directly benefiting from the Siana conservancy and tourism Leleshwa brings. We lease the land from individual families and they get a fixed yearly lease and also a variable lease based on the number of tourist bed-nights we have. The creation of the Siana conservancy has also given us the opportunity to have frequent meetings with large groups of Masai to co-manage the conservancy company. This is a very important step as it gives the Masai a democratic and well-governed organization, which can work for the benefit of the community. Siana conservancy is now teaming with wild animals, we have: several prides of lions, hundreds of elephants, baboons, cheetahs, hyenas, leopards, buffalo and an abundance of plains game such as zebras, giraffes, antelopes and warthogs. Occasionally we even have black rhino and wild dogs passing in and out, and if you look closely, you may spot aardvarks, porcupines and bush babies. Bird life in the conservancy is also abundant and diverse.