Porini Rhino Camp | The Safari Awards

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Best Value Safari Property - 2025: Nominee
Best Value Safari Property - 2024: Finalist
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Best Safari Guiding Team - 2010: Finalist

All you need to know

Intro

The Porini safari camps are traditional bush camps with spacious guest tents and mobile tented structures minimising environmental impact but still providing comfortable accommodation with solar powered electricity and eco-friendly amenities. Porini Rhino Camp is in a secluded valley, on the banks of a seasonal river and under the shade of acacia trees. This high-quality camp is located within Ol Pejeta Conservancy, a vast 90000-acre wildlife area between the Aberdares and the majestic Mount Kenya. The conservancy is home to a variety of animals including the “Big Five”. It is the largest sanctuary in East Africa for the endangered Black Rhino and is also a sanctuary for rescued chimpanzees.

Highlights
  • Morning, evening and night shared game drives. (Private vehicles available at a supplement).
  • Escorted walks with Maasai Guides
  • Sundowners included
  • The opportunity to see the Big Five
  • Meet Baraka the Black Rhino
  • Chimpanzee Sanctuary
  • Optional visit to Endangered Species Boma to see World’s last Northern White Rhino
  • Optional Lion Tracking excursion
  • Option to add a 2, 3 or 4 Day Walking Safari in your itinerary
Need To Know

Porini Rhino Camp is helping accomplish the Conservancy’s aims of generating profits from wildlife tourism for reinvesting into community development in the local area.The camp staff is drawn from different Kenyan communities including members of the Maasai community from our conservancy projects at Selenkay in Amboseli and Olkinyei and Olare Motorogi in the Mara. The camp adheres to strict eco-friendly and responsible eco tourism principles.

Safaris

The Conservancy ensures excellent game-viewing and game drives – with “proper” open-sided, off-road (4×4) safari vehicles and expert safari guides. Morning, evening and night shared game drives. (Private vehicles available at a supplement).
Escorted walks with Maasai Guides and Sundowners included.

The opportunity to see the Big Five. 

  • Meet Baraka the Black Rhino
  • Visit the only Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Kenya
Wildlife

Porini Rhino Camp within the Ol Pejeta wildlife conservancy provides fantastic “Big Five” game viewing and the unique opportunity to get close to the endangered Black Rhino and visit 3 of the World’s last 4 remaining Northern White Rhino. Wild dogs have been sighted here too. 

Quick Facts

Region
Africa
Property Type
Safari Tented Camp ( less than 20 tents)
Average Stay

We recommend a two to three nights so as to enoy all the activities and learn about the conservation projects of Ol Pejeta. 

Average Price

From $375 all inclusive package. Includes:- Full board accommodation. Soft drinks, beer, house wine, gin & tonic, mineral water. Day & night shared game drives in open-sided 4x4 vehicle with qualified  guides. Sundowners from scenic viewing points & walks with maasai warriors. Local conservancy airstrip transfers.  Daily conservancy fees &  visit to the Chimpanzee Sanctuary.

Child Policy

Child Policy:    The camp is not suitable for children under 8 years of age.    

  • 1 child pays 60% of per person sharing rates when sharing with 2 adults in 1 tent & the 2 adults pay per person sharing rates each.
  • 8 - 16 years    1 child pays 60% of per person sharing rates when sharing with 1 adult BUT the 1 adult pays full single tent rate.
  • 2 children in own tent pay 75% of per person sharing rates each, 3rd child in same tent pays 75% of per person sharing rate.    
Accommodation

The camp consists of just seven spacious and comfortable guest tents, each having been carefully sited to take advantage of the wonderful surrounding views.  Each tent is tastefully furnished and has solar-power lighting and ensuite hot shower and flush toilet. The camp is specially designed to have minimum environmental impact (with no permanent structures and using eco-friendly fuel). 

Accolades

WINNER OF WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2016 : Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Safari Camps have won “Kenya’s Leading Safari Camp Brand” for the third time in the 23rd World Travel Awards – the “Oscars of the Travel Industry”!

TRIPADVISOR CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE HALL OF FAME : The Porini Safari Camps have been listed in the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Hall of Fame. This unique accolade is granted only to those businesses that have won the Certificate of Excellence for at least five years in a row. The Certificate of Excellence is earned by receiving consistently great travel reviews

Season

Closed from April 15th to 31st May every year. Wonderful experience for the rest of the year. 
A 20% deposit is required to confirm a booking and the balance due 45 days before clients arrival except in high season where balance is due 60 days before clients arrival (High season is from 20 Dec to 31 Mar & 01 Jul to 31 Oct).

Region
Africa
Property Type
Safari Tented Camp ( less than 20 tents)
Best Safari Experience

The Porini camp manager, David Githaiga, was an absolutely lovely host and the camp itself was spectacularly beautiful! Definitely my favorite! Well off the beaten path with animals all around!

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12-03-2024 @ 6:32pm
Best Ecologically Responsible Safari Property

Loved location in conservancy with minimal footprint and overlooking watering hole

11-03-2024 @ 1:03pm
Best Value Safari Property

Exceeded our expectations

V
10-03-2024 @ 5:30pm
Best Ecologically Responsible Safari Property

Camp can be removed with no trace of habitation left.

V
10-03-2024 @ 5:30pm
Best Community Focused Safari Property

Look after their staff.

V
10-03-2024 @ 5:30pm
Best Safari Guiding Team

Guides know best positions re light for photographers

V
10-03-2024 @ 5:30pm
Best Safari Experience

Exceeded expectations. Nice and personal.

V
10-03-2024 @ 5:30pm
Best Ecologically Responsible Safari Property

Profit from tourism here pays for vast areas of land to be set aside and protected for wildlife

RP
03-03-2024 @ 1:10pm
Best Community Focused Safari Property

The camp land is leased at a fair rate from the Maasai community who also benefit from employment in and around the camp

RP
03-03-2024 @ 1:10pm
Best Safari Guiding Team

All guides are accredited by the Kenya Professional Safari Guide Association and all are friendly and have excellent knowledge of the flora and fauna

RP
03-03-2024 @ 1:10pm
Best Safari Experience

Sundowners, bush meals, walking safaris, game drives in customised 4x4 safari vehicles, all meals and drinks and activities included and all of Africa's iconic animals can be seen here

RP
03-03-2024 @ 1:10pm

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