Little Governors’ Camp

A classic, authentic wonderful safari experience. A classic, authentic, wonderful safari experience. The camp is beautiful . The service and food were excellent. We would come back and recommend Little Governors to our friends. We saw the Big 5 and lots more. Everything was wonderful. We would change nothing. We even had hippo and elephant visitors. We always felt very safe. The staff was incredible.

Fantastic Experience We stayed at Little Governors for a week, which some people may think is too long but I’d have happily stayed for much longer. After a delay leaving Edinburgh, we were 24 hours late in arriving but it was absolutely worth it. Hillary greeted us on arrival, where we were also give a much needed welcome drink and our Governors Camp water bottle. It was straight to tent number 1 before heading off to meet our guide for the week as we ventured on our first afternoon game drive. We were with Koros for the week and couldn’t have asked for a better guide. We saw everything, including the black rhino and elusive serval cat. . He is so knowledgeable, patient, and great company. I will definitely be asking for him again when we go back.

We had Duncan and Felix as our waiters for the week too who were both wonderful and very friendly. Nothing was too much for them.

The food was incredible, catering well for both vegetarian and carnivores. I did ask for smaller portions towards the end of the week as I was struggling to eat everything. The choice and quality of the wine on offer was great, the rose wine in particular is delicious.

The tent was very comfortable and well equipped. It was Valentine’s Day and my Birthday when we were there, both marked by lovely little gestures including flowers, love heart chocolates, and a cake for my 40th. We also had a massage, which was lovely even if the warthogs were having a noisy squabble nearby but it’s all part of the experience!

You can safari on both sides of the river, which gives you plenty options and area for finding wildlife. I couldn’t really say which was better for sightings, they each have their benefits.

Overall, our stay was superb. You’ll never go wrong staying at Little Governors, it was somewhere I’d been looking at for a long time before we eventually decided to book and I’m so glad we did. It was the holiday of a lifetime and one we’re looking forward to repeating in future.

The rustic tents are just perfect, very clean & spacious Little Governors is just marvelous!!!!
The location is amazing, abundant wildlife & the staff are very friendly
Having stayed in several other properties, I find Little Governors Camp to be the climax of our safari. All our adventures there were truly memorable and look forward to another opportunity

Superb Had a three day stay with safari trips
The trips were amazing - the sheer numbers of wildlife and how close you can get up to them is mind boggling
The guides knowledge is amazing and they are super friendly. The best bit is they know the way and can find the way back! Ours was Tom who was brill
The camp itself was excellent. Tents were home from home with good solar powered showered and proper toilet
The food was excellent quality considering you are in the middle of the nowhere !
All The staff were amazing - very friendly and always helpful
Early morning safari with breakfast on the jeep is to be recommended. As is afternoon safari with drinks in the sunset
The flight in was part of the experience
Can’t recommend this enough

Home from Home with friendly 5 star service - perfect Safari location This was a return visit to Little Governor's Camp after 2 years, and was combined with a stay at Mugie.

It was great to see the same high quality of service, friendliness, food, and wildlife guiding that we found on our first trip. The camp itself site on the edge of the Mara Triangle Conservancy, with access to either the conservancy area or the Maasia Mara reserve. Getting across the river is a a bit of an effort, especially for people less mobile, as it involves steps and sitting in a boat that is pulled across. But the helpful staff ensurre my partner was helped slowly ("pole pole").

Once at the camp, you will be greated by the camp management, including Kenneth the chef, who discussed dietary needs. The food is excellent, for all meals, and also very ample provisions for safari breakfasts, and safari lunch if you choose to stay out all day. Delicious chilled soups, Indian-inspired disshes with quality Kenya produce and flavours. Very glad to see the delicious pre-dinner snacks or samosas and bruschettas served, including vegetarian options.

Out tent was cosy, with spacious wash and shower area. The bed was very comfortable , and warm. The steward will put water bottles in as it can get chilly in the evening. The tents have plenty of warm water, and separate drinkable water tap via reverse osmosis. No problems with electricity, using UK 3pin or USB sockets for charging cameras, phones etc. I miss my wake-up hot chocolate now I am home - very welcome to get motivated for the morning sadari drive.

Always felt safe with the guards keeping a watch for the wilder animals, and escorting you around the camp after dusk. The camp is unfenced, so always possible to see, and definitely hear, hippos, elephant and even cats pasing close or through the camp.

Safari drives are the reason we come here (yes there is a massage service if you want to relax at camp, but the wildlife is what we wanted). The guides are excellent, very knowledgeable, and great spotters. I particularly wanted to see lots of birds, and Bernard and Koros deliverered. Even an owl, which we thought would be a touch one. Plenty of lion, elephant, zebra, giraffe, gazelle etc, also hyena, jackals, two servals, monitor lizards, crocodiles. Sadly no leopard on this trip - but gives an excuse for a return in future.

Drives can be as long or short as you wish - we did an 11 hour drive with breakfast and lunch on one day, and 5-6 hour morning drives and 2-3 hour evening drives on other days. Alwas something new and different to see.

And when back at camp you can relax with drinks, cocktails and pre-dinner nibbles, with Kennedy and the bar tem looking after you as you share your experiences with the small number of other other guests.

We flew in and out with Governors' Aviation, which as before was comfortable, friendly and convenient on timings.

We intend to go back to the Mara in a couple of years, and very much hope to be at Little Governors' again.

Good place to stay in Mara Little Governor’s was a property that our Travel Agent had highly recommended. It is inside Masai Mara, have to cross a river to go to the camp and there are wild animals roaming all around - no electric fence to keep them away. The Food was amazing, and by that I mean each and every meal. Service exemplary. Abu the manager will come and check on us every now and then. We had a request to change the car (as Kids wanted car with higher platform seating) and it was promptly taken care of. One of the days, on way back from dinner, by mistake I told Solomon our server and someone else also to send Tea to the tent. And both of them showed up with Tea. This showed their commitment to service and making sure that guests are comfortable. The tent itself is like a Glamping experience. It is comfortable and clean. Our guide Collins was quite knowledgeable. The safaris here felt quite exclusive as mostly we will see only a handful of cars. This our guide told us is due to the location as most of the resorts are on other side of Mara. We had an opportunity to see Lions attacking a buffalo - with probably 4-5 other cars around. At Amboseli and Ol Pajeta National parks, there would be atleast 50 cars in similar situation. Overall a great place to stay and experience Mara.

Perfect 4 nights! We stayed at Little Governors Camp as the first stop of our honeymoon. It surpassed all our expectations and had the best time! The staff made us feel so special as it was our honeymoon. It is quite expensive to stay but was truly a once in a lifetime experience. Each day we had 3 safari drives (early morning, mid morning and afternoon). On some days we combined the early morning and mid morning drive and had a breakfast in the bush. Our guide was so knowledgeable and we saw some amazing animals in their natural habitat. I liked how we went at a quieter time of year so there wasn’t too many cars out.

The food was incredible and wasn’t expecting such delicious food given the remote location. Each day was a different 3 course meal for lunch and dinner. The head chef would always come and ask for feedback but honestly it was so good we didn’t even have any. Everything was also made from scratch including a different desert. The crackers for the cheese platter were so delicious and also home made. My husband loved the chocolate cake they made one day that they even made him another for our last night there.

We also went on the Governors Balloon safari which was within our camp so that meant we didn’t have to wake up too early. It was incredible and again a once in a lifetime experience. It ended with a champagne breakfast.

We loved how much the resort truly focussed on feedback and constantly looking to improve. The staff made the stay so wonderful as they are so happy and truly seem to enjoy working at the camp. We hope to come back and visit again one day!

Fantastic tented camp Fantastic tented camp in the Masai Mara. I stayed from three nights as a member of a small birding group. The tent is lovely; spacious and well equipped with a gorgeous bathroom and shower. The camp sits on a marsh and we saw many many mammals and birds right in camp. The staff were all really friendly and helpful. One evening guard (the camp is not behind a fence so all the animals can and we discovered do walk through camp!) named Jimmy was particularly helpful and showed us a bushbaby by the kitchen area before dinner. The food is great and served quickly. If you happen to have a birthday while there the singing Maasai group will entertain the dining area with singing and dancing. The camp sits in a quieter area of the park so fewer vehicles. We had elephants, giraffe, warthogs in camp and during the night could hear the snorting hippos. The laundry is included in the cost as are both soft drinks and house wines which is a nice touch. There is Wi-Fi but is slow - but then the camp is in the middle of nowhere. Our game drive driver, Robert was great really attentive to the needs and desires of the group.. A wonderful place to stay

Wonderful camp in the Masai Mara reserve We stayed here for 2 nights at the end of June at the recommendation of our Go2Africa travel agent, who recommended this camp for a Masai Mara safari. We were really impressed by the main camp area and our tent, which was basic but comfortable with running hot water in the bathroom, comfortable bed, and in room WiFi. It gets chilly at night so the hot water bottles placed in the bed at night are such a nice touch. They provide complimentary laundry service which we took advantage of and they did a great job of getting our clothes clean and returning on time given we were only here 2 nights. The overall service was wonderful and the camp was so well organised, just the right size where the staff would remember your name…and the views from the camp are amazing. The location was idyllic and you are so well placed to go on exciting game drives. The food was consistently good and all the staff were so amazing and very friendly. Our guide Johnson was a very knowledgeable guide and always knew where to drive to for us to see amazing wildlife. The tea and biscuit in the morning was a nice wake up. I highly recommend a stay here if you really want to experience the wild.