Rekero is a simple but comfortable tented camp beautifully positioned on the Talek River, within the Mara Reserve in a prime location.
It has recently been refurbished and offers seven spacious twin or double tents and two family tents, all perched among the riverine forest. The family tents are closest to the main areas. The camp's communal areas feature a wrap-around deck with river views, a small library, and a comfortable sitting room.
The camp sits in one of the Mara Reserve's best game-viewing areas at the heart of the migration action. A migration crossing point on the Talek River is a short distance from the dining area, and the main Mara River is a short drive away. The one drawback of its location is the number of other tourist vehicles you will encounter during the high season , especially at significant sightings, including migration 'crossings'; the Rekero guides do their best to manage this as far as possible. We recommend staying at this camp only from October to June, as the area can be busy outside of these months.
About This Area
The Masai Mara Game Reserve is world-famous and offers some of Africa's most beautiful landscapes. Its rolling grasslands seem to go on forever, bisected by numerous watercourses, some of the bigger ones lined with riverine forests. It potentially offers the best game viewing in Africa.
The Mara Serengeti ecosystem straddles the border of Kenya and Tanzania. The Mara Reserve sits within that ecosystem; it is about 1,500 square kilometres, which is vast compared to many of the surrounding conservancies. But even more extraordinary is that it is part of an enormous contiguous wilderness of over 30,000 square kilometres, including the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and Maswa. That's about the size of Belgium. Wildebeest, zebra, elephants, eland, leopards, and cheetah traverse hundreds of kilometres over this land.
Choosing the right location within the ecosystem, the right guide and the right season are of utmost importance, possibly more important than any other factors when planning your trip. We feel that the Mara Reserve still holds some of the finest safari experiences anywhere in Africa; the wildlife is phenomenal year-round, with an incredible variety of different animals and good numbers of predators. However, it is essential to avoid some parts of the Mara Reserve during the few months of the peak tourist season as they can suffer terribly from overcrowding, which can detract from your experience
Rekero Camp
