Sarara Camp

an unusually remote safari area

Sarara Camp is located in the Mathews Range area of northcentral Kenya.

The original property here at Sarara was first established as a tented camp back in 1997 by Piers and Hilary Bastard, in support of local conservation efforts. Today over 4000 elephants have returned to the Mathews Range, followed by a host of other wildlife, which gets richer with every passing year. The lodge was substantially rebuilt and upgraded to its present form in 2008 and is now hosted by son Jeremy and his girlfriend Katie.

Sarara Camp is set high on a remote mountainside. It is centred on a rustic main building, leading out onto a lovely swimming pool.

Rooms

Guest accommodation at Sarara Camp is in just six tented suites under thatch, each with a private outdoor bathroom and terrace with broad views.

Activities

Sarara Camp provides the following guided activities, not all of which are necessarily included in the room rate …

• Vehicle safari
• Camel safari
• Walking safari
• Mountain hiking
• Elephant sanctuary visits
• Cultural interaction
• Scenic flights to the far north
• Bivouac camping

The Mathews Range is a remote safari area which offers a very wide range of activities, but where wildlife viewing is inherently less productive than more popular areas like the Maasai Mara. As a result, this area tends to appeal most to more experienced safari travellers, for whom the quality of sightings is more important than the quantity.

The usual stay duration is 4-7 nights.

Seasonality

The best time to visit the Mathews Range is generally considered to be the Jun-Feb dry season, but seasonality is low here and there are very good reasons to visit during other months. In fact during Jan-Mar the Mathews Range often enjoys the best conditions of any safari area in Kenya.

Getting there

The Mathews Range is usually accessed by light aircraft from Nairobi and distant safari locations like Maasai Mara and Amboseli.

The area is often combined in trips with other parts of this region such as Lewa and Samburu, with which it can be connected by road).

tends to appeal most to experienced safari travellers