Rekero Camp

Rekero offers 7 Standard Guest Tents which can comfortably accommodate 2 people. The tents sit in the forest shade along the river so can stay nice and cool without compromising guests’ privacy. Designed in the traditional safari style, their décor is aptly simple yet stylish. The tent’s main area consists of a bedroom with either a double or twin beds, a writing desk with a mirror, and ample storage space. To the rear is an en suite bathroom with a shower and flushing loo. A veranda has been added to the front of each tent with more than enough space for chairs or a daybed to relax and take in the scenic surroundings.

There are 2 additional tents specially suited to families or groups and are fitted with the same amenities as the Standard Tents. They are the closest to the main areas of the camp and can comfortably sleep 5, possibly 6 at a squeeze! The Family Tents have 2 bedrooms and a shared en suite, however Rekero is working to expanding these tents so each bedroom has its own private en suite.

Rekero provides all meals and drinks for its guests, and meals are usually shared communally in the dining tent or the decking outside. For breakfast, guests can enjoy either a light continental buffet or a full English, as well as fresh fruit and juices. At lunch, chefs serve a great variety of healthy dishes including salads and curries. Guests are treated to a lovely afternoon tea with cakes, tea and coffee, and can share drinks and canapés around the outdoor campfire before a delicious 3-course dinner. Picnics can be prepared and taken out on game drives to be enjoyed in the bush. And if private dining is more your style, it can easily be arranged without any hassle.

Wildlife viewing is the centrepiece of the Rekero safari experience. There are morning and afternoon, and all-day game drives and can be tailored specifically to you depending on interests and preferences. Rekero’s safari vehicles come with charging ports, mini-fridges for cold drinks, and are all open-sided to enhance wildlife sightings and photography as much as possible.

As the sun rises take to the skies for one of the most iconic and romantic safari experiences. Glide silently over the Mara plains and take in the beautiful scenery and undisturbed wildlife below. After landing, guests will be treated to a champagne bush breakfast to finish your day with a flourish!

A great bonus of staying at Rekero is the chance of visiting a local Maasai village for an invaluable opportunity to learn about their way of life. Some of these villages are actually where many of the staff at Rekero live so you’ll have the privilege of a really intimate cultural experience as you’re welcomed into their homes.

Asilia understands that nature and humans are inseparable partners. They endeavour to support local areas, projects and communities through revenue and awareness created through tourism. Every year Asilia releases a report on the Positive Impact projects to show how these efforts have come to fruition and made real changes. Over 2018 and 2019, Positive Impact made contributions to:

• Offsetting 1,505 tonnes of CO2
• 44 scholarships
• Chimpanzee Habitation protection
• Community and Conservation projects
• Training local staff
• Developing economies

Asilia works closely with the Maa Trust, an organisation that aims to increase the benefits of conservation for Maasai families and empower local people, and especially local women, by promoting small business start-ups. They share the belief that education is the key to the success of conservancies in the Mara and the greater ecosystem. Asilia supports two of their main projects – Maa Beadwork and Maa Honey. The Maa Beadwork project generates the most income for women and ‘currently employs 579 women who craft beautiful beadwork that is sold at camps within the Mara Conservancies’.

This income allows these women to become financially stable and independent, and provide for their families and communities. The Maa Honey project combines the need to support African bee populations with the need for sustainable incomes. Honey from the hives owned by local women is gathered and sold to different camps across the Mara, including Asilia’s Rekero camp.

Through Rekero camp, Asilia also contributes to animal protection initiatives including the Mara Elephant Project, the Rhino Ark and the Mara Predator Conservation Programme. These initiatives work to protect animal species and their habitats to ensure their populations can be sustained safely. Revenue from Asilia goes towards things like equipment, training and resources that are all vital to keeping the wildlife safe.

• Mara Elephant Project – the MEP was established in 2011 to protect elephant populations in the Maasai Mara region who have been threatened by human expansion, deforestation and poaching. In collaboration with their partners, the MEP carries out their three-step approach of ‘monitor, evaluate, and protect’.
• Rhino Ark – the Rhino Ark was set up in 1998 to help save the black rhinos of Kenya. They are committed to creating harmony between the human and natural worlds where neither has a damaging impact on the other. Their initial project was setting up an electric fence along sections of the Aberdare National Park to prevent wildlife crossing into farmland and damaging crops as well as to hinder poaching and other threats to the animals.
• Mara Predator Conservation Programme – The MPC is committed to protecting predator populations, with focus on lions and cheetahs. Their 3 central goals are to educate people in the importance of predators in the ecosystem, to make sure that stakeholders collect and pass on sound information to conservation projects, and to support stable and healthy predator populations in the Greater Mara ecosystem.

Water waste from the camp goes through grease taps, which are cleaned on a monthly basis, and if needed through a septic tank, before draining into soak pits. Water is then cleaned and recycled through reverse osmosis to be used again safely. Solid waste is divided into types so it can be dealt with accordingly and waste that can’t be effectively reused on the camp is taken to Nairobi for recycling. Plastics have been replaced with glass and metal where possible, especially for things like water bottles and containers.

Rekero is phasing out use of generators for a power supply and finding eco-friendly alternatives to reduce the camp’s carbon emissions. The camp keeps constant track of its emissions and energy usage so it can actively work to counterbalance this and put alternative measures in place. Solar energy is used to heat guest showers and the camp is running more and more on solar power. Energy-saving lightbulbs and LEDs are installed all over the camp to reduce light pollution and energy consumption.