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Reviews of Naboisho Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

52 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Naboisho Camp and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Jul-2018, 21 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Naboisho Camp.
Lion

100% success

Leopard

80% success

Cheetah

95% success

Wild dog

12% success

Buffalo

100% success

Elephant

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Spotted Hyena

100% success

Zebra

100% success

Hippo

95% success

Wildebeest

95% success

Eland

85% success

Striped Hyena

6% success

Aardvark

0% success

Black Rhino

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Showing 11-20 of 52
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Arrival date
Mrs K.
Gravesend

"Naboisho Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 12 Oct 2022
"Once again great welcome at the airstrip ,we saw plenty of wild life on the way to camp ,great welcome at the camp from Sushail ,Maggie and Vivian arrived in time for an amazing lunch .We chose not to do an afternoon drive as we wanted to catch up with guests we met at Ol Pejeta so made use of the pool and where we were served sundowners and snacks by the amazing lenny .

We were introduced to our guide Benjamin who again was amazing and knowledgeable and once again it was just us in the truck with him so made the drives very personal ..the conservancy again was private which again makes a big difference re other trucks and the guides are so respectful of not encroaching on the animals ,such a variety of wild life here and amazing bird life

The camp itself is open and looks out over the plains you really feel like you are in the bush ,The tents are extremely comfortable with the option of bucket showers or normal showers

The food ,once again,was amazing both lunch and dinner nothing too much trouble …breakfast normally taken during your morning drive ..Benjamin always found a beautiful location .We had the most amazing last night sundowners with the camp cocktail bar set up with a beautiful fire overlooking the plains ..thanks to Issac it was magical

Also thanks to junior and Marco who walked us back to our tent in the evening" See all these reviews: 11n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

5 sightings

Cheetah

6 sightings

Eland

10 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

4 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

7 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Sovrila
Sovrila

"Naboisho Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 9 Jun 2022
"Naboisho is a spectacular camp, its the perfect combination of luxury living with tailored advanced safari.

The camp itself is a true immersive experience. Located on the plains I saw lions roaming around in the distance whilst I was sitting out on the veranda. During the evening whilst in my tent I could hear the roar from a lioness. This camp was the closest I felt to being completely surrounded by wildlife, a unique experience that I could not have imagined would be possible.

This was not a case of seeing animals in the distance and taking photos, it was close, up front proximity to wildlife, seeing how they lived, ate and survived.

Safari at Naboisho was everything I had dreamed of. Even the drive from the airstrip to the camp felt like a game drive, we saw three cheetahs within 10 minutes. The plains are beautifully green and picture perfect. The wildlife is incredible, everywhere you look there is wildlife, from the herds of elephants to the cats, giraffe, hyena, hippos and crocs…..we didn’t know where to look! I didn’t ever feel like I had to search for an animal as they were everywhere. I didn’t need to keep reaching for my binoculars as they were metres away. It didn’t feel crowded or littered with jeeps, it felt peaceful. Evening drinks watching a pride of 20 odd lionesses with their cubs metres away was a perfect way to end each day.

The safari experience at Naboisho is perhaps the best you could ever get. However, the true stars of the show are the staff. Each and every member are dedicated to ensuring you get the most out of your experience, from management to the Askari that walk you to your tent each night.

My guide Evelyn was superb, there were no time limits on the game drives she was happy to be out as long as we wanted to be. We completely tailored our experience and Evelyn was only too happy to stay out for 10 hours with us so we could watch three cheetahs in their desperate pursuit for food. Seeing these three brothers hunt together, the failed attempts, unrelenting determination and eventual success was incredible. Evelyn organised lunch and breakfast to come to us and ensured that we had the best time ever single day. She wanted to know what we wanted to see and made it her mission to ensure that we saw it. She comes highly recommended to anyone that visits Naboisho.


The food at Naboisho is delicious and the service is impeccable. The pool was a great way to cool off during the day. The tent is very comfortable and the outside shower was a luxurious touch.

Naboisho is truly a special place. Everything was perfect, From the moment we met our guide Evelyn to the moment we left. This camp was a home away from home, the staff felt like family and I felt a true sadness when I left them and promised to return." See all these reviews: 7n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

5 sightings

Cheetah

6 sightings

Eland

3 sightings

Elephant

5 sightings

Giraffe

6 sightings

Hippo

3 sightings

Lion

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

4 sightings

Wildebeest

8 sightings

Zebra

8 sightings

Mr and Mrs B
London

"Naboisho Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 5 Feb 2022
"Absolutely amazing!!

Naboisho camp was fantastic in every way possible - the food was incredible, the staff so friendly, the rooms great (the right level of luxury) and most of all the safari itself was out of this world.

We saw so much wildlife and learned so much information from our brilliant guide Lucas. We did a walking safari which we will never forget and I’d highly recommend.

This trip was for our honeymoon and staying at Naboisho was the perfect start." See all these reviews: 13n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Cheetah

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

The VD family
London

"Heavenly out of Africa"

2 nights Arrived 3 Dec 2021
"Naboisho Camp was for us the best of the best.

It started with a very warm welcome from everyone when we arrived. The staff is extremely friendly, professional, helpful and warm. The setting is amazing with incredible views. The tents are very spacious and very comfortable. The food delicious and well catered for a difficult traveler like me who is gluten and diary free.

Our driver/guide Evalyn is an incredible person and very refreshing to see a female guide. She really made every drive exceptional and made sure we were always in the best spot at the right time. Her bird knowledge was also exceptional. We saw so many things we never seen before from the jackals killing an impala, lions having a kill,... abundant wildlife in Naboisho!

We cannot wait to go back to this little paradise!" See all these reviews: 8n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

10 sightings

Cheetah

10 sightings

Eland

10 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Leopard

2 sightings

Lion

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

10 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr & Mrs G
PA

"First class in all respects."

4 nights Arrived 17 Oct 2019
"Staff was outstanding. Particularly liked the Masai garb.

Would have preferred more walking.

Evelyn was a joy as well as John, Daniel, Lucas, Marsi, Alex" See all these reviews: 7n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Cheetah

10 sightings

Hippo

2 sightings

Leopard

2 sightings

Lion

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

8 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Dr R.
Colombo 5

"Naboisho Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 5 Oct 2019
"Superb upper end camp with great food, facilities and guiding. We had excellent sighting during a four night/five day stay, one of which days we drove to Masai Mara National Reserve.

In Naboisho we saw a large number of lions, including one pride feeding on a zebra. We also had an excellent sighting of a cheetah. We are also bird watchers and we were able to see many species.

Our driver/guide Daniel was excellent and did some amazing spotting. His bird knowledge was also exceptional, I can't recall even one bird he wasn't able to immediately identify, no matter how brief the initial sighting was." See all these reviews: 9n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

10 sightings

Cheetah

1 sighting

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Lion

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Ms M.
London

"Tented luxury!"

3 nights Arrived 6 Feb 2019
"How can our room be called a tent??? It was bigger than many studio flats in London! Obviously, it was not as stunning as our rooms in Meru and Lewa but it was extraordinary for what it was, and we were very comfortable in it. The food was very good, with a buffet lunch and choice for the main course in the evening.

The management and staff were friendly and knowledgeable and, again, our guide was excellent. He (Daniel) knew our passion for the big cats and ensured we saw them as much possible, whilst also showing us all the other animals. He even found us three tiny lion cubs in the dark, which no-one else saw. The variety and number of animals was far and away the best we saw.

The hot water bottle in the jeep in the early morning was a very nice touch, as was the campfire in the evening." See all these reviews: 12n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Sightings Report

Buffalo

1 sighting

Cheetah

5 sightings

Eland

2 sightings

Elephant

3 sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

1 sighting

Leopard

3 sightings

Lion

6 sightings

Spotted Hyena

2 sightings

Wildebeest

6 sightings

Zebra

6 sightings

Mr & Mrs L
Herts

"Naboisho Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 25 Sep 2018
"A different environment to Rekero, there being more acacia trees and no river running next to the camp.

Tent, staff, food, guiding - all first class. Elephants are the problem at this camp and one knocked down a tree right next our tent one night. We saw a lot more game from this camp than Rekero and less other tour jeeps.

We also had the interesting (to us) experience of medical help out in the bush....my wife was worried about a toe going sceptic, so she had a video link to a doctor in Jo'burg who was able to give good advice (and later we bought some anti biotics in Zanzibar). All a bit different from nipping down to your GP (and frankly, more efficient!)." See all these reviews: 5n in Zanzibar; 5n in Kenya; 3n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

4 sightings

Cheetah

4 sightings

Eland

2 sightings

Elephant

3 sightings

Giraffe

3 sightings

Hippo

3 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

3 sightings

Spotted Hyena

3 sightings

Wildebeest

3 sightings

Zebra

3 sightings

Mrs P
Horsham

"Wonderful time at Nabisco "

4 nights Arrived 2 Sep 2018
"Lovely camp although long walk to tent (see general comments). No fence so animals roamed over camp land. Location wonderful - could watch dawn breaking from bed!

Hot water bottles in bed and on drives!

Good hosts, again brilliant guide ( Dixon)

Visit to Mara - didn't see any migration but could relate what we saw of the hundreds and hundreds of wildebeest and zebras and the crossing points to the iconic picture that is seen worldwide about it." See all these reviews: 12n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

3 sightings

Cheetah

4 sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

6 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

4 sightings

Spotted Hyena

2 sightings

Striped Hyena

2 sightings

Wild dog

1 sighting

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Dr H
Sussex

"Naboisho Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 2 Sep 2018
"Lovely views from tent. Excellent game viewings, lions feeding on a buffalo, and large pride feeding on wildebeest. Watched cheetahs with cubs.

Another excellent guide found leopards.

Interesting drive to the Mara river, but no crossings.

Weather again colder than expected." See all these reviews: 12n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Sightings Report

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Cheetah

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

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