Destinations Services Limited

At the Mara North Conservancy we have the Elephant Pepper Camp in Masai Mara. It is located in the middle of a 3600sq km wilderness. The camp is seasonal and closed for 2 months of the year namely April and May. It is situated next to a waterhole so in the dry periods there is lots of plains game around the camp.

What makes this camp unique?

1. Traditional Style Tented Camp
2. Location
3. Highly Qualified Guides

Accommodation

It has 7 en suite tents of which 3 are doubles and 4 are twin tents. There is 1 en suite honeymoon/family tent. There is a new tent making the camp have 9. Two of the tents are set on even higher raised platforms to take advantage of the camps incredible views across the savannah plains. There is a new viewing deck to take in the Masai Mara's abundant game either while enjoying sundowners,bush meals or daytime excursions from the camp. EPC runs 100% of solar power. The maximum that the camp can accommodate at any one time is 22. The spacious canvas tents are comfortably furnished with en suite bathrooms, traditional safari showers and eco-friendly flush toilets.

Activities

1. Day & Night (pre-dinner) Game drives
2. Guided Bush Walks
3. Bush Breakfasts
4. Sundowners
5. Cultural Visits

Responsible Tourism

1. EPC was instrumental in forming the Mara North Conservancy. The conservancy protects the wilderness by maintaining the area for solely wildlife conservancy use. It also ensures that the 750 maasai landowners have a stable revenue
2. EPC has helped to initiate the bringing of water to schools in the area
3. It has also helped homesteads in the area translocate and transport their building materials for them in order to reduce the need for tree felling
4. Most of the staff at the camp are employed from the community
5. EPC usually insists on the guests visiting the Maasai Villages so as to give the guests direct contact with the local people so as to build friendships and gives tourism a real face
6. Revenue for land rent goes directly to the community landowners
7. The whole camp is removable with no cement poured
8. Rubbish is responsibly recycled with separated glass given to the East African Women’s League which runs the Glass for Glasses project