Rekero Camp
Rekero Camp is located on the north bank of the Talek River, in an advantageous location in the centre of the Maasai Mara National Reserve. During the migration season in the months of July thru to October, the plains around the camp are thick with wildebeest.
The camp is approximately 3 kilometres upstream from the confluence of the Talek with the Mara, an important ‘bottleneck’ area favoured by predators. A former ranger post and overlanders’ campsite, this property is owned by one of the premier safari camp owners, Asilia Africa. Rekero is on the southern border of the Musiara sector of the national reserve. It faces the Sekenani sector across the Talek River, with a ford allowing easy access between the two (when not flooded during the rainy season), giving guests at the camp outstanding access to the bush, plains and marshes of both sectors.
Rekero Camp is a seasonal camp and is unfenced. The camp occupies 7 acres and is dismantled and removed every year, to allow the area’s riverine vegetation to regenerate. The camp’s main areas focus around its pretty lawn, which slopes gently from the lounge and mess tent to the riverbank, with informal, natural tropical gardens all around. Breakfast and lunch are usually served at large communal tables on the lawn, where guests mingle to share experiences or to do some birdwatching. The evening fire is either lit just off the lawn in the same area, or down on the riverfront. The lounge tent is a good size and well furnished with comfortable sofas and armchairs. The mess tent is fairly spartan, featuring a long, communal dining table and folding chairs.
Spaced well apart along the river, Rekero’s nine tents (including 2 family units) are located in the shade of thick forest, with views over the normally shallow waters of the Talek to the wooded banks on the far side and the plains of the Sekenani sector. Each of the tents is accessed by a private path leading from a main footpath cut through the bush to their rear. The nine tents are a very good size and has ample room to make one feel comfortable. Tall trees offer some shade and double fly sheets help to keep down daytime temperatures. There’s plenty of ventilation from very large screened windows on all sides: in addition, the thick bush growing close to the tents allows the screen covers to be kept unrolled without affecting privacy.
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