Cottar’s 1920s Camp

Olderkesi Conservancy-Luxury Masai Mara Safari camp

Cottar’s Private Bush Villas

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6 days Classic Explorer Mara Safari

Rich Cultures and Game Changing Conservation Safari

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The Game Changers Safari

Bush Villas Safari

Bush and Beach Villas Safari

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The award-winning Cottar’s 1920s Safari Camp and private Bush Villa are located in the famous ‘seventh’ natural wonder of the world, the Maasai Mara in Kenya. Offering a bespoke safariexperience, it’s owned and managed by the oldest established and continuing safari family in Africa.The Cottar family provide genuinely stunning wildlife and wilderness experiences, engaging in the original spirit and essence of ‘safari’: an abundance of wildlife, a guarantee of privacy, and the highest standards of professional guiding, in a luxurious and authentic safari environment

Accommodation-Luxury Tents

The camp has nine tents in total (two unique honeymoon tents, four double tents and three family tents), all with en suite bathrooms. The family tents are open-plan and have living rooms with fireplaces. The entire camp is situated to ensure that tents are private and quiet whether for honeymooners or families with young children. The camp has two main mess tent areas for fine dining, drinking, reading and relaxing, and an amazing pool and spa where guests can relax after a game drive. Guests can also enjoy a traditional canvas safari bath, a genuinely unique way of bathing specifically set up on the tent’s verandah, with views out over the plains. The location of the camp provides easy access for day and night wildlife drives in the Maasai Mara National Reserve and the Olderkesi Conservancy, wildlife walks, and cultural interactions with the Maasai community.

Cottar’s Private Bush Villa-Elegant and unforgettable, the only real luxury private villa in the Maasai Mara, Kenya.

Cottar’s Bush Villa recently won the World Travel Award for Africa’s Leading Luxury Private Villa 2016 and is Global Eco-sphere Retreat accredited. The award-winning villa borders the latest addition to the ‘7th Wonders of the World’, the Maasai Mara and Serengeti game reserves. The Bush Villa provides a luxury private stay option for up to 12 guests and comes complete with its’ own private 25 meter swimming pool. Offering an abundance of wildlife, a guarantee of privacy, and the highest standards of professional guiding in a luxurious and elegant safari environment.

A Family Safari-

Cottars specialise in safe, educational, exhilarating and authentic experiences for families

We’re a studio in Berlin with an international practice in aWith action-packed itineraries, infinite options for every mood, and all-included logistics, we’ve got every family member covered, from grandparents to grandchildren. It’ll be a fantastic first adventure for the kids. And for the older ones, it’s the ideal journey to tune in, reconnect and watch your family be captivated by Africa. Enjoy an adrenaline-filled, life-enriching experience where they see and feel first-hand our responsibility to protect our planet. Every last aspect has been anticipated, planned, and arranged, from itineraries to logistics to payments. Our cool and collected team, who have hosted families of all sizes before, are constantly on hand to ensure that everyone is taken care of.

Activities & Experiences

The Cottar family provide genuinely stunning wildlife and wilderness experiences, engaging in the original spirit and essence of ‘safari’: an abundance of wildlife, a guarantee of privacy, and the highest standards of professional guiding, in a luxurious and authentic safari environment.

Balloon Ride over the Maasai Mara
Coffee Tasting Experience
Cottar’s famous traditional canvas bush bath
Wildlife Drives
Wilderness run/walk with a Maasai Warrior
Maasai Warrior singing and dancing
Pool time
Professional Photography Experience
Spa treatments
Stargazing Experience
Swimming and or fishing at the waterfall

New ExperiencesFocused

The Cottars’ have developed unique, purpose-driven experiences that contribute to sustainability. Louise Cottar, co-owner, explains: ‘Luxury safaris and the Big 5 wildlife experience have become commonplace. We believe that travellers still value these elements, but that they also want to participate in a more purposeful safari. As such, we have spent the last year developing safari experiences that have a positive impact on the client, to the complex and unique biodiversity that surrounds us and to the local Maasai community as we move forward into the next 100 years of providing safari and conservation services. Some of those experiences include engaging and learning about vulture rehabilitation, spending time with the only all-female conservation ranger unit in the Maasai Mara, learning about the unique medicinal plants of the area, foraging and tasting local wild food, touring the community-owned private conservancy and participating in a reforestation seed disbursal bushwalk experiences

Please note: some of these activities attract additional charges and need to be booked a minimum of 48 hours in advance.

A conservation helicopter flight with the Mara Elephant Project (MEP) over the Maasai Mara
Beading with Mamma Naishuru Batian
Carbon footprint, recycle and upcycle talk and experience
Foraging and medicinal walk
Immersive Raptor Experience with Kenya Birds of Prey Trust (KBOPT)
Maasai warrior school
Mara cheetah educational experience
One hour learning with female conservation rangers
Reforestation seedball dispersal activity
Visit our local Maasai village
Scenic Helicopter Flight over the Maasai Mara
Kids Entomology Safari

Cottar’s 1920s Camp Resident Rates in Kshs

Cottars 1920 Camp
	Green	High
Per person sharing	32,799.00	65,842.00
Single Room	40,368.00	79,559.00
Child sharing 6-17 yrs	25,230.00	49,381.00
Child in third bed 6-12 yrs	17,032.00	32,921.00
Honeymoon Tent (2 pax)*	71,905.00	145,400.00
Family Tent (4 pax)*	119,841.00	253,763.00

Cottar’s Bush Villa
	Green	High
Bush Villa (6 pax)	602,018.00	760,540.00
Per additional adult	60,012.00	77,317.00
Per additional child 6-17 yrs.	49,137.00	65,807.00

Park & Conservancy Fee:Adult Kshs 3,520 Child(6-17Years) Kshs 1,760

Resident Seasons

Green Seasons:- 11 January – 31 May 2023 | 01 November – 19 December 2023
High Season:– 01 June – 30 June 2023 | 01 September – 31 October 2023
Peak Season:-No Bookings- 01 July – 31 August 2023 | 20 December 2021 – 10 January 2024

Cottar’s 1920s Camp Resident Rates in Kshs

Cottars 1920 camp
	Green	High	Peak
Per person sharing	945	1,235	1,420
Single Room	1,132	1,480	1,710
Child sharing 6-17 yrs	710	925	1,070
Child in third bed 6-12 yrs	473	620	720
Honeymoon Tent (2 pax)*	2,075	2,710	3,120
Family Tent (4 pax)*	3,429	4,480	5,150

Cottar’s Bush Villa
	Green	High	Mid
Bush Villa (6 pax)	8 191	10 348	12 936
Per additional adult	$817	1 052	1 316
Per additional child 6-17 yrs.	$669	$896	1 120

Park & Conservancy Fee:Adult USD 116 Child(6-17Years) USD 58

Seasons

Green Seasons:- 11 January – 31 May 2023 | 01 November – 19 December 2023
High Season:- 01 June – 30 June 2023 | 01 September – 31 October 2023
Peak Season:- 01 July – 31 August 2023 | 20 December 2021 – 10 January 2024

RATES INCLUDE

Full board accommodation, water, tea and coffee
Local drinks – soft drinks, house wines, beers, and select spirits
All safari activities unless specified otherwise
Cottar’s Warrior School, available at the 1920s Camp and Bush Villa only
Cottar’s Private Airstrip transfers
Canvas Bush Baths, applies to the 1920s Camp only
Transfers to cultural visits
Laundry included at the 1920s Camp and Bush Villa
Nanny service available – must be booked at least two weeks prior to arrival date
All statutory taxes (approx. 25%). Including VAT

RATES EXCLUDE

Champagne, luxury wines and spirits
Park and Conservancy fees (Adult $116 pppn, Child 6-17 yrs $58 pppn)
Cultural village entry fee ($20 pp)
Massage and Spa treatments (starting from $50)
Exclusive use of vehicle – $330 per day
Balloon Ride over the Masai Mara
Certain activities (see separate activities list)
Transfers to and from Keekorok Airstrip*

Special Offers-4 NIGHTS FOR THE PRICE OF 3

4 nights for the price of 3 at Cottar’s 1920s Camp or Cottar’s Bush Villa. Applicable on accommodation rates only; conservancy & park fees are not included and are payable for the entire stay.

Valid for travel during 11th January through February, March, April, May and in November through to 19th December, 2023 only
Applies to new bookings only
Offer cannot be combined with any other specials
Offer valid for a limited number of bed-nights per property per month – please confirm with bookings at the time of enquiry if the 4 for 3 is still valid.

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Special Offers-HONEYMOON OFFER

50% off one partner’s accommodation. Cottar’s 1920s Camp only (excludes Cottar’s Bush Villa). Minimum stay of 4 nights. Applicable on accommodation rates only; conservancy & park fees are not included and are payable for the entire stay.

Valid for travel during 11th January through February, March, April, May and in November through to 19th December, 2023 only
Applies to new bookings only
Offer cannot be combined with any other specials
Offer valid for a limited number of bed-nights per property per month – please confirm with bookings at the time of enquiry if the 4 for 3 is still valid

Our Sample Safari Itineraries To Cottar’s 1920s Camp

Cottar’s provides genuinely stunning wildlife and safari packages, engaging in the original spirit and essence of ‘safari’: an abundance of wildlife, a guarantee of privacy, and the highest standards of professional guiding, in a luxurious and authentic safari environment.