About Cottar's 1920s Camp
The Cottar family have guided Kenya since 1919, and their cream-canvas camp — gramophones, butlers, private wilderness on the Serengeti border — is living safari history.
The area: Olderkesi Conservancy
A vast, wild conservancy on the reserve’s remote southeastern boundary, bordering Tanzania’s Serengeti. The Cottar family have guided here since the 1920s and anchor its conservation funding.
What it's like
Frontier Mara: huge private wilderness, walking safaris and a genuine sense of having the plains to yourself, minutes from the reserve and the Sand River crossings.
Getting there & fees
Cottar’s private airstrip or a 45-minute drive from Keekorok.
Conservancy fees (typically US$100–150 per adult per night) are bundled into camp rates here and paid to Maasai landowning families; reserve entry fees apply only on days you cross into the reserve itself.