This is defintely one of our favorite camps. Elephant Pepper Camp is ideally situated in the Mara North Conservancy so you get the best of both worlds. You are away from the crowds of the Masai Mara yet you see just as many animals. We find the guides here excellent. Once our client's vehicle was badly stuck in mud and they had to call for help. While they waited,  they were amazed when their guide pulled out a table and put together breakfast for them in the middle of the savannah. What could have been a nightmare turned out to be the highlight of their trip as they had breakfast among the impalas.

It is important to be aware that this is a mobile camp, so there is no running water or electricity in the rooms. Bucket showers are actually exactly like regular showers (they have a shower head) and you call someone to fill them up with water. It may sounds rustic but it far from that. This is not camping on cots. The beds are extremely comfortable, the service is impeccable and you feel extremely close to nature.

EPC has been the driving force in creating the Mara North Conservancy, which covers 70,000 acres between Musiara and Aitong.  A core parcel within the Masai Mara eco-system, providing some of its prime gameviewing.  The newly formed conservancy protects this vital wilderness by maintaining the area for solely wildlife conservance use, guaranteeing its 750 Masai landowners stable revenue and transparent financial management.  The ancient balance between wildlife and traditional pastoralism is preserved, and the conservancy has on the ground management of development and infrastructure. 

EPC has worked with the local Masai community for nearly 20 years, with the creation of MNC only the latest development in preserving this vital wilderness.  EPC works with the community, local government and other stake holders and has participated and/or spearheaded many initiatives incliding "Water from Wildlife" bringing water to schools without damaging the fragile eco-system, helping homesteads translocate and transporting their building materials for them in order to reduce the need for tree felling, etc.

 At Elephant Pepper Camp:

- Revenue for land rent goes directly to the community landowners.

- Most of the staff in the camp are employed from the community.

- EPC supports a local school and in 2007 raised enough funds to build a new classroom.

- Visits to local Masai villages give clients direct contact with local people; it builds friendships and gives tourism a real face.

The camp itself leaves a minimal footprint on the site.  The whole camp is removable with no cement poured.  It relies on solar power, and nestles almost invisible under the Elephant Pepper trees.  EPC achieves environmental best practice combining old fashioned safari camp know-how with latest technology.  Naturally, rubbish is responsibly recycled, with separated glass given to the East African Woman's League, which runs the "Glass for Glasses" project whereby scrap glass is sold to a recycling plant and the revenue is donated for eyeglasses for the poor.