Fig Tree Camp - Maasai Mara

Delicious Food & Dining: Buffet-style meals offered a variety of options, including vegetarian dishes, with many describing the food as fresh and flavorful. Outdoor dining experiences and nightly Maasai cultural performances added to the charm and uniqueness of the stay.

Fig Tree Camp was one of the lodges and camps that we stayed at on a 19 day safari through Kenya and Tanzania booked through Tapestry of Africa. Fig Tree Camp has wonderful smiling staff, great facilities and an amazing location with direct access to the Masai Mara. Your stay will be different depending on the accommodation that you stay in. On our first night we stayed in a bungalow that could not have been any further from the main lodge buildings. Although comfortable, it was dark, and very hard to find after dark! We got lost going back after dinner. Our travelling companion found themselves in a bungalow that seemed to be our with the staff accommodation. On our second night we were moved to luxury safari tents and they were very, very different to the bungalows. They were close to the pool and lodge buildings, light and airy, and due to the fact they would have been severely damaged in the floods earlier in the year, they were virtually new. Beautiful furniture, bathroom, bed, linens. Both overlooked the river across to the Masai Mara. There was a hippo pool a few metres along the riverbank from us. Just amazing! Our meals were served and eaten in an enclosed space near the pool. The buffet was quite good, but if something ran out it was not necessarily refilled. The dining space was quite cramped and very noisy when full. The bar had very limited seating and the viewing deck was closed. Future stays will be different to ours with the reopening of the beautiful open air lodge building with much larger open air bar and restaurant, and the fig tree viewing deck. This was due to happen the week after our stay. We still recommend the camp if you are travelling to the Masai Mara, either on an organised safari, or as an independent traveller. Its location with direct access to the Masai Mar via a private bridge is amazing. Just be aware that your experience will be different depending on the accommodation that you book.