Visit one of the most interesting places in Kenya to make your safari in Kenya truly one of a kind. Kitich Forest Camp is in a unique mountain forest in the Mathews Range. This forest is full of rare plants and animals.
There are six double or twin fabric tents with bathrooms.

Things to do: Game viewing, swimming in the river, bird watching, Samburu culture, and guided forest walks.

Highlights: seeing rare plants and animals in the forest, watching butterflies, and seeing animals at night

Mathews Mountain Range in the Northern Frontier is where you’re going.

Your Time at Kitich Forest Camp
The Forest Elephant and a lot of other strange animals live in the Mathews Mountain Range. At Kitich Forest Camp in Kenya, your tour will be full of beautiful pictures of this old native mountain forest that you can walk through with your Samburu guide.

With its rise from the dry plains of the lowlands in the wild Northern Frontier, this biodiversity hotspot is even more special. The Mathews Mountain Range is 150 km long and is really off the beaten path. It’s a great place for nature lovers to find.

It’s hard to get to Kitich Forest Camp, but it has all the comforts of a standard safari and is in the middle of a beautiful Kenyan wilderness. You can look forward to having a great time and eating delicious food in a variety of places.

Place to stay

Camp in Kenya in a beautiful mountain forest glade at the stylish Kitich Forest Camp. Soft sheets, comfortable beds, ice-cold drinks, and tasty meals are all traditional pleasures.
The Mathews Mountains’ Kitich Forest Camp has just 6 double or twin tents, all with individual bathrooms. This makes for a very private stay. At this moody Kenya wildlife adventure spot, you can enjoy a mix of guided forest walks during the day and watching wildlife at the river from the comfort of your camp at night.

Every tent is set up under a thick cover of trees and has its own private deck with a view of the Ngeng River valley. For your comfort, the bathrooms have a hot shower and toilets that flush.

For a Kenya safari vacation, Kitich Forest Camp offers great food on the decks by the river or in the woods for breakfast and lunch while taking in the beautiful views.

The place

The Mathews Mountain Range in northern Kenya is a pleasant surprise on safaris in East Africa. It is home to the Black Panther, the Forest Elephant, the Lion, and the Buffalo.
The Kitich Forest Camp is in a beautiful forest glade on the upper slopes of the Mathews Mountains. The camp is in the middle of a forest and has a view of the Ngeng River.

There are a lot of rare plants and animals in the Mathews forest, like unique Cycads, the De Brazza Monkey, and the endangered Wild Dog. Kitich Forest Camp is a great place to stay during a safari in Kenya if you want to find the secret gems of this ancient wilderness.

The montane rainforest is about 220,000 acres big, and the plants and animals that live there have their own special temperature. Two higher peaks can be found further south. The highest point in the middle of the range is 2,375 meters (1.47 miles) above sea level. People from the semi-nomadic Samburu tribes live in the dry plains nearby.

The way to get to Kitich Forest Camp in the Mathews Mountains

There isn’t much to do near Kitich Forest Camp, but there is an airstrip close by for fly-in safaris.

Every day, flights leave Nairobi for Kalama and Sassab Airstrip. From there, it takes 2.5 hours to drive to Kitich Forest Camp. It only takes 10 minutes more for private air services to get from Ngalai Airstrip to Kitich Forest Camp.

The Mathews Mountain Range is just east of the busy border town of Maralal. The town of Wamba is the only way to get there by car, which takes about three hours.

At Kitich Forest Camp, there is also a place for helicopters to land.

Things to do

During the day, your Samburu guide will lead you through the forest, which is full of big Cedars and rare Cycads. At night, you can watch animals by the river at Kitich Forest Camp in Kenya.
Kitich Forest Camp is one of Kenya’s more out of the way camps. It offers guided walking safaris through this one-of-a-kind wilderness and the chance to meet people from the Samburu group. The camp is in a beautiful forest glade on the upper slopes of the Mathews Mountain Range. It can only hold 12 people at a time.

The Best Walking Safari

Samburu guides who live at Kitich Forest Camp lead the walks through the forest and share their vast knowledge of the amazing natural surroundings.

You can see a lot of different kinds of birds and butterflies, as well as rare cycads, flowers, and tough trees.

There are clear mountain streams along the way where you can cool off. There will be no one else in the trees here. On a Kenya wildlife safari, experienced Samburu guides lead walks through the forest, and you will also be joined by a professional guide.

Beautiful views of wildlife

Around the campfire at night, the forest glade is lit up so you can watch animals drink and hunt along the Ngeng River. There were Bushbuck by the water, but you might also see Forest Elephants, Buffalo, and Leopards.

The endangered Wild Dog, the Greater Kudu, the rare De Brazza Monkey and the Colobus Monkey, Waterbuck, and even the giant Forest Hog can all be seen in this mountain forest. This area is home to more than 150 insect species and at least 350 bird species.