Your first view is of beautiful gardens set on a secluded bay. Lawns hug the waterline, flowerbeds and rock gardens surround the camp. Enormous boulders sit at the water’s edge, a perch for cormorants or giant monitor lizards to sun themselves.  All the buildings are in the local Luo tribal style, walls of smoothed mud and clay, roofs of thatch and banana leaf - cool and airy. The dining room and lounge are fanned by breezes from the lake.  There are just six rooms - each set close to the waters edge, decorated with local handicrafts. Bathrooms with modern fittings are finished in local stone. At night the sound of waves will lull you to sleep.  If all you desire is to laze in the sunshine, each room has it’s own private veranda with sunbeds. Or there are plenty of activities to keep you occupied.  The food’s as fresh as can be, fished from the lake (hopefully by you!) or picked fresh from the island’s vegetable gardens and orchards.

The lovely Lake Victoria is the setting for a safari holiday that’s about as far away from it all as you can possibly get. It’s the world’s second largest freshwater lake and is the magical source of the Nile. A century ago European explorers risked their lives to claim this prize for their Empires. It was famed as the pearl of Africa.

The Lake is rich in fish and birdlife, it’s islands lush and verdant. The deep blue waters support an abundant ecosystem. It’s shores are lined with groves of banana trees and fishing villages where you’ll always be greeted with a friendly smile and a wave.

The chance to catch the giant Nile perch draws many. Some come for the abundant birds, fish eagles, kingfishers and pelicans, others to glimpse the playful otters.

Above all Mfangano Island Camp is an ideal place just to relax, swim, read and feel yourself a million miles from anywhere. A place to soothe the mind, to treat yourself to fish caught fresh that day, to fruit and vegetables from our own lakeside gardens.
Even if you don’t take advantage of the many activities we organise, there’s plenty to enthral you. Each morning fleets of brightly-painted fishing boats glide past, each evening their lights shimmer across the water.

Day trips are possible from the Masai Mara Game Reserve using our own light aircraft, but we recommend staying for at least two nights, if only for the spectacular sunsets, the sky aflame as the sun sinks beneath the Lake.