Tourism is one of the most important income earners in Kenya considering the number of tourists that arrive in the country to experience magical Kenya.
Hidden in a forest along a river, Emboo River Camp is domiciled in the heart of Kenya's Maasai Mara and approaches the business of tourism from a conservationist's point of view.
Established in 2018 by three friends Loïc Amadò, William Santian, and Valery Super, the camp aims at saving the expansive Masai Mara reserve from environmental degradation.
Emboo River Camp's reputation grew as the very first carbon-neutral safari camp in the reserve providing the perfect spot for tourists to explore the spectacular Masai Mara.
The camp which charges about Ksh60,000 per person per night was set up by three friends who felt safari trips could be done better and without leaving any mark on the environment.
Emboo camp features eight spacious tents sitting by River Emboo and which are fully furnished with environmentally-friendly materials.
"Hopefully what we’re doing here will become the norm," Valery Joanne Super Emboo's co-founder and Chief Executive Officer indicated in an interview with Metro, a UK Newspaper.
Furthermore, the camp is entirely solar-powered, while the kitchen runs on gas from bio-digested food waste.
"Furniture is made from recycled and reclaimed materials, toiletries are eco-friendly, herbs, fruit and vegetables are grown vertically and hydroponically on-site and fresh well-water is used for showers and laundry," Metro described the Camp.
Another fascinating feature of the camp is the fact that its three Land Cruiser jeeps have been converted with electric batteries, with a range of up to 150 miles.
Considering that guests arrive at the camp in diesel-fueled vehicles, the camp's management encourages them to plant a tree to offset the carbon from their arrival.
Due to the camp's environmental efforts, Emboo was named among the six new eco-safari trips to explore by National Geographic Magazine in July 2022.
The magazine recognised the camp for using 100 per cent solar power and preventing single-use plastic by the use of bricknic dishes and beeswax clothes.
