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Awards & Accolades

Gamewatchers excels in delivering unique experiences, advocating conservation, and connecting withb local communities. Our adventures promise unforgettable memories and positive impact on wildlife and communities.

WINNER OF KENYA’S LEADING SAFARI CAMP BRAND 2023

We are delighted to announce that Porini Safari Camps has won the category of “Kenya’s Leading Safari Camp Brand” at the prestigious 30th Annual World Travel Awards (the “Oscars of the Travel Industry”)!

WINNER OF KENYA’S LEADING TENTED SAFARI CAMP 2022

In the World Travel Awards 2022, our Porini Mara Camp has been voted “Kenya’s Leading Tented Safari Camp”!

WINNER OF ECO WARRIOR AWARDS 2022

Gamewatchers Safaris won the best tour operator in promoting community development in the Eco Warrior Awards 2022!

WINNER OF WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2021

The Africa & Indian Ocean winners of the 2021 World Travel Awards have been announced today, and we are pleased that our Porini Safari Camps have won “Kenya’s Leading Safari Camp Brand”

WINNER OF KENYA’S LEADING SAFARI CAMP BRAND 2023

WINNER OF KENYA’S LEADING TENTED SAFARI CAMP 2022

WINNER OF ECO WARRIOR AWARDS 2022

WINNER OF WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2021

WINNER OF REGENERATIVE TRAVEL 2021 IMPACT AWARDS

The winners of the Regenerative Travel 2021 Impact Awards have been announced, and we are pleased that our Adopt An Acre Initiative has won in the “Conservation” category.

TRIPADVISOR TRAVELLERS’ CHOICE “BEST OF THE BEST” 2020

Porini Mara Camp is a “Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best” Winner — Tripadvisor’s highest honour! The camp has won in the category of “Best Small Property – Africa” and is in the top 1% of properties worldwide based on travellers’ reviews and ratings of their experience.

TRIPADVISOR TRAVELLERS’ CHOICE AWARDS 2019

TripAdvisor has announced that Porini Mara is a winner in the categories of “Top 25 Small Hotels in Africa” and “Top 10 Small Hotels in Kenya”! TripAdvisor’s revered Travellers’ Choice Awards are based on its user reviews and ratings over a 12 month period. The awards give recognition to the World’s most highly recommended destinations, attractions, beaches, islands, exceptional service hotels and resorts.

WINNER OF ECO WARRIOR AWARD 2019

We are delighted that Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Camps are winners in the category of “Best Social Impact 2019” and Runners-up in the category of “Best Green tour operator” in the Eco Warrior Awards 2019 – this continues our winning streak over the past 14 years!

WINNER OF REGENERATIVE TRAVEL 2021 IMPACT AWARDS

TRIPADVISOR TRAVELLERS’ CHOICE “BEST OF THE BEST” 2020

TRIPADVISOR TRAVELLERS’ CHOICE AWARDS 2019

WINNER OF ECO WARRIOR AWARD 2019

WINNER OF WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2019

The Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony of the World Travel Awards was held on Saturday 1 June 2019 in Mauritius, and we are pleased to announce that we have won “Africa’s Responsible Tourism Award”. Now in its 26th year, World Travel Awards – known as the “Oscars of the Travel Industry” – acknowledges and rewards excellence in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry worldwide. It is recognised globally as the hallmark of quality, with winners setting the benchmark to which all others aspire.

TRIPADVISOR CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE HALL OF FAME 2018

The Porini Safari Camps have been listed in the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Hall of Fame. This unique accolade is granted only to those businesses that have won the Certificate of Excellence for at least five years in a row. The Certificate of Excellence is earned by receiving consistently great travel reviews.

Ol Kinyei IUCN Green List Status 2018

Ol Kinyei Conservancy – the pristine setting of our Porini Mara and Porini Cheetah Camps – is included on the prestigious IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas, one of only 45 in the world.

GOLD LEVEL ECO-RATING CERTIFICATION FOR 4 PORINI CAMPS

Ecotourism Kenya has awarded Porini Rhino Camp a Gold eco-rating certification, so now 4 of our Porini Safari Camps are rated as Gold Level properties.

WINNER OF WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2019

TRIPADVISOR CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE HALL OF FAME 2018

Ol Kinyei IUCN Green List Status 2018

GOLD LEVEL ECO-RATING CERTIFICATION FOR 4 PORINI CAMPS

SKAL INTERNATIONAL AWARDS 2017

Gamewatchers Safaris wins the “Tour Operators & Travel Agents” category of the sixteenth annual Skål International Sustainable Tourism Awards!

TRIPADVISOR TRAVELLERS’ CHOICE AWARDS 2016

Porini Mara Camp has gained another TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award! The annual TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice awards are now in their 14th year and for 2016 Porini Mara Camp has come 4th out of 10 in the Top Ten hotels for romance in Kenya!

WINNER OF ECO WARRIOR AWARD 2016

Gamewatchers Safaris received the Ecotourism Kenya 2016 awards for “Eco-rated Tented Camp of the Year” for Porini Amboseli Camp in Selenkay Conservancy and the 1st Runners up certificate for the “Community Conservancy of the Year” for Ol Kinyei Conservancy.

WINNER OF WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2016

Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Safari Camps have won “Kenya’s Leading Safari Camp Brand” for the third time in the 23rd World Travel Awards – the “Oscars of the Travel Industry”!

SKAL INTERNATIONAL AWARDS 2017

TRIPADVISOR TRAVELLERS’ CHOICE AWARDS 2016

WINNER OF ECO WARRIOR AWARD 2016

WINNER OF WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2016

WINNER OF ECO WARRIOR AWARD 2015

The Eco Warrior Award for ‘Kenya’s Tour Operator of the Year 2015’ was awarded to Gamewatchers Safaris in a ceremony on 16th October 2015 at Leisure Lodge, Diani.

WINNER OF WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2015

For the third year in a row Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Camps won “Africa’s Leading Tented Safari Camp” as well as “Kenya’s Leading Safari Camp Brand” in the 22nd annual World Travel Awards. The World Travel Awards brand is recognized globally as the ultimate hallmark of quality, with winners setting the benchmark to which all others aspire.

FODOR’S TRAVEL GUIDE: TOP TEN SAFARI OPERATORS

Gamewatchers Safaris has been rated one of the world’s Top Ten Safari Operators to Africa by Fodor’s Travel for 2015.

TRIP ADVISOR TRAVELLER’S CHOICE AWARDS 2014

TripAdvisor announced the Top Ten properties in Kenya for “Exceptional Service”: Porini Mara Camp came first!

WINNER OF ECO WARRIOR AWARD 2015

WINNER OF WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2015

FODOR’S TRAVEL GUIDE: TOP TEN SAFARI OPERATORS

TRIP ADVISOR TRAVELLER’S CHOICE AWARDS 2014

Winner of World Travel Awards 2014

We are very proud to announce that for the second year in a row Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Camps won "Africa's Leading Tented Safari Camp" in the 21st annual World Travel Awards.

Winner of World Travel Awards 2013

Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Camps are proud to have won in two categories of the prestigious World Travel Awards 2013 – Africa’s Leading Tented Safari Camp and Kenya’s Leading Safari Camp Brand.

WINNER OF ECO WARRIOR AWARD 2013

The Eco Warrior Award for ‘Most Responsible Tour Operator of 2013’ was awarded to Gamewatchers Safaris in a ceremony held at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi on the 24th of September 2013.

WINNER OF ECO WARRIOR AWARD 2012

The Eco Warrior Award for ‘Community Conservancy of the Year 2012’ was awarded to Ol Kinyei Conservancy where Porini Mara Camp and our Gamewatchers Adventure Camp are located.

Winner of World Travel Awards 2014

Winner of World Travel Awards 2013

WINNER OF ECO WARRIOR AWARD 2013

WINNER OF ECO WARRIOR AWARD 2012

KENYA TOURISM AWARD 2012

Porini Safari Camps were awarded by the Kenya Tourism Federation for Best Support and Integration with local communities’ award in 2012.

KENYA TOURISM AWARD 2011

Gamewatchers Safaris Ltd is the proud Winner of the Kenya Tourism Awards for 2011 in the Tour Operator of the Year category – Large Tour Operator.

WINNER OF ECO WARRIOR AWARD 2010

The Eco Warrior Award for ‘Most Responsible Tour Operator’ was awarded to Gamewatchers Safaris.

SKAL INTERNATIONAL AWARD 2011

Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Camps win in the 2011 Skål International "Sustainable Development in Tourism Awards”

KENYA TOURISM AWARD 2012

KENYA TOURISM AWARD 2011

WINNER OF ECO WARRIOR AWARD 2010

SKAL INTERNATIONAL AWARD 2011

ECO WARRIOR AWARDS 2009

Ecotourism Kenya awarded the low-impact Porini Camps the 2009 Eco-warrior Award in the Accommodation category for“working with communities next to national parks and reserves to create protected wildlife areas”.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TOP ECO-LODGES 2009

National Geographic Adventure magazine has rated Porini Amboseli Camp as one of the Top 50 Ecolodges in the World, acknowledging the camp’s outstanding achievements in wildlife conservation and supporting local communities.

VIRGIN HOLIDAYS RESPONSIBLE TOURISM AWARD 2008

Gamewatchers Safaris and Porini Camps won the 2008 Responsible Tourism Award for Best for Conservation of Endangered Species or Protected Area at the World Travel Market in London, November 2008.

VIRGIN HOLIDAYS GOLD PARTNERSHIP AWARD 2008

Virgin Holidays at their 2008 Annual Awards Ceremony presented Porini Safari Camps with the prestigious Gold Partnership Award for Sustainable Tourism.

ECO WARRIOR AWARDS 2009

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TOP ECO-LODGES 2009

VIRGIN HOLIDAYS RESPONSIBLE TOURISM AWARD 2008

VIRGIN HOLIDAYS GOLD PARTNERSHIP AWARD 2008

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TOP TEN

Gamewatchers Safaris is delighted to have been rated one of the Top Ten African Safari Companies in the World by National Geographic Adventurer Magazine.

TRIPADVISOR TRAVELERS’ CHOICE AWARD 2023; PORINI MARA CAMP

We are thrilled to announce that Porini Mara Camp has for the fifth time, been honored with the prestigious TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Award for 2023. This coveted accolade is a testament to the exceptional experiences and unparalleled hospitality provided by Porini Mara Camp, as recognized by travelers from around the world.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TOP TEN

TRIPADVISOR TRAVELERS’ CHOICE AWARD 2023; PORINI MARA CAMP

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