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.

“The winner was recognized for demonstrating that a high revenue, low impact tourism development approach can benefit the local Maasai through developing conservancies and tourism in partnership with safari companies to create employment and community income and to conserve their land for wildlife.”

The Responsible Tourism Awards sponsored by Virgin Holidays are the most competitive and prestigious awards of their kind in the world and are a collaboration between online travel directory responsible travel.com, who founded and organise the Awards, UK media partners – The Daily Telegraph, Geographical Magazine and BBC World News, and World Travel Market, who host the Awards ceremony.