Sinya provides a unique natural and cultural experience on a private wildlife reserve bordering Kenya’s Amboseli National Park. The sole accommodation the area is Kambi Ya Tembo, a small luxury tented camp which offers spectacular service with magnificent views of Kilimanjaro, Mount Meru, excellent wildlife viewing and cultural interaction with the local Maasai people.
This is one of the few areas in Africa where huge Elephant Bulls, more than 50 years old, carrying tusks of considerable size, are regularly seen. These bulls together with herds of mothers and calves migrate between the swamps of Amboseli National Park in Kenya and the acacia woodlands of the other side of the border up to the forests of Kilimanjaro in search of food and water. These herds form one of the healthiest and most balanced Elephant populations of the whole African Continent.
Wildlife in Sinya is very rich in herbivores like zebra, wildebeest, Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelle, Maasai giraffe, eland and singular species like lesser kudu and oryx. Gerenuk (giraffe-gazelle) and striped hyena have in Sinya their southern limit of distribution. Predators like lion, cheetah, leopard and spotted hyena although usually shy and elusive, are also present in Sinya. Sinya is also a paradise for birdwatchers.
The Maasai of Sinya
The Maasai are one of the few indigenous people of the world with their traditional culture mostly intact. The Maasai living in Sinya still follow cultural patterns that other tribes abandoned long ago.
At Sinya you will learn about the language and way of a life of some of the last semi nomadic pastoralists on Earth, visit their bomas, play with their children, enjoy singing and dancing or taste a roasted goat the Maasai way. Every Tuesday is Market Day, where the local tribes come to gather.
Your visit will help the Maasai Community of Sinya in different projects : Water pumps, the development of the Primary School and the improvement of the Health Dispensary.
Activities:
While at Sinya, in addition to your safari guide, you will have a Maasai tracker with you. Activities in Sinya include game drives, walking safaris escorted by Maasai trackers, and long hikes in the foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro. interaction with the local Maasai including participation in some ceremonies if they coincide with your visit.
Country: Tanzania
Park Size: 55,000 acres. Private wildlife concession on the west of Mt. Kilimanjaro, adjacent to Amboseli in Kenya.
Ecosystems: Dry Savannah woodlands, Acacia scrubland, wetlands
Wildlife: Elephant, zebra, wildebeest, gazelle, Maasai giraffe, eland, lesser kudu, Oryx, striped hyena, cheetah, leopard
When to go: Year round
Highlights: Game drives in open 4×4, night game drives, walking safaris escorted by Maasai trackers, local Maasai boma visit, market day
Trips that Visit Sinya Wildlife Conservancy:
Tanzania Discovery Safari
Tanzania Family Safari
Tanzania Migration Safari
Tanzania Explorer