 Landscape
Klein's Camp - one of the few private concessions in the park -
was built on the craggy quartzite and sandstone Kuka Hills that
extend south from Kenya into the north-eastern corner of the Serengeti.
These generally dry hills rise to heights of just over 2 000 metres,
and support sparse bushlands.
The Grumeti River, which has its source in the southern Kenyan
hills, runs through the Klein's Camp concession, and its narrow
strip of riverine forest is a distinctive feature. The Grumeti flows
past the enviable seclusion of CC Africa's Grumeti River Camp in
the western corridor of the Serengeti before spilling into the largest
lake in Africa, Lake Victoria.
Game
Klein's Camp - one of the few private concessions in the park
- was built on the craggy quartzite and sandstone Kuka Hills that
extend south from Kenya into the north-eastern corner of the Serengeti.
These generally dry hills rise to heights of just over 2 000 metres,
and support sparse bushlands.
 The
Grumeti River, which has its source in the southern Kenyan hills,
runs through the Klein's Camp concession, and its narrow strip of
riverine forest is a distinctive feature. The Grumeti flows past
the enviable seclusion of CC Africa's Grumeti River Camp in the
western corridor of the Serengeti before spilling into the largest
lake in Africa, Lake Victoria.
Klein's offers exceptional game viewing. There is a diversity
of resident wildlife - look out for klipspringers on the kopjes
(rocky outcrops), as well as vast numbers of elephants in the woodland.
The Serengeti is home to wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, eland, giraffe,
huge lion prides, solitary leopard and some of the highest densities
of cheetah in Africa. Over 500 bird species have been recorded in
the park.
Most large mammals, including elephant and lion, move up and down
the hillsides from time to time, but the mountain reedbuck, klipspringer
and rock hyrax are truly at home here. A guided walk up the hillside
often leads to an encounter with these rock-loving mammals as well
as numerous interesting birds.
Klein's Camp lies in the path of migrating zebra and wildebeest
en route to Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve. The great migration
of nearly two million wildebeest and other grazing ungulates is
the Serengeti's foremost attraction and undoubtedly one of the greatest
spectacles in the animal kingdom. The migration passes by the camp
in June of each year and returns through the Klein's area around
August/September.
The Klein's concession forms a natural buffer zone between the
Serengeti and the local Maasai community farmlands, providing a
safe haven for migrating game.
 Birds
Guided bush walks through the stony hills bring you into the domain
of the magnificent Verreaux's (Black) Eagles that have nested here
for centuries. A pair of these impressive birds have built their
nest eyrie on the steepest cliff, which is visible from the lodge.
Several raptor species also breed on the cliffs. Numerous other
birds of prey, including vultures such as the White-backed and Lappet-faced
Vultures, are frequently seen soaring along the updrafts.
Birds typical of this habitat and regularly seen in and around
the camp are the Sooty Chat, Slate-coloured Boubou, Red-fronted
Barbet, Spot-flanked Barbet, Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Rock Cisticola,
African Rock Martin, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu and Red-winged Starling.
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