Joy's Camp

Joy’s Camp is located in the Shaba National Reserve some 200 miles north of Nairobi in the rugged landscape of Northern Kenya. George and Joy Adamson carried much of their famous work in this small reserve, and the camp is on the original site of Joy Adamson’s own home camp.

There are ten large Bedouin Somali style tents at Joy’s Camp, each equipped with an adjoining bathroom. All of the tents have a viewing deck that overlooks the natural spring next to the camp. The resident wildlife uses the spring as their principal source of water.

The activities available at Joy’s Camp include day and night game drives, guided bush walks, cultural visits to local communities, bush breakfasts, sundowners at spectacular viewpoints, and relaxing at the camp swimming pool. Shaba National Reserve has a wide range of resident endemic desert adapted species including Grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk, Somali ostrich, and lesser kudu. The reserve is also home to leopard, lion, and families of elephants.