Cottar’s 1920s Safari Camp Kenya: Since 1919, the Cottar family has defined the pinnacle of the African safari. What began with Charles Cottar—an explorer inspired by Theodore Roosevelt—grew into ‘Cottar’s Safari Service,’ the continent’s first registered safari company. For four generations, the Cottars have been the industry’s rebels and pioneers, from importing the first safari vehicles to filming the first wildlife footage in uncharted territories.
Cottar’s 1920s Safari Camp Kenya – Today, Calvin and Louise Cottar continue this century-long tradition in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. Their flagship 1920s Safari Camp and exclusive Private Homestead represent a return to the golden age of travel. Led by gold-standard guides, the Cottar experience blends authentic vintage luxury with a deep, ancestral knowledge of the wild—a legacy now being passed to the fifth generation of Africa’s premier safari family.