Luxury Masai Mara safaris

The Masai Mara National Reserve is bordered with a collection of private concessions. These are owned by local communities, and it is these Masai people who lease the land for the purpose of tourism and wildlife-viewing. In turn, this puts money back into the communities and conservation work, to ensure that human/wildlife conflict is at a minimum. There are 14 conservancies, with some of the biggest and most visited including the Mara North and the Naboisho Conservancy. These are accessed via a small aircraft plane, and there are several local airstrips around the conservancy areas.

There is really no maximum time to spend on safari, but I would definitely recommend a minimum of 3-4 nights on safari in the Masai Mara. The longer you have on safari, the more opportunity you have to see other species and sightings. If you want to combine several two locations, I’d recommend 3 nights in each camp, and we can organize a transfer between the two camps which would be a game drive en-route. Your typical day on safari will include two game drives – one early morning and one late afternoon.

This depends on the time of year you are looking to go, and what sort of experience you are looking for. The wildebeest migration herds make their way into the Masai Mara from the Serengeti around July, and head back around October, so for these months, we’d recommend being inside the reserve to give you the opportunity to see a river crossing. If you are looking for a more varied safari experience, the Greater Mara conservancies are a good option, as they are quieter, and offer activities like bush walks, community visits, and night drives. Give us a call and run and give us as much detail about what you’re hoping for from your safari, and we can give you our professional recommendations.

The safari accommodation in Kenya is predominantly authentic, luxury tented camps. These are not ‘camps’ as you may know them, but instead are canvassed frames, with the utmost luxury and amenities. These luxury, tented camps have spacious well-appointed en-suite bathrooms, and often with features like outdoor showers, private verandas, and sometimes plunge pools or free-standing baths. The beauty of these tented camps is that you get the full safari experience. You will often have elephants or other animals walk through the camp, and at night, you’ll be able to hear the vibrations of lions calling to one another, or hyena laughing in the distance.

For those looking for a more well-rounded safari, the camps in the Greater Mara Conservancies offer activities aside from game drives. In conservancies like the Mara North, Naboisho, and Ol Kinyei, you have the opportunity to do day and night drives, bush walks, and community visits to see the local Masai people.