Maasai Mara, Narok County, Kenya
Game drives, walking safaris, the migration and the people who have lived alongside all of it for generations.
KES 25,000 / day
Full-day drives into the Maasai Mara National Reserve in an open 4x4 with a Maasai guide who grew up reading this country. Out at first light, back when the light goes gold.
Our drivers are local men who have worked these plains their whole lives — they know which luggas the lions favour in the dry, and where the cheetah move when the grass gets long. Drives run at KES 25,000 per vehicle per day, exclusive of park gate fees.
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~2 million animals
Close to two million wildebeest and zebra pour north out of the Serengeti and cross the Mara river. There is nothing else like it on earth.
From July the plains fill from horizon to horizon. Crossings on the Mara and Talek rivers are unpredictable by nature — which is exactly why staying close to the gate matters. We get you out early and keep you out.
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450+ bird species
The Mara holds one of the densest lion populations in Africa, alongside elephant, buffalo, leopard and — with patience — black rhino.
Beyond the famous five: cheetah on the short-grass plains, hippo and crocodile in the rivers, hyena, giraffe, topi, eland and well over 450 recorded bird species.
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Morning & evening
Guided walks in the conservancy around the property — tracks, plants, medicine trees and the small things you cannot see from a vehicle.
Walking changes the scale of the place. A Maasai guide will show you how to read a print, which bark treats a fever, and how a herdsman knows rain is coming a day before it does.
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Neighbouring homesteads
Visit a working Maasai homestead nearby — not a performance, but a household that farms, herds and lives here.
We arrange visits with neighbouring families we have known for years. Fees go directly to the homestead. Photography is welcome, with the courtesy of asking first.
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Large groups welcome
An open camping field, room to pitch at scale, and full-board catering for schools, churches, corporate retreats and fellowship groups.
We regularly host large groups — youth camps, staff retreats, church families. Tell us the numbers and the dates and we will put a full-board package together.
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Something hot before the cold drive out. The plains are still grey.
06:15
First light is when the cats are still moving and the light is worth the camera.
12:30
A packed lunch in the shade, somewhere with a view over the herds.
18:00
The plains go violet, the fire gets lit, and dinner is already on.
Game drives at Ksh 25,000
per vehicle, per day · Exclusive of park gate fees, which are paid directly to the reserve.
The Mara holds the Big Five, but the cast is much larger than five. Here is a little of what our guests photographed on their drives.
Lion
Among the densest populations in Africa
Elephant
Family herds year-round
Cheetah
The short-grass plains hunter
Maasai Giraffe
Walking the sand at a waterhole
Hippo
Pods along the Mara and Talek
Nile Crocodile
Waiting out the crossings
Spotted Hyena
The plains' most efficient hunter
Leopard
The hardest of the five to find
