Mara Simba Lodge

Mara Simba Lodge has been designed so as to present a safari resort, Styled to reflect the iconic colours and cultural artefacts of the Maasai people, who are the original owners of this land, it offers a peaceful retreat from the adventure and experience of the traditional safari.

Situated on the banks of the Talek River, the lifeblood of this region, it extends for one kilometer, amid typical savannah and indigenous forest landscape.

Wide, well-lit pathways link the rooms with the central restaurant and bar areas, where log fires are lit nightly. The resort offers a swimming pool, a wide range of evening entertainment; daily game drives through the expanse of this famous reserve, and a gift shop.

Location & Climate
The Masai Mara is 270 miles from Nairobi (five hours by road).

Accommodation
There are 84 guest rooms, widely spaced along the banks of the river, each of which stands within a cluster of six natural wood and stone chalets.

Each has its own private verandah with uninterrupted views across the landscape. Each has its own en-suite luxury bathroom (hot and cold running water, flushed WC and shower).

Dining & Bars
The central dining room, which is presented in traditional Maasai style, offers a lavish selection of principally buffet-styled meals, which reflect international and local cuisine and always provide plenty of vegetarian options.

Drinks can be taken in the stylish bar, or against a bush setting.

Entertainment in the form of traditional cultural displays is offered most nights.

What to See and Do
The resort has its own resident naturalist. In the evenings traditional bush BBQs are staged, which can be preceded by traditional safari sundowners in the bush.

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Keekorok Lodge

Keekorok means ‘the place of dark’ trees in Maa, the language of the Masai.

One of the easier Mara lodges to reach from Nairobi by road, Keekorok Lodge is well located, standing amid 80 acres of wilderness, atop a shallow rise, which allows for spectacularly long views across the rolling savanna.

Dating from 1965, it is a large and busy lodge capable of accommodating almost 200 guests.

World renowned for the breathtaking spectacle of ‘the greatest wildlife show on earth’, the awe inspiring annual migration of the wildebeest, the Mara is Kenya’s most visited protected area.

Technically an extension of Tanzania’s renowned Serengeti National Park, the Mara constitutes only 4% of the entire Serengeti ecosystem but its rolling grasslands, meandering rivers and towering escarpments offer one of the world’s most rewarding and evocative wildlife arenas.

Location & Climate
The Masai Mara is 270 miles from Nairobi (five hours by road). The climate is temperate. There is low humidity year round. The days are warm and the evenings cool.

Maximum temperature is around 28 degrees Centigrade in December and minimum temperature is about 11 degrees Centigrade in July.

Accommodation
The lodge offers 70 rooms, spaced out across its area. The rooms are simply furnished, most with tub and shower. Some have double beds and mini-bars.

Dining & Bars
Overlooking the manicured lawns and internal rock gardens, the restaurant serves a variety of traditional African, Asian and Western food. Guests can dine inside or outside on the Elephant Deck.

The Discovery Bar features a photo-gallery of the illustrious clientelle who have visited the lodge over its long history.

The Swimming Pool Bar serves drinks and snacks throughout the day. The Hippo Pool Bar is connected to the lodge by a 1km long wooden walkway. This meanders through the Keekorok forest, and overlooks a permanent watering hole, home to over 20 hippos, and regularly visited by both elephants and lions.

There is a broad stone terrace offering spectacular views.

Conference & Event Facilities
The lodge has its own conference room to accommodate up to 100 guests. The lodge is connected by telephone, VHF and HF radio and hi speed wireless internet.

What to See and Do
The lodge offers its own swimming pool, forex and medical services, petrol station and gift shop, while activities offered are as follows:

– Bird walks
– Masai Dancing
– Wildlife Film.

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Sarova Mara Game Camp

Nothing quite captures the true spirit of East Africa, like a safari in Kenya’s richest game reserve, the Maasai Mara. Sarova Mara Game Camp offers front seats to nature’s most breathtaking show – the wildebeest migration.

The endless plains of East Africa are the setting for the world’s greatest wildlife spectacle where, from the vast Serengeti plains to the champagne colored hills of Kenya’s Maasai Mara, over 1.4 million wildebeest and 200,000 zebra and gazelle, relentlessly tracked by Africa’s great predators, migrate in a clockwise fashion over 1,800 miles each year in search of rain ripened grass.

Location
The Masai Mara is 270 miles from Nairobi (five hours by road).

Accommodation
The lodge stands on slightly raised ground, astride two streams, and amid landscaped gardens, within the world-renowned Mara.

The camp offers 75 tents, each with electricity and ensuite bathrooms (with hot and cold running water and flushed WCs).

Dining & Bar
The Isokon Restaurant offers a wide range of cuisine and evening barbecues held by the swimming pool beneath the star-filled skies. The restaurant has two sections, one internal and one external with a canopy.

Breakfast and lunch are buffets, whilst dinner is Table D’hote. The capacity is 150 people. The Oloip Bar is located on the ground floor and offers a blazing log fire and nightly Maasai dance and musical performances.

What to See and Do
:: Visit to the Isokon Maasai Cultural Village.
:: Nature trails around the camp
:: Guided wildlife/bird/flora and fauna walks are offered in the greater Mara area (9-15 kms and feature picnic lunches.
:: Heritage talks by a Maasai elder and Maasai morans.
:: Maasai beadwork demonstrations
:: The camp offers champagne breakfasts in the bush and an evening in an authentic Maasai village (with dinner and dancing and an African buffet, which will also include game meat).

Other Attractions
The camp also offers a series of massage option (Swedish, Therapeutic or Aromatherapy), which can be taken inside or outside in the wild.

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Siana Springs Tented Camp

A luxury tented camp, stands on the edge of the Masai Mara National Reserve – on a Group Ranch, a private area owned collectively by the local Maasai, who contribute towards its upkeep and benefit from its profits.

Because the camp stands outside the National Reserve, night game drives, fly-camping and walkingsafaris are all permitted (as they are not in the National Reserve).

The camp stands at the base of the Ngama Hills and is named after the Siana or plentiful springs of the area. Surrounded by indigenous forest, the camp offers a selection of 38 tents, an open-air dining terrace and campfire area, a freeform swimming pool and sundeck, a boutique and a children’s adventure centre.

The camp’s Maasai hosts also welcome guests to tour their manyattas, cattle bomas and villages.

Location
The Masai Mara is 270 miles from Nairobi (five hours by road).

Accommodation
The camp offers 38 tents all with ensuite bathrooms (hot and cold running water, showers, flushing WCs), verandahs, single or double beds, camp furnishings, generator electricity and in-tent drinks and snack service. Laundry services are offered and global communications can be accessed at reception.

Dining & Bar
The central dining room overlooks the plains and serves lavish buffet meals. There is also an exterior dining terrace and campfire area. Both interior and exterior bar services are offered, and drinks can be delivered to the tents.

What to See and Do
:: Escorted walking safaris and night game drives
:: Bush breakfasts and dinners under the stars
:: Romantic sundowners on the Ngama Hills
:: Unique lifestyle tours with our Maasai hosts
:: Traditional dances by local warriors and maidens
:: Lectures and slideshows on culture and wildlife.

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Ilkeliani Camp

Located on the banks of the Talek River, overlooking the famous savannah plains of the Mara, the eco-friendly Ilkeliani Camp, a luxury tented camp, offers just 17 elegant tents, each with its own ensuite bathroom, private verandah and view of the river.

Presented in the style elegant hunting safaris of the 1920s, the camp features its own elegant mess tent and bar.

World renowned for the breathtaking spectacle of ‘the greatest wildlife show on earth’, the awe inspiring annual migration of the wildebeest, the Mara is Kenya’s most visited protected area.

Technically an extension of Tanzania’s renowned Serengeti National Park, the Mara constitutes only 4% of the entire Serengeti ecosystem but its rolling grasslands, meandering rivers and towering escarpments offer one of the world’s most rewarding and evocative wildlife arenas.

Location
The Masai Mara is 270 miles from Nairobi (five hours by road).

Accommodation
There are 17 luxury tents each with its own view of the river. Widely spaced, the tents offer 24-hour solar power, ensuite bathrooms (24-hour hot water, showers, flush WCs), spacious verandahs and elegant furniture.

Dining & Bars
All meals are prepared by the camps chefs, offering hearty breakfasts, alfresco lunches and candle light dinners in the Mess Tent. Picnic breakfast/ Lunches are prepared if you prefer to stay out and explore the reserve all day long.

A camp fire is lit from 6 pm onwards and the safari experience is shared with fellow guests while enjoying a “tusker”/drinks. Bitings are served with Sundowner.

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Mara Sopa Lodge

Masai Mara Sopa Lodge is set in the Oloolaimutia Valley & blends perfectly with the surrounding hillside landscape.

The lodge is located 206 km south of the Equator on the eastern boundary of the Masai Mara Game Reserve in south-western Kenya, 2km from the Oloolaimutia Gate.

The lodge has been styled to echo the icons, colours and cultural artifacts of the Maasai people and features high rondaval buildings, colourful decor and central fire places. Set in extensive grounds, it offers a swimming pool, restaurant, 3 bars, a conference centre and a gift shop.

Located on the slopes of the Oloongams Hills, this was one of the first loges to be built in the Mara.

Location
The Masai Mara is 270 miles from Nairobi (five hours by road).

Accommodation
The lodge has 77 rooms, 12 suites and 1 Presidential suite, all of which are ‘rondavel’ style and have en-suite bathroom facilities. Every room and suite has a private, elevated verandah with splendid views across the valley.

All rooms have minibars, direct dial telephone, satellite TV, hairdryers and shaver sockets. Each rondaval features two rooms – a bedroom and a lounge area.

Dining & Bar
The dining room is accommodated within a traditional rondavel, which is presented in traditional Maasai style and features a large central fireplace.

Doors open on to an open air terrace, where meals are also served. In the nearby lounge is the Jumbo Bar.

The Pool Bar overlooks the swimming pool and the Ol Murani bar is on the lower ground floor, and features sports TV and a billiard table. This area also features a wildlife veiwing deck and a campfire.

Conference & Event Facilities
The extensive ground make the ideal wedding backdrop and the lodge offers both wedding packages and a honeymoon suite.

The meeting room seats 18-90 guests and offers full AV and conference equipment and an outdoor break-out or entertaining space.

The hotel also offers a series of incentives options, such as bush breakfasts, bush dinners, Maasai dance and an events theatre 10 km from the lodge where tents can be erected.

Activities
The lodge offers visits to the local Maasai village, guided nature walks, birdwatching, mountain climbing, archery, walking safaris, Maasai cultural talks and balloon safaris.

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Sabuk Lodge

For more than 20 years, the lodge has been an addictive gateaway for a couple, a group of friends, or a family with chilldren. You’ll find unique wildlife, lots of activities and some of the most beautiful scenery on Earth.

Unlike the National Parks, Sabuk is private land, which means there are no rules about staying in a vehicle. Here you see Africa up close, on foot, and true,without rush or the noise of engines.

This is a Safari that lets you do more than just view Africa; it lets you become part of it.

Then after you’ve spent the day exploring, you return to the peace and pleasure of one of the most comfortable lodges in all of Kenya.

Access
Sabuk Lodge & Fly Camp is a 6 hour drive from Nairobi. Flights from Nairobi take an hour to Loisaba Airstrip and another hour Scenic Drive to Sabuk Lodge

Accommodation
Sabuk lodge has 6 beautifully furnished open sided en suite cottages, plus Eagle Cottages (a family cottage) which consists of 2 en suite bedrooms, and a private seating / dining room with plunge pool. Both the lodge rooms and the cottage have their own fabulous views.

Sabuk was fashioned out of the local landscape, built with local materials, twisted wood and stone boulders incorporated into the architecture.

Open fronted and private veranda’s face out over the river gorge 150 feet below.

Sabuk Fly Camp is perfect for clients spending 3 or more days. Walk with a professional safari guide, a camel train and a team of trained Laikipia Maasai warriors through completely deserted tracts of wilderness: no other tourists, no roads or vehicles, only wildlife and tracks, breathtaking scenery, the sounds of the bush, Africa.

Facilities
:: Dinning
:: Swimming pool
:: Hammocks and day beds with alot of pillows

Wildlife Attractions
The region nurtures exceptional wildlife and cultural diversity, home to many communities including the Laikipia Maasai and the Samburu tribes.

Around Sabuk the area is wild and hilly, with dense acacia bush, Greater Kudu, Reticulated Giraffe, Buffalo, Impala, Elephant, Klipspringer, Zebra, Eland, DikDik, Waterbuck, Lion, Leopard, great bird watching and incredible scenery.

Activities
:: Guided Bush walks
:: Camel assisted walking safaris (anything from 1 morning up to 2 weeks)
:: Game Drives
:: Bush Meals and Sundowners
:: Swimming pool
:: Fly camping
:: River Line fishing
:: River Swimming (seasonal)
:: Cultural Visits.

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Ol Malo Lodge

Ol Malo is a privately-owned game sanctuary on the banks of the Uaso Nyiro River in Kenya’s wild and beautiful North Eastern Province – 5000 acres of spectacular bush country overlooked by Mount Kenya and teeming with the elusive antelope from which the land takes its name.

In this majestic setting – on a rock escarpment on the edge of the Laikipia Plateau, bordering the tribal heartlands of the nomadic Samburu people – the Francombe family and their Samburu neighbours have created a home for themselves and a dream destination for the privileged few who seek a glimpse into the true heart of Africa.

Access
:: Daily scheduled flight to Nanyuki departing from Wilson Airport. Connect with private charter to Ol Malo airstrip.
:: Daily scheduled flight to Loisaba departing from Maasai Mara. Transfer to Ol Malo is 40 minutes away and is included
:: By private charter flight, directly Ol Malo airstrip

Accommodation
Ol Malo Lodge presents 4 thoughtfully designed cottages that can accommodate at most 8 guests. Each double room has its own veranda, en-suite bathroom, king size beds and complete privacy.

Large picture windows frame a wild, constantly changing landscape – clouds scud across the sky, stately eagles wheel and glide on thermals above the plains. An infinity pool adds to the beauty as well as the amenity of this place

Lodge Amenities
:: Large sitting room with fireplace
:: Horizon swimming pool with superb views
:: Laundry services provided
:: Gift shop
:: Guests can request internet access
:: Mobile phone networks are intermittent
:: Credit card facilities –Mastercard and Visa

Wildlife Attractions
Elephant, buffalo, Eland, Beisa Oryx, Grant gazelle, Impala, common and grey Zebra, reticulated Giraffe, Lelwels Hartebeeste Gerenuk, Greater Kudu, Water Buck, Klipspringer, Steenbok, Gunthers Dik Dik, Warthog, Wild dog, Leopard, Cheetah, Lion, spotted and striped Hyena: where else on earth can you go out for a drive in an open vehicle – with a Samburu guide and driver – and be virtually certain to see such a wide-ranging selection of elusive, wild game?

Adventure Tour Activities
:: Wildlife Viewing in safari vehicles.
:: Walking Safaris and Nature Walks: Africa is not only about the Big Five at Ol Malo will try and spot the Little Five too. Ol Malo guides are experts in finding the smaller things of interest: spiders, insects, harvester ants, flowers and plants.
:: Camel Riding Safaris: Ol Malo has a family of camels that can be ridden across the plains, or around Ol Malo.
:: Horse Back Riding Safaris: Ol Malo’s ponies love both children and adults and there is no better way of experiencing the real Kenyan outback than on the back of one of these great friends.

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Mutamaiyu House

Mutamaiyu House is perched on a hilltop with panoramic views of the savannah.

Described by a visitor as “Heaven on a Hill” this magnificent family-owned house is named after the ancient grove of twisting olive trees that grow around it.

It is is a spectacularly refined retreat in one of Africa’s last great wilderness areas ? the 49,000 acre Mugie Wildlife Conservancy in Laikipia.

These rugged plains and lush woodlands are home to some of the richest diversities of wildlife on the continent including the big five with the endangered black rhino, elephant, leopard, cheetah, the rare Grevy’s zebra and stunning birdlife.

Access
By road: Approximately 4- hours driving time from Nairobi.

By air: Nearby airstrips are Mugie (10 min game drive) and Loisaba (45 min). These are private and unmanned airstrips, serviced by Mugie and Loisaba:

Accommodation
The house boasts a lavish sitting room, high ceilinged verandas and a large dining room situated in a prime viewing area for the waterhole below where day and night the interaction of wildlife present a wonderful spectacle.

A short walk through the impeccable gardens takes you to a cliff-top swimming pool and bar with stunning views.

Mutamaiyu comfortably accommodates 12 guests in six African style cottages, traditionally thatched using “makuti” (palm leaves) over a vaulted wooden frame.

Our spacious cottages, all with en-suite bathrooms (including both shower and bath) have a comfortable sitting area with a log fire.

Wildlife
Laikipia is second only to the Masai Mara as a game viewing experience. A herd of elephant has made this their territorial home and over 300 buffalo roam the plains.

Other regulars are lion, leopard, Grevy zebra (classified as an endangered species but abundant in this area), dik dik, impala, waterbuck, eland, oryx, hartebeest and reticulated giraffe; some of the rarer sights are cheetah and wild dog.

For bird lovers 285 species have been recorded.

Activities & Facilities
:: Day & night game drives in the Mugie Wildlife Conservancy with Professional Safari Guides
:: Visits to the Mugie Wildlife Conservancy
:: Lion tracking
:: Camel walks
:: Fishing
:: Heated swimming pool
:: Bush breakfast
:: Sundowners
:: Visit to the Mugie school
:: Introduction to the Pokot and Samburu traditional ways of life
:: Visit to the weekly market day in Suguta Marmar
:: Join in with day to day ranching activities
:: Visit to the Gala graves
:: Clay Pigeon Shooting *
:: Cultural boma visit *
:: Day trip to Roof of the World –(Porro-Maralal).

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Mukutan Retreat

The Retreat is a unique refuge overlooking the spectacular Mukutan Gorge on the edge of the Great Rift Valley of Kenya. It is situated on the extreme west of the region of Laikipia, the gem of the East African Highlands, on the ranch of Ol Ari Nyiro.

Ol Ari Nyiro – The place of Dark Waters in Maasai language – is a 100,000 acre ranch where conservationist and author Kuki Gallmann’s haunting autobiography, ‘I Dreamed of Africa’ is based.

Mukutan means ‘The Meeting’ and it is here that the fingers of the surrounding hills meet.

Access
Mukutan Retreat is situated on the extreme west of Laikipia on the 100,000 acre Laikipia Nature Conservancy, home to conservationist and author Kuki Gallmann.

Laikipia is 50 minutes flight from Nairobi Wilson Aiport.

Accommodation
A stunning resort for 12/14 people, Lodging is provided by three traditional dwellings, perched at the edge of the gorge and patterned after native African rondavels.

Room Features
Each hut offers luxurious accommodations with double beds, a fireplace and a private veranda overlooking the cliffs.

The 6 enormous tents, 3 with two large queen beds each, and three with romantic four-poster beds, are sheltered by a sloping tent -like roof and erected on red cedar terraces. Each is dressed with Swahili and Lamu furniture and built of local stone, papyrus and native woods.

Facilities
:: A satellite telephone is available for guests at an extra charge.
:: Power at the retreat is supplied by solar panels and batteries. Guests can recharge batteries for video equipment with a 220-240 volt transformer.
:: Lounge and Dining area
:: Swimming pool
:: Shop

Activities
:: Fishing in one of the dams or streams for black bass and fresh water crayfish
:: Relax in the natural mineral rich hot spring, or enjoy a massage
:: Swimming in the rock-carved pool or one of the waterfall pools
:: Walking in the hills and valleys with a trained local guide
:: Optional Extras: Day trips by helicopter or private plane
:: Day Games drives and Night Game Drives to spot lion
:: Cultural visits to Pokot, Turkana and Samburu tribes
:: Visit the newly discovered archaeological remains
:: Bird watching – 400 identified species in the area
:: Game viewing on horseback or camel rides
:: Night under the stars in the ‘moonlit cottage’
:: Picnic breakfast and lunch.

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