Northern Masai Mara National Reserve - Kenya
Mara Leisure Camp offers an all inclusive safari destination, with three daily game drives, experienced Maasai guides and visits to cultural and community projects within the Talek Area. The camp offers 26 tents, three family cottages, a dining and bar area and a swimming pool.
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.
Kenya hotels and accommodation
Amongst the wide range of Kenya hotels, some make the ideal Kenya safari destination. Choose a safari lodge, safari hotel, bush camp, luxury lodge, safari camp, tented camp or bush lodge. National park accommodation usually takes the form of a traditional safari lodge or tented camp, but numerous other options exist on the park boundaries. Luxury lodges and luxury camp options are also offered in the private wildlife conservancies.
Location
The Masai Mara is 270 miles from Nairobi (five hours by road). All weather air strip - less than an hour from Nairobi by plane. Located along in the Talek River, at the confluence of the Masai Mara's four game-viewing areas, and on the northern boundary of the reserve, Mara Leisure camp is located around in one its most spectacular locations. The camp is 20km from the Sekenani Gate and the Mara River, scene of the annual great migration.
The Background
The Masai Mara National Reserve
When it comes to game-viewing, there is nowhere in Africa richer in wildlife or more eventful in encounters than the Mara. A pristine wilderness of haunting beauty, it promises its visitors a profusion of wildlife, prolific bird life and the unprecedented opportunity of catching up with all the members of the ‘Big Five' in one morning.
As to scenery, the 1,800 sq kilometres of this veteran reserve offer the classic mix of African imagery; miles of lion-gold grasslands, shoals of lilac-misted hills, a meandering river, acres of thorn-bush and mile upon mile of undulating wilderness.
The Miracle of the Migration of the Wildebeest
Between the end of July and November, over one and a half million wildebeest accompanied by half again as many zebras and gazelles, migrate from the short-grass plains of the Serengeti to fresh pasture in the grasslands of the Mara; thus creating one of nature's grandest spectacles. Moving in groups of up to 20,000 at a time they thunder across the plateau hesitating only briefly to cross the Mara River, where many fall prey to the waiting crocodiles. Towards the end of October they begin crossing back into Tanzania. The actual timing of the migration, however, is dictated by the weather and does not always ‘run to schedule'.
Accommodation
The camp offers 1 exclusive honeymoon tent, 8 spacious ‘jumbo' tents, 17 standard ‘nyati' tents and 3 family ‘jamii' cottages. The tents offer double or twin beds, wooden floors, tea and coffee making facilities, camp furniture, private verandahs and an en-suite bathroom.
Dining and bars
The central dining area, with its open fireplace, offers a wide selection of safari cuisine.
Wildlife highlights
Offering an abundance of herbivores, the Mara makes the ideal hunting ground for Kenya's famous ‘big cats' and hosts her largest population of lions. It also offers the best chance of spotting a leopard in the wild. Other predators include cheetah and spotted hyena. Historically teaming with wildlife, the Mara is famous for the large herds of elephant and buffalo that meander its plains; also for the fat pods of hippo that wallow in its mud-brown rivers. Other stars include the distinctive Masai giraffe, plum-coloured topi, Coke's hartebeest, Grant's and Thomson's gazelle, zebra, impala, Kirk's dik-dik, bushbuck, waterbuck and red duiker. The Reserve also boasts plentiful Nile crocodile, monitor lizard, baboon, vervet, blue and red-tailed monkeys, nocturnal bush babies, and tree hyrax. There are over 550 resident and migratory species of birds.
Meetings and events
Our creative Marketing team is also able to theme "Baraza under canvas".
Our conference room can comfortably cater for up to 60 conference delegates.
We also offer you the usual modern conference facilities that include overhead projectors and PA system.
• Other services can include , Free use of designated areas for breakaway
• Exciting treasure hunt available
• Capacity
• 30 board room style
• 40 theatre style
• 60 classroom style.
Child-friendly
The camp welcomes children, but parental supervision is required at all times.
What to see and do
For guests on the Full Game Package, two game viewing drives in open-topped 4WD vehicles are included in the package, per day. Additionally the camp offers; evening lectures and slide presentations, guided bush walks, bush dinners and breakfasts, balloon safaris, Swedish massage, and cultural visits to local villages.
Mara Leisure Camp - Masai Mara • Traditional Safari Camp • Kenya Hotels, Safari Lodges, Tented Camps
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