Handpicked safari lodges & camps across Africa

Masai Mara National Reserve

Mara Serena Safari Lodge sits on a hilltop in the Mara Triangle, the western sector of the Masai Mara National Reserve, above a broad bend of the Mara River. Its 74 rooms, including one suite, are compact en-suite units with small balconies, and the design draws on the circular layout of a Maasai manyatta. Facilities include a heated swimming pool, the Maisha Spa and gym, a restaurant with views over the plains and a conference room. The lodge has run on solar power since 2019, and the Serena airstrip is a few minutes away.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Masai Mara National Reserve

Angama Mara sits on the rim of the Oloololo (Siria) Escarpment, looking down over the Mara Triangle in the west of Kenya's Masai Mara. The name is Swahili for 'suspended in mid-air'. It has 30 tented suites split between two separate camps of 15, each camp with its own lounge, dining area and pool. Every suite has a floor-to-ceiling glass front facing the plains, and four interconnecting suites suit families. The lodge also runs a photographic studio with resident photographers, a gym, a curio and Maasai beadwork shop and a kitchen garden.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Masai Mara National Reserve

&Beyond Bateleur Camp lies on a private concession at the base of the Oloololo Escarpment, on the western boundary of the Masai Mara National Reserve, just below the spot where the final scene of Out of Africa was filmed. It has 18 tents in two separate camps of nine, each tent with a private deck facing the plains and butler service. Interiors use antiques and old safari pieces in the style of 1920s explorers. There are two swimming pools, a gym and a massage sala, and activities include day and night game drives, walks and balloon safaris.

Authentic canvas tents with comfortable beds and en-suite facilities

Masai Mara National Reserve

&Beyond Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp lies on a private concession on the western edge of the Masai Mara, where the forest of the Oloololo Escarpment meets the open plains, along the Saparingo River. It has 40 tents: 12 classic tents in the forest, 20 superior tents among the trees and eight superior view tents facing the plains, including family suites. Tents are raised with screened decks. The camp has a rim-flow pool, an open-air restaurant, a spa tent, the Tusker Bar and a kitchen garden, and game drives cover a concession that sits on the migration route.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Masai Mara National Reserve

Keekorok Lodge is a premier safari lodge in the heart of Africa's most spectacular wildlife regions. A safari lodge offering comfortable rooms with en-suite facilities, restaurant, and lounge areas. Located in prime wildlife viewing areas with easy access to game drives and guided excursions.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Masai Mara National Reserve

Mara Simba Lodge is a safari lodge on the banks of the Talek River in Kenya's Masai Mara, between the Sekenani and Talek gates. Rooms sit on wooden platforms with small decks looking over the river, where animals come down to drink. The lodge has a restaurant, a bar and lounge with a stone fireplace, a heated swimming pool, a massage room, a gift shop and conference rooms. Game drives run morning, afternoon and evening, and in season the migration crosses the Mara River further west.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Masai Mara National Reserve

Sand River Masai Mara is an Elewana tented camp on the banks of the Sand River in the south of the Masai Mara National Reserve, close to the Tanzanian border. It has 16 canvas suites on raised hardwood decks, split between two adjacent camps of six and ten, each with its own dining and lounge areas. Interiors follow a 1920s safari style, and bathrooms have large tubs. The camp has a swimming pool, a library and a wine cellar. Game drives here cover big cat territory and the migration route when the herds arrive from Tanzania.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Masai Mara National Reserve

Sentrim Mara Camp is a premier tented camp in the heart of Africa's most spectacular wildlife regions. An authentic tented safari camp combining the thrill of bush living with modern comforts. Spacious canvas tents with en-suite bathrooms, dining tent, and campfire area under the stars.

Authentic canvas tents with comfortable beds and en-suite facilities

Masai Mara National Reserve

Governors' Camp is a tented camp on a forested bend of the Mara River beside Musiara Marsh, in the northwest of Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve. Opened in 1972 on a site once reserved for Kenya's colonial governors, it describes itself as Africa's first permanent luxury tented camp. It has 24 en-suite tents, five of them family tents, with river or plains views. The camp is unfenced, so elephants and hippos regularly pass through. There is a riverside bar and deck, a dining tent, a spa tent and a shop, and Musiara Airstrip is a short drive away.

Authentic canvas tents with comfortable beds and en-suite facilities

Masai Mara National Reserve

Mara Sopa Lodge is built on the slopes of the Oloolaimutia Hills on the eastern side of the Masai Mara, close to the Oloolaimutia Gate and about 250 km from Nairobi. Its 99 rooms, including a honeymoon suite and 12 suites, are housed in round cottages with conical thatched roofs that follow the contours of the hillside. The lodge has a swimming pool, a bar and lounge, a restaurant with outdoor boma dining, a gift shop and a conference room. Game drives, balloon safaris, bush meals and nature walks can be arranged.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Masai Mara National Reserve

Masai Mara Sarova Luxury Tented Camp is a premier tented camp in the heart of Africa's most spectacular wildlife regions. An authentic tented safari camp combining the thrill of bush living with modern comforts. Spacious canvas tents with en-suite bathrooms, dining tent, and campfire area under the stars.

Authentic canvas tents with comfortable beds and en-suite facilities

Masai Mara National Reserve

Ilkeliani Camp is a tented camp on the banks of the Talek River, a few kilometres from the Talek Gate of the Masai Mara National Reserve and linked to the reserve by a footbridge. Now run by the Wilder group, it has tented suites raised on stilts with wooden decks and canvas sides that open onto the river. Suites are split between an East and a West wing and include family options. The camp has a central lounge, indoor and outdoor dining, a pool and spa, and an organic garden that supplies the kitchen.

Authentic canvas tents with comfortable beds and en-suite facilities

Masai Mara National Reserve

Sarova Mara Game Camp is a large tented camp in the Masai Mara National Reserve, about 250 km from Nairobi and a short drive from Keekorok Airstrip. Accommodation is in standard, club and family tents with wooden floors and en-suite bathrooms with permanent showers and flush toilets. The grounds include a fish pond and a small bird sanctuary. Facilities include the Isokon Restaurant, a swimming pool with a bar, a spa tent, conference rooms and babysitting, which makes it a common choice for families and groups on game drive safaris.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Masai Mara National Reserve

Fairmont Mara Safari Club is a tented camp on an oxbow bend of the Mara River at the foot of the Aitong Hills, in the Olchoro Oirowua Conservancy in the northwest of the Masai Mara. Its tents have four-poster beds, en-suite bathrooms and private decks facing the river, where hippos and crocodiles are common. The camp has a swimming pool, a spa, a restaurant, bars and a boma for evening meals. Day and night game drives run in the conservancy, and balloon safaris and bush breakfasts can be added.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Masai Mara National Reserve

Sarova Lodges is a premier safari lodge in the heart of Africa's most spectacular wildlife regions. A safari lodge offering comfortable rooms with en-suite facilities, restaurant, and lounge areas. Located in prime wildlife viewing areas with easy access to game drives and guided excursions.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Masai Mara National Reserve

Tipilikwani Mara Camp is a tented camp on the banks of the Talek River in the Masai Mara, Kenya, looking out over open plains. All 20 of its tents face the river and are decorated in warm Maasai colours, and the family tents add a standalone bathtub alongside the shower. Meals are served in an open-air dining and lounge area, on tent verandas or in the bush, and the camp has Wi-Fi and charging points. Game drives run in open 4x4 vehicles with up to six guests, and Maasai village visits can be arranged.

Authentic canvas tents with comfortable beds and en-suite facilities

Masai Mara National Reserve

Porini Lion Camp is a small tented camp on the Ntiakitiak River in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy, on the northern border of the Masai Mara National Reserve. It has 10 en-suite tents with verandas facing the river, a dining tent and a lounge tent, and runs on solar power with no permanent structures. The conservancy limits vehicle numbers and allows off-road driving, night drives and walks with Maasai guides, none of which are possible in the reserve itself. Full-day trips into the reserve can be added.

Authentic canvas tents with comfortable beds and en-suite facilities

Masai Mara National Reserve

Sala's Camp is a small tented camp in shady forest on the Sand River, in the far south of the Masai Mara National Reserve near the Tanzanian border. Run by The Safari Collection, it has canvas-and-glass tents, including family and honeymoon tents, each with a private plunge pool on a deck facing the river. The main area has a lounge and dining tent, a bar, a river deck with a fire pit and a small gym, and spa treatments are available. Game drives, guided walks along the Sand River and balloon safaris are offered.

Authentic canvas tents with comfortable beds and en-suite facilities