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Maasai Mara Conservancies
Maasai Mara Conservancies
Maasai Mara Conservancies
Maasai Mara Conservancies

The conservancies are exclusive to their guests...

...bush walks...

Most of the camp staff come from the region’s Maasai communities.

You will often see no other vehicles around you...

Maasai Mara Conservancies

Reviews of safaris to Maasai Mara Conservancies

390 holiday reviews from our travellers of holidays which include Mara Conservancies.

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Mr & Mrs B
Ilminster

"Holiday of a Lifetime"

I visited Kenya between 29 Feb 2016 and 13 Mar 2016
"After a slightly shakey start, we had a fabulous holiday - all we could have wished for.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

Richard went to great lengths to organise this very special holiday and we are enormously grateful to him for his efforts on our behalf. Our thanks to all at Expert Africa." Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 12 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr J
Compton Martin

"OUR AFRICAN EXPERIENCE"

I visited Kenya and 1 other country between 21 Feb 2016 and 13 Mar 2016
"Inevitably it was a bit of a ‘whistle-stop’ tour as we covered a great deal of ground; however all the travel arrangements were quite excellent and our thanks must go to Richard Trillo of Expert-Africa for his advice and organisation; to Gaig Leshan Safaris for all their help; to Asilia Africa; and not least to Alex Hunter at Ol Pejeta for all his kindness and hospitality.

Without exception the management and staff wherever we stayed were friendly and helpful, the food was excellent, whilst the standard of diver/guides was of the highest order.

All in all this was an outstanding trip in every respect. Thank you." Read full review: 21 nights in Africa; 11 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr W
Essex

"A wonderful holiday, can't wait to get back"

I visited Kenya between 20 Feb 2016 and 6 Mar 2016
"Amazing and life changing!

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

Please look at including Uganda." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 15 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mrs W & Miss W
UK

"Half term in Kenya"

I visited Kenya between 13 Feb 2016 and 19 Feb 2016
"An unbelievably fantastic holiday, perfectly possible to do 4 nights safari and a night in Nairobi on arrival without feeling as if your short holiday is rushed. All plans worked like clockwork and my 10 year old loved Naboisho Camp as much as me. Communal dining in the evening worked very well and was like one big dinner party. The school visit was a particular highlight with my daughter having a Swahili lesson with the local school children. The Naboisho Conservancy had the feel of a private safari, with very few other vehicles around. A real treat having had a different experience in the past in the Masai Mara. We spent a day travelling to the Mara which was also wonderful for game viewing. Tim, our driver and guide had an uncanny knack of finding the best game viewing and perfect picnic spots (we had a bush breakfast most days overlooking pods of hippos or giraffe herds). Thank you to everyone who made our holiday so special." Read full review: 6 nights in Africa; 5 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs C
Stroud

"Our trip to Kenya 2016"

I visited Kenya between 13 Feb 2016 and 26 Feb 2016
"Our trip was a wonderful experience and the quality of the guiding and accommodation was outstanding.

Richard asked what we wanted and gave us choices based on his expert knowledge.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

I can't think of anything! Expert Africa has now put three trips together for us and hopefully will do so again in the future." Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 12 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr M
Farnham

"Overall"

I visited Seychelles and 1 other country between 30 Jan 2016 and 16 Feb 2016
"Great trip and lifetime memories, the team meeting and transferring us went very smoothly.

We were delayed 2 hours at Bird Island as a tropical storm had delayed the plane at Mahe, but they provided drinks and I preferred to wait at Bird Island than Mahe airport." Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 6 on a Seychelles holiday
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs M
Kansas

"My Jan 2016 trip"

I visited Kenya between 10 Jan 2016 and 25 Jan 2016
"We were extremely happy with the organization of our trip by Expert Africa and our TO, Ellie. She would be very prompt in answering any of our questions, and designed our safari as we had wanted. We were supplied all the information that we would require to prepare for our trip.

The camps that we stayed at were all first rate. The guiding was good at all of them and the transfers from the airports and between the camps went flawlessly.

Ellie was able to come close to our budget request by finding us camps with special rates that fit our comfort zone.

We would definitely recommend Expert Africa to anyone wanting to do a safari in Kenya." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 10 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr S & Ms B
UK

"My Jan 2016 trip"

I visited Kenya between 9 Jan 2016 and 23 Jan 2016
"The whole trip was wonderful. All three camps were excellent, and the three different areas went very well together.

The order we visited the camps (Meru, Ol Pejeta, Olare Motorogi) worked well for flights but also worked very well in terms of wildlife viewing. We were very happy with the balance of time we spent in each area. Everything went very smoothly, guiding was of very high quality in all of the camps. All camps knew that we did not eat meat and we were very well catered for in each of them.

The advice we received from Richard and from Ellie was very good. Both were keen to listen to what we wanted from our trip and both were very knowledgable.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

We are very happy with the service provided (which is why it is the second time we have used you!)" Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 10 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mrs & Mr Y
Paris

"A great trip with incredible snapshots"

I visited Kenya and 1 other country between 28 Dec 2015 and 5 Jan 2016
"The trip in Chulu, Mara and Ngorongoro was really amazing and thanks to Richard Trillo everything went as planned." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 5 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Pat R
North Carolina

"My Dec 2015 trip"

I visited Kenya between 25 Dec 2015 and 9 Jan 2016
Overall trip
Excellent
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Where to stay in Mara Conservancies

Our suggestions for safari camps in Maasai Mara Conservancies


Kicheche Bush Camp

Kicheche Bush Camp

Kicheche Bush Camp is a smart and intimate tented camp with a relaxed atmosphere and the perfect base in the Mara for keen photographers.


100% (104 reviews)
Kicheche Mara

Kicheche Mara

Kicheche Mara Camp has just ten tents and a rustic and comfortable feel. It is set by a stream in a pretty area of the Mara ecosystem's Mara North Conservancy.


99% (95 reviews)
Kicheche Valley

Kicheche Valley

Kicheche Valley is a boutique tented camp in a wooded district of the Mara ecosystem's Naboisho Conservancy, with plenty of wildlife in the area.


99% (66 reviews)
Naboisho Camp

Naboisho Camp

Naboisho Camp is one of the most luxurious of the handful of camps in the Naboisho Conservancy. It offers day and night game drives, game walks and full creature comforts in the bush.


98% (49 reviews)
Offbeat Mara

Offbeat Mara

Offbeat Mara is a small traditional camp that appeals to safari traditionalists, located in one of the Maasai Mara’s quiet conservancies.


98% (42 reviews)
Encounter Mara

Encounter Mara

Encounter Mara is located in the private Naboisho Conservancy – a game-rich area of the Mara ecosystem – and offers a contemporary take on the traditional, low-impact luxury safari camp.


93% (19 reviews)
Elephant Pepper Camp

Elephant Pepper Camp

Elephant Pepper Camp is a small 10-tent bush camp, put together in the traditional "campaign" style, and including a large honeymoon/family tent.


99% (17 reviews)
Serian

Serian

Serian is a luxury tented camp on the east bank of the Mara River in the Mara North Conservancy. It is the sister camp of Ngare Serian, on the west bank.


97% (15 reviews)
Mara Plains Camp

Mara Plains Camp

Mara Plains is one of the very best camps in the Mara ecosystem. Located in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy, just outside the Mara reserve, it has access to three wildlife-viewing areas.


100% (13 reviews)
Basecamp Eagle View

Basecamp Eagle View

Basecamp Eagle View is a community-focused safari camp in the Naboisho Conservancy, with a strong emphasis on responsible tourism and a spectacular location.


96% (10 reviews)
Kicheche Walking Wilderness

Kicheche Fly Camp

Kicheche Walking Wilderness Fly Camp is a temporaray dome tent camp set up for participants in Kicheche's two-day walking safari between Kicheche Valley and Kicheche Bush Camp.


96% (10 reviews)
Hemingways Ol Seki Mara

Hemingways Ol Seki

Magnificently located tented lodge on a bluff looking south across the Naboisho Conservancy toward the Maasai Mara National Reserve.


96% (9 reviews)
Porini Lion Camp

Porini Lion Camp

Porini Lion Camp is a pioneering, community focused eco-camp, with excellent guides and game viewing, in the predator-rich, Olare Motorogi Conservancy.


82% (9 reviews)
Saruni Wild

Saruni Wild

Saruni Wild is a rustic and traditional safari camp in the Lemek Conservancy, with just three tents and limited electricity.


96% (9 reviews)
Offbeat Ndoto

Offbeat Ndoto

Small and intimate, Offbeat Mara is set in a valley above the (often dry) Olare Orok River within the Mara North Conservancy.


100% (8 reviews)
Porini Mara Camp

Porini Mara Camp

Porini Mara Camp is a small, pioneering eco-camp in the first private conservancy in the Mara region, with comfortable accommodation and a range of activities.


96% (5 reviews)
Ngare Serian

Ngare Serian

The luxurious Ngare Serian and its sister camp Serian face each other across the Mara River on the western side of the Mara North Conservancy


96% (5 reviews)
Karen Blixen Camp

Karen Blixen Camp

Karen Blixen Camp sits on a meander of the Mara River in the Mara North Conservancy, just beyond the northern boundary of the Maasai Mara National Reserve.


92% (5 reviews)
Cottars 1920s Camp

Cottars 1920s Camp

Cottar's 1920s Camp is a classic, luxury tented camp with a 1920s safari theme, located in its own conservancy on the southeast border of the Maasai Mara National Reserve.


92% (5 reviews)
Basecamp Leopard Hill

Basecamp Leopard Hill

With six beautiful tents, Basecamp Leopard Hill is a smart safari camp in the Naboisho Conservancy in the Maasai Mara ecosystem.


100% (5 reviews)
Leleshwa

Leleshwa

Leleshwa was a delightful, boutique safari camp on the picturesque banks of a tributary of the Talek, with an extensive, little visited game area on its doorstep.


90% (2 reviews)
Mahali Mzuri

Mahali Mzuri

Mahali Mzuri is a strikingly modern tented camp in the Virgin Limited Edition group, in a remote part of the Mara ecosytem's Olare Motorogi Conservancy. It has lovely views and all the luxuries of a five-star hotel.


100% (2 reviews)
Saruni Mara

Saruni Mara

Saruni Mara is a luxurious permanent lodge, on the remote northern edge of the Mara North Conservancy, with stunning views, good guiding and very private and comfortable rooms.


80% (1 review)
Mara Nyika

Mara Nyika

Mara Nyika is one of the newer additions to the Naboisho Conservancy and offers a luxurious and exclusive safari.


100% (1 review)
Basecamp Wilderness Camp

Basecamp Wilderness

Basecamp Wilderness Camp is a simple, traditional tented camp, set in a remote valley in the Naboisho Conservancy in the Mara ecoystem.


100% (1 review)
Mara Bushtops

Mara Bushtops

Mara Bushtops is a luxury safari hotel on a private concession, outside the Maasai Mara National Reserve, with the emphasis on comfort, relaxation and good food and wine.


No reviews yet
Entumoto

Entumoto

Entumoto is a high-end tented camp, with a swimming pool, situated in a very pretty location on the east side of the Maasai Mara ecosystem.


No reviews yet
Cottars Private House

Cottars Private House

Cottar's Private House is one of the few truly luxurious, modern private houses in the Mara ecosystem, spoiling its guests with first-rate staff, a swimming pool and wonderful views.


No reviews yet
Basecamp Mara Houses

Basecamp Mara Houses

Basecamp Mara Houses consists of three private houses located in the northernmost part of the Mara North Conservancy.


No reviews yet
Mara Toto Tree Camp

Mara Toto Tree Camp

Mara Toto Tree Camp is located on a wooded bend of the Ntiakatek River, 1km south (as the pied crow flies) from its sister camp, Mara Plains. It's the offspring of the original "Mara Toto" which was swept away in floods.


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