Masai Mara

The bestgame viewing in the Masai Mara is in the Greater Mara.  This is because there is a balance of cattle and wildlife in these areas – the cattle keep the grass short and green which the plains game prefer, and the predators follow the plains game.  For a short period of the year, during the migration season game-viewing becomes spread out over the whole Masai Mara area as the million of wildebeest and zebra “mow” the grass down, making it palatable even in the Narok County Council areas and Trans-Mara.

The Mara eco-system is divided into regions that reflect different conservation areas and viewing fees jurisdictions.  Much conservation work has been done in the whole area with the creation of management plans to restrict development, and to standardize income distribution and eco-system management.  Whole areas have been set aside by the local communities for conservation which involved the moving of whole villages to different areas.  North Mara specifically has benefited recently from a new land management plan with the creation of the Mara North Conservancy, covering over 70,000 acres of vital ecosystem.

Saruni Mara & Elephant Pepper Camp are both situated in the prime gameviewing areas of Mara North Conservancy.

Elephant Pepper Camp - Within the prime gameviewing area of Mara North Conservancy, the small traditional safari camp blends into the wilderness. 

Saruni Mara - Built on the edge of the last remaining forest in the Maasai Mara, Saruni Mara is an exceedingly intimate and sophisticated lodge. Its position, high up in the hills above the Mara plains affords guests an eagle-eye view of the Maasai Mara and a taste of two distinct environments every day.

Saruni Wild - Ten kilometres from the lodge, Saruni has its own luxurious tented camp with just three tents.

Cottars 1920s Camp - is situated within its own conservancy of Olderikesi.