Mara Plains Camp is a small, high quality, six-roomed camp under canvas that is located within the private Olare Orok Conservancy and just a few hundred meters from Masai Mara National Reserve’s northern boundary. Guests can game drive in both the Masai Mara National Reserve and in the privacy of the neighbouring Olare Orok Conservancy and be away from the crowds. The OO Conservancy is a fabulous wildlife reserve of nearly twenty thousand acres, rich in wildlife (including the predators and big cats in particular), It boasts Mara's lowest vehicle density, no mini-buses and only one guest room per 700 acres.
An additional advantage to staying at Mara Plains, is that guests can game drive throughout the newly formed Mara North Conservancy - an area of around 80,000 acres that is in the process of materialising. Leopard George is one of the famous locations within the Mara North Conservancy.
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Mara Plains is one of the smallest and most personal camps in the Mara region with only 6 rooms. |
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Mara Plains is a quality tented camp with large rooms under canvas, each with their own veranda and en-suite facilities. Mara Plains offers an all in tariff that includes your accommodation, meals, drinks (including alcoholic) and activities. |
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The camp has superb guides - amongst the best in all of Kenya, operating only 4x4 Landcruisers, with a maximum of four or possibly (but very rarely) five guests per vehicle. |
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The location of the camp is at centre of many predator territories. Rarely does a night go by without the roaring of lions nearby. |
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Mara Plains' guests can game drive throughout all the main areas within the Mara eco-system - including the Masai Mara Reserve and its two prime neighbouring private conservancies - the Olare Orok Conservancy and the Mara North Conservancy. These two conservancies total over 100,000 acres and Mara Plains is the only camp that can game drive in the park and within both these two private conservancies. |
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Game drives on the Olare Orok Conservancy get you away from all mini-buses and experience the Mara's lowest density, high-quality game viewing, a rare privilege in the Mara. |
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Mara Plains offers possibly the largest range of activities anywhere in the Mara - game drives, quality night drives, nature walks with armed guides, balloon safaris (at extra cost), visits to authentic Maasai villages. |
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Private vehicles are available for guests who wish for more privacy or who wish to set their own agenda. |
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One set of the latest Canon digital camera equipment and quality long lenses (minimum 400 mm) are available free of charge for those who have booked and paid for a private vehicle. |
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Superb and very productive night drives are a highlight. If there is action happening, the guides are happy to jump in vehicles and go. |
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Mara Plains has flexible meal times with no routine - centred on what is happening out in the field. There is no having to be "back in camp at 9 o'clock for breakfast". |
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Mara Plains commits each year to pay over US$150,000 per annum directly into the neighbouring Maasai communities to maintain and preserve the conservancies and its wildlife – the highest paid by any camp in the region. |
