Ol Seki Mara Camp

very high levels of conventional comforts

Ol Seki Hemingways Mara Camp is located in the Mara Naboisho Conservancy area of the Maasai Mara in southwest Kenya.

Set in a superb prominent hilltop position with sweeping views out over the surrounding terrain, this camp centred on a larger tented mess, containing very comfortable lounge and dining areas, leading out to terraces, which step down the hill to a large swimming pool.

Rooms

Guest accommodation at Ol Seki Hemingways Mara Camp is in ten spacious octagonal tented rooms, each with a private indoor bathroom and terrace with views.

Two of the ten units are larger Family Suites, which are slightly further removed from central areas, each with two of these hexagonal tents, connected by a boardwalk. Each suite comes with a room steward, who is able to fetch drinks from the bar and can also serve private meals if you prefer to remain secluded from other guests.

Activities

Ol Seki Hemingways Mara Camp provides the following guided activities, not all of which are necessarily included in the room rate …

• Vehicle safari
• Walking safari
• Bush meals
• Cultural interaction
• Night vehicle safari

The Maasai Mara tends to feature in almost all safari trips to Kenya. As well as being the best known reserve, it is also the most productive for wildlife.

The usual stay duration is 4-8 nights split between two camps, less frequently 3-4 nights in just one camp.

Seasonality

The best time of year to visit is generally considered to be the Jul-Oct dry season, when the weather should be reliably good and the wildlife concentrated around the permanent water sources.

The Nov-Jun green season may be much less dependable for weather, but remains really strong for wildlife viewing.

Visitor traffic is less of an issue in this private area, but you can expect the camps to be fully booked during the Jul-Oct and Dec-Jan high seasons. So there can be slight advantages to visiting during quieter periods.

Getting around

You’re most likely to arrive into the Maasai Mara area via the regular light aircraft services that operate from Nairobi, which means that you will travel around the area with a guide and vehicle from the camp in which you are staying.

If you’re staying in more than one camp in the greater Maasai Mara then inter-camp transfers are usually operated by the departing camp and generally pass through wildlife areas for most if not all of their routes.

It’s also possible to travel down from Nairobi to the Maasai Mara by road, which is quite a long and tiresome journey, but not without interest. The trouble is that the better lodges in the Mara will offer you no discount for having your own guide and vehicle along, so you end up paying for both, which works out more expensive than flying down.

one of the three best private concessions in the Mara