Olakira Mara Camp

a properly authentic safari experience

Olakira Mara Camp is located in the Serengeti Mara area of northern Tanzania.

The property is owned and operated by Asilia Africa, one of the leading safari companies in East Africa, the owners of which are committed to both an earthy, authentic, high quality approach to safari and a very strong conservation ethos.

The camp is centred on a pair of simple mess tents, containing modest lounge and dining areas, leading out to a campfire.

One aspect we always appreciate is the amount of wildlife that can come into camp. Here you can expect to see wildlife around most of the day, whilst at night animals often pass right between the tents, including lions and elephants, which can be rather exciting.

Rooms

Guest accommodation at Olakira Mara Camp is in a total of ten large tents, each with an indoor bathroom and an unusual elevated enclosed verandah.

• Room : x8
• Family Room : x2 : with two bedrooms

Activities

Olakira Mara Camp provides the following guided activities, not all of which are usually included in the price …

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

Short season

This camp actually moves locations to track the migration through the park throughout the year. It operates in this area only from the middle of July to the middle of November, when the migration should be within range.

The Serengeti Mara area tends to feature in a very high proportion of trips, it is definitely worth considering at any time of year.

The usual stay duration is 3-4 nights.

Seasonality

The Serengeti region has to be one of the most seasonal locations in Africa.

Although there is literally no bad time to visit this part of the world, the annual cycle of weather, wildlife movements and visitor traffic flows combine to have an incredibly dramatic effect on trip planning during every single month of the year.

In this Serengeti Mara area, the most popular period to visit is the Jul-Oct dry season, when the best weather happens to coincide with the presence of the migration herds.

During the migration calving season, which takes place far off to the south during the Dec-Mar green season, the Serengeti Mara area becomes a wonderful peaceful backwater, although the weather can be less reliable.

The two low season periods of Nov-Dec and Mar-May may be much less dependable for weather, but they remain really strong for wildlife viewing and benefit from dramatically lower visitor numbers.

Getting there

The majority of people visiting Serengeti Mara do so as part of a guided overland safari, so they travel to their camp and around the area in their private vehicle.

A few people visit Serengeti Mara in isolation, flying in and out of the airstrip here. In this case they travel around the reserve with a vehicle and guide from their camp.

probably our favourite part of the Serengeti