| With an area covering about 1500 square | | | | romance and a bit of African adventures, this is |
| kilometers, the Masai Mara Game Reserve may | | | | the place. There are 6 en-suite double tents plus |
| not be the largest wild life area in Kenya, but it is | | | | 4 en suite family tents -two rooms in each. |
| certainly the most famous. The entire park is | | | | Activities at Cottar's include day and night game |
| nestled within the gigantic Great Rift Valley that | | | | drives, bush walks, swimming (at the pool and in |
| stretches from the Mediterranean Sea all the way | | | | the river), sundowners, massage and fishing. You |
| to South Africa. The rolling hills and open savannah | | | | can also have your meals in the bush! |
| are ever teeming with wildlife, climaxing in the | | | | Porini Lion Camp |
| annual migration occurring between July and | | | | Porini Lion Camp is situated along the banks of the |
| October. | | | | seasonal Ntiakatiak River within the 20,000-acre |
| The Mara is easily accessible from Nairobi, on a | | | | Olare Orok Conservancy, bordering the Maasai |
| 45-minute flight. Enjoy this natural and African | | | | Mara Reserve. Accommodation at Porini Lion is in |
| abundance by staying in one of the small, intimate | | | | 6 luxury en-suite tents. The camp conducts day |
| tented luxury safari camps. | | | | and night game drives in 4x4 open side vehicles. |
| My pick of 6 top tented Safari Camps, not in any | | | | You and also enjoy bush walks and sundowners |
| order of superiority, are below: | | | | while at the camp. |
| Fairmont Mara Safari Club | | | | Elephant Pepper Camp |
| The luxurious Mara Safari Club is set in the | | | | Elephant Pepper Camp is a small, luxury tented |
| Ol-Choro Oiroua Conservation Area, bordering the | | | | camp on the Koyaki Community Ranch in the |
| Masai Mara Game Reserve. It is surrounded on 3 | | | | northern part of the Mara offers the authentic |
| sides by the Mara River, and all the tents have | | | | bush camp experience of starlit night, hurricane |
| there own private river frontage with four-poster | | | | lamp and sitting around the campfire. |
| beds, verandah and modern en-suite facilities. You | | | | Accommodation is offered in 8 elegant en suite |
| can fly in from Nairobi into the Ngerende airstrip | | | | tents including one for honeymooners. Activities |
| for a pick up by the camp vehicles and enjoy a | | | | will include day and night game drives, bush walk, |
| game drive to the camp. | | | | lunches and dinners, sundowners and cultural visits |
| Cottars 1920's Safari Camp | | | | to the neighboring Masai villages. |
| For any one looking for the ultimate luxury safari, | | | | |