Where to stay in the Maasai Mara: the three areas everyone chooses between
Sekenani, Talek or Oloolaimutia? A lodge owner explains the Maasai Mara's areas, the park-fee math, and where first-timers should actually stay.
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The migration's here, and our guests caught the first crossing
The great migration has reached the Maasai Mara. The first Sand River crossings just happened, and our guests were out there for it, earlier than anyone expected.
Nobody can tell you when the Great Migration will reach the Mara
You can't schedule the Great Migration. A Mara lodge owner's honest take on when the herds actually arrive, what a river crossing is really like, and why it's astonishing even on a quiet day.
I've done a few hundred Mara safaris. You can skip most of the packing list.
A lodge owner's honest take on the Maasai Mara packing list — what you actually need, what's overhyped, and the real story on the malaria question.
On safari, the animals are the only celebrities
Billionaires and backpackers, same dust, same waiting. Money doesn't buy you a better sighting in the Mara — and that's the whole point.