Mara Intrepid Camp is located in an area of the Masai Mara that has a regular flow of animals throughout the year. Families can enjoy luxurious accommodation and up to two game drives in a day in an open safari vehicle.

For families traveling with children, Mara Intrepid Camp has an active children’s club that teaches them about conservation during their stay and keeps the children engaged in participation in various local Masai Games.

Mara Intrepids is divided into four distinct areas, each with its own open-air dining area and ‘mess tent’ where private meals and functions can be arranged. Dinner is usually served in a large dining room under a traditional makuti thatch roof, while breakfast and lunch are hosted on a breezy terrace beside the riverfront swimming pool. Beside the main bar is a fully equipped conference room, where our Maasai naturalists deliver evening slide shows on the local culture and wildlife – and where corporate and team-building groups can indulge in a spot of ‘bush business’.

Mara Intrepids Camp and sister property Mara Explorer Camp is located just a few minutes from  Olkiombo airstrip. This makes  Mara Intrepids Camp a great camp of choice if you would like to fly to the Masai Mara. If you opt for a road package to the Masai Mara, we recommend taking up a Land Cruiser Package since that the ideal car to handle the Mara Intrepids terrain.

How to get to Masai Mara Intrepids Tented Camp

Mara Intrepids is 298 kilometres and a six-hour drive from Nairobi, while our all-weather airstrip, Ol Kiombo, enables guests to be at the camp within 45 minutes of leaving Nairobi Wislon Airport. The airstrip is serviced twice daily by both Safarilink and Air Kenya from Wilson Airport in Nairobi.

Accommodation in our en suite luxury tents, three game drives a day in our open-sided Land Rover jeeps and free adventurers’ club membership for the children (3-11 year olds).

A normal stay is usually 3 days (2 nights) but a longer stay is advised for better incursion in the Maasai country and immersion into their culture and to fully enjoy the safari experience.

Facilities available at Mara Intrepids Tented Camp.

• Luxurious modern tents with secluded verandahs
• Small riverfront dining areas with private catering
• Free form swimming pool with sunbathing terrace
• Conference room with business and video facilities
• Elevated game-viewing platform with bar service
• Custom-built four-wheel-drive safari vehicles
• Reliable 240-volt generator electricity supply
• Safety deposit boxes for guests’ valuables
• Board games and guests’ reference library
• Boutique with souvenirs and safari essentials.

Rooms Types in Mara Intrepids Tented Camp?

Mara Intrepids Camp Rooms

Every tent is raised on stilts, and opens to the Talek River with that signature view of the endless plains. Recently refurbished to accommodate the modern, discerning safari traveler, the tents are large and spacious with private verandahs to enjoy the river and the plains, giving infinite views of the Mara. It’s luxury in the wild.

In addition there are two family luxury tents, gorgeous homes under canvas. Beautifully decorated in stylistic African ethnic and modern pieces, the two bed-roomed family tents include a spacious lounge and an outside deck looking out at the river and the plains beyond. All have ensuite bathrooms and washrooms.

For quiet moments, you can escape to the high tower in the forest glade and scan the tree canopy of the riverine forest and the plains. It’s a great vantage lookout point for any wildlife that strolls by or stalks the prey.

Mara Intrepids Luxury Tented Camp

Mara Intrepids Luxury Tented Camp is made up of 30 tents  spread across a large riverside site to ensure guest get optimum privacy and nice views. The tents at Mara Intrepids have been recently refurbished so you get more comfort and luxury. There are two main tent types;

Mara Intrepids Luxury Tents

The Mara Intrepids Luxury are constructed on raised platform facing the Talek river. Each luxury tent measures approximately 26 sq. metres and is fitted with a queen size bed or two twin beds.  The Mara Intrepids Luxury tents are complete with at modern en-suite bathroom with a hot shower; flush toilets and all the necessary amenities. The are ideal for 2 Adults or 1 Adult, 2 Children.

Mara Intrepids Family Tents

The Mara Intrepids Camp luxury family tents huge and can accommodate up 5 people. The luxury family tents are beautifully decorated with an African ethnic theme and modern pieces. The two bedroom Mara Intrepids family tents include a lovely lounge and an outside deck looking out at the river and the Mara plains beyond.

Foods & Drinks options at Mara Intrepids Tented Camp.

The Restaurant

Main Meal Plan is usually full board, which includes three lip-smacking meals, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Meals are made to cater for the client’s needs.

The kitchen boasts its own vegetable garden where the freshest of homegrown herbs, fruits and vegetables are grown. Guests are spoilt for choice with a-la-carte menus and gourmet bar-be-ques under sunny blue equatorial skies or on the inner deck of the shaded thatched dining room. The food fare ranges from continental to traditional African and Asian foods. The desserts are to die for with chocolate mousses and cinnamon tarts, fresh fruits and cheeses presented on platters to wet anyone’s appetite. Nothings too hard for the chefs to turn out any dish ranging from vegetarian to seafood platters on request, including favourite recipes provided by you.

The resident genet and greater bushbabies drop in during dinner, sometimes shy and curious, giving many a newcomer their first sighting of these nocturnal animals. Diners are treated to Maasai dancing by the Maasai morans from the neighbouring manyattas and those daring enough can join in to challenge the Maasai leaps.

For the wild at heart
If dining at the camp proves a tad too tame, you can head out to wilder settings and enjoy sumptuous bush breakfasts and dinners in the bush including sundowners within sight of a lion or a herd of elephants or the hippos snorting in the river below. It’s the ultimate African appetizer.

The Bar

Overlooking the Burrungat plains, drinks at the bar – alcoholic or non-alcoholic –can be exciting. The very eagle-eyed can catch sight of an elephant quietly slipping through the riverine forest or the occasional leopard making a kill. The bar is open all day till the last patron retires.

Enjoy the unique blend of bar cocktails like the Tides of Mara or the Migration Fever. If you’re concerned about safety, the river cuts across the bar and plains, so you can relax and toast a drink to Africa’s wilderness. A bonfire is lit every evening where stories of the day’s adventures are traded and on most evenings, the resident naturalist will give a power point presentation of Mara’s dynamic seasons, each bringing with it its own vibrant changes, forever drawing the Mara enthusiast like a magnet to its sprawling savanna. Guests are advised not to jump into the river from the suspended bridge that connects the plains to the bar – for the river is only reserved for the residents – that means the local hippos and crocodiles.

Activities are available for guests at Mara Intrepids Tented Camp.

• Three game drives daily with personal guides
• Escorted walking safaris outside the reserve
• Bush breakfasts and dinners under the stars
• Romantic sundowners on the Mara plains
• Visits to neighboring Maasai communities
• Arrangements for dawn balloon safaris
• Transfers for fishing trips to Lake Victoria
• Private parties on the champagne terrace
• Lectures & slide shows on culture and wildlife
• Heritage’s famous Adventurers’ Club for kids and Young Rangers’ Club for intrepid teenagers.
• Hot air balloon ride in the Masai Mara.