Sutrelia / Destinations / Masai Mara
Africa · East Africa · Safari
The greatest wildlife spectacle on earth — big cats on open savannah, and between July and October, a million wildebeest crossing the Mara River.
When to go
The Great Migration river crossings run roughly July to October. January to March is green season with excellent big-cat viewing and newborn game. April and May are the wettest months.
Getting there
Nairobi, then a 45-minute light-aircraft flight to the Mara airstrips — the standard and most scenic approach. Private charters available throughout.
What we arrange
Hotels and chalets, private transfers and helicopters, restaurant reservations, guides, events and everything in between — on one WhatsApp thread.
Where to stay
Every hotel here is one we know personally. Tell us your dates and we will come back with availability, the right room category and any partner benefits that apply.
Suspended on the Oloololo Escarpment with glass-fronted tents over the whole Mara Triangle — the finest view in African safari.
EnquireRichard Branson's twelve tented suites in a private conservancy, where off-road driving and night drives are permitted.
EnquireFourth-generation safari family running a 1920s-styled camp on its own 6,000-acre conservancy bordering the reserve.
EnquireWhere to eat
A table set on the plains after the dawn game drive, with eggs cooked over a fire and giraffe in the middle distance.
Insider tableLunch in the camp's own kitchen garden, where most of what you eat was picked that morning.
Insider tableGin and tonic at a folding table as the light goes, which is the actual point of safari.
Insider tableThings to do
Positioning at the Mara River from July to October for the crossings — chaotic, brutal and unforgettable.
An hour over the plains at first light, landing to a champagne breakfast on the grass.
Staying in a conservancy rather than the reserve means off-road access, night drives and no other vehicles at a sighting.
Time with a Maasai family arranged properly through the conservancy, rather than a staged roadside performance.
Insider note
Stay in a private conservancy, not the national reserve. You pay more, but you get night drives, off-road tracking and sightings without twenty other Land Cruisers.
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Tell us your dates, how many of you are travelling and what you want arranged. Our team comes back within one working day with a shortlist and a quote — not a brochure.
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