Olare Motorogi · $$$$ Ultra-luxury

Olare Mara Kempinski

Luxury tented in Olare Motorogi Conservancy

Location Olare Motorogi
Style Luxury tented
Price tier $$$$ Ultra-luxury
Best for Hotel luxury · Honeymoons · Predators

About Olare Mara Kempinski

Twelve hotel-grade tented suites under riverine trees — European five-star service transplanted into one of Africa’s premier predator conservancies.

The area: Olare Motorogi Conservancy

Founded in 2006 with roughly 33,000 acres directly north of the reserve’s Musiara sector, along the Olare Orok and Ntiakitiak rivers. Its lion research pedigree and one-tent-per-2,100-acres rule made it the model modern conservancy.

What it's like

Arguably the finest predator viewing in the Mara with the lowest vehicle density in the ecosystem — a handful of small, high-end camps share the entire landscape.

Getting there & fees

Ol Kiombo airstrip is closest; guests can traverse into the reserve for migration crossings about 30–45 minutes away.

Conservancy fees (typically US$100–150 per adult per night) are bundled into camp rates here and paid to Maasai landowning families; reserve entry fees apply only on days you cross into the reserve itself.

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Mara Plains Camp

Great Plains’ Relais & Châteaux flagship on a forested bend of the Ntiakitiak — copper baths, professional camera kit for every guest, and Olare Motorogi’s cats beyond the deck.

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Mahali Mzuri

Sir Richard Branson’s twelve futuristic canvas-and-steel suites arcing above a game-filled valley — infinity pool, spa, and the conservancy’s predators on rotation below.

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Kicheche Bush Camp

Six green tents in a quiet valley that produce a startling share of the Mara’s award-winning photographs — leopard and cheetah territory with hosts who live for light.

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Porini Lion Camp

Gamewatchers’ solar-powered ten-tent camp on the Olare Orok — the conservancy’s founding eco-partner, with Maasai guides from the landowning families.

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Loyk Mara Camp

A rare mid-range foothold in exclusive Olare Motorogi country — comfortable ensuite tents by the Olare Orok stream at gentler rates.

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Richard's River Camp

A stylish owner-designed hideaway of seven tents on the Ntiakitiak’s forest edge — safari heritage family, interiors-magazine looks, serious cats.