Mahali Mzuri
Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya
Location
Olare Motorogi Conservancy
The camp runs along a hillside in the private Olare Motorogi Conservancy in south-west Kenya, bordering the Maasai Mara National Reserve — one of only a handful of camps across the conservancy, capped at around 94 beds, so game drives meet very few other vehicles.
Transfer
A Maasai Mara transfer
Fly from Nairobi's Wilson airport to the Mara North airstrip, around an hour, then about 20 minutes by vehicle into the conservancy — a light-aircraft hop with luggage limits.
Villas
12 tented suites
Twelve raised tented suites, including two family tents, with private decks, freestanding tubs, king beds and the rare luxury of in-tent air-conditioning.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples and honeymooners after an exclusive, low-density Mara camp, and families — there are two family tents and a minimum age of eight.
Board Basis
All-inclusive
All-inclusive — meals, drinks, a premium in-tent minibar and unlimited game drives including night drives, with the spa charged separately.
Overview
Richard Branson's Maasai Mara camp
Mahali Mzuri is Sir Richard Branson's Maasai Mara camp — a Virgin Limited Edition retreat of twelve design-led tents strung along a hillside in the private Olare Motorogi Conservancy, on the edge of the Maasai Mara National Reserve. The conservancy is the point: it is shared by only a handful of camps and capped at around 94 beds, so game drives meet almost no other vehicles, and because it is private land the guides can go off-road and drive after dark — neither of which the National Reserve permits. This is big-cat country, where several lion prides' territories converge, and the camp sits on the path of the Great Migration from July to October. The tents are raised on private decks with freestanding tubs, king beds and the rare luxury of in-tent air-conditioning; there is the Nasaro Spa, an infinity pool over the plains, and hot-air ballooning at dawn. Everything is included — meals, drinks, a premium minibar and unlimited game drives, night drives among them. The bush is reached by a light-aircraft hop from Nairobi; the reward is one of the Mara's most exclusive, low-density camps.
Accommodation
Tented suites
Twelve raised tented suites, including two family tents, each on a private deck with an en-suite of freestanding tub and separate shower, a king bed, an oversized sofa, a writing desk, a stocked complimentary minibar and the rare luxury of in-tent air-conditioning.
Signature
Tented Suite
Sleeps two. A raised tent with a private deck, an en-suite with a freestanding tub and separate shower, a king bed and a writing desk, with rare in-tent air-conditioning — looking over the conservancy.
Private deckIn-tent A/C
Family
Family Tented Suite
Sleeps three to four. A king and a sofa bed with extra space for children and a private deck — one of just two family tents in the camp.
FamilyPrivate deck
Food & Drink
Dining
Dining is under one main tent — a restaurant, bar and lounge with an outdoor terrace — with pan-African cooking from local ingredients, and meals taken out in the bush when the moment suits.
Signature
The main tent
The restaurant, bar and lounge under one tent, with an outdoor terrace.
All-inclusive
All-inclusive
Meals and drinks are included, down to a premium stocked minibar in your tent.
Sundowners
Bush dining
Sundowners and bush meals out in the conservancy, under the Mara sky.
Wellbeing
Nasaro Spa
The Nasaro Spa tent handles treatments after a day in the bush, and an outdoor infinity pool looks over the conservancy. The real wellness, though, is the game viewing — unlimited drives, including after dark, are part of the rate.
Nasaro Spa
The Nasaro Spa tent, for treatments after a day in the bush.
An infinity pool
An outdoor infinity pool overlooking the conservancy.
Game drives
Unlimited game drives, including night drives, are included in the rate.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
An exclusive, low-density Mara conservancy with the freedom of private land. Drive off-road and after dark among big cats, balloon over the plains at dawn, and spend time with the Maasai community whose land this is.
Off-road & night drives
Off-road and night drives in a low-density private conservancy — both off-limits inside the neighbouring National Reserve.
Big-cat country
Big-cat country, where several lion prides' territories converge.
Hot-air ballooning
Hot-air ballooning at dawn over the Mara.
Maasai community
Maasai community visits and beadwork workshops.
The Great Migration
On the path of the Great Migration, from July to October.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
From Nairobi (Wilson)
Fly from Nairobi's Wilson airport to the Mara North airstrip, then around 20 minutes by vehicle.
In the conservancy
Olare Motorogi
In the private Olare Motorogi Conservancy, bordering the Maasai Mara National Reserve.
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Board basis
- All-inclusive — meals, drinks, a premium minibar and unlimited game drives including night drives; the spa is charged separately.
Made for couples
- A romantic camp for couples, and a fit for families too — there are two family tents, and the minimum age is eight.
The conservancy
- In the private Olare Motorogi Conservancy bordering the Maasai Mara, capped at around 94 beds, so very few vehicles.
Getting there
- Fly from Nairobi's Wilson airport to the Mara North airstrip, then around 20 minutes by vehicle.
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