Sarova Mara sits inside the reserve rather than outside a gate, and it has been there long enough to have the infrastructure that newer camps lack — proper kitchens, reliable power, a service team that has done this for years. It is the safe choice in the Mara, in the good sense of that phrase.
Tents come in three categories: Club, Deluxe and Family. Some of the Club tents look directly out over the park, which in practice means game wandering past while you are still deciding whether to get up.
The kitchen runs a farm-to-table operation from the camp's own organic garden. That sounds like marketing until you have spent a week in the bush eating produce that has been trucked six hours from Nairobi in the heat. It is a real difference in the quality of what arrives on the plate, and it matters more on a longer stay than on a single night.
Three tent categories, all en-suite with modern comforts.
Over a million wildebeest move through the Mara on the annual migration, broadly July to October. This is the busiest and most expensive window, and it books out furthest ahead.
The rest of the year the resident big cats carry the game viewing, and rates fall substantially. For a first safari the migration is worth paying for; for a second visit, it often is not.
Being straight with you: this property is not currently a default in any of our fixed packages. We contract it directly and build it in on request. Any of these itineraries can be re-costed around it:
Comparing options? Every lodge we book is on the accommodations page. We would rather put you somewhere that suits you than somewhere that pays us more.
Tell us your budget and dates and we will put two or three Masai Mara options side by side, honestly compared.
