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Olare Mara Kempinski Masai Mara
Maasai Mara, Kenya · Kempinski · High Luxury
Olare Mara Kempinski's 12 tented suites lie inside the Olare Motorogi Conservancy, a 35,000-acre private corridor established in 2006 between 277 Maasai landowners and five tourism operators. The conservancy charter limits capacity to one guest per 350 acres and permits off-road driving, resulting in what researchers have documented as one of the highest lion densities in East Africa. Night drives, also banned inside the adjacent national reserve, are permitted here.
- 12 rooms
- Opened 2013
- Neighborhood: Masai Mara
- Rooms from 861 sq ft (80 m²)
- Architect: Tented safari camp style
- Interiors: Classic safari-style interiors
About Olare Mara Kempinski Masai Mara
- The Olare Motorogi Conservancy, which surrounds the camp, was built on a 2006 agreement with 277 individual Maasai landowners who receive guaranteed monthly lease payments — it is one of the most cited models of community-led conservation in Kenya.
- Independent research has identified the Olare Motorogi and adjacent Ol Kinyei Conservancy as having the highest lion density in Africa — a product of rotational grazing that restored grassland degraded by overgrazing before the conservancy's formation.
- The conservancy's charter permits just one accommodation unit per 350 acres, meaning the 12-tent Olare Mara Kempinski has effectively exclusive wildlife-viewing rights over hundreds of square kilometres.
- Entry-level rooms start at 861 sq ft (80 m²).
History
Olare Mara Kempinski Masai Mara opened in 2013 as Kempinski’s tented safari camp in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy of Kenya’s Masai Mara ecosystem, according to Kempinski’s and Wikipedia’s property references. The camp is an intimate under-canvas lodge built around 12 tents, a central lounge/dining area, a tented bar in a forest glade, and a shaded pool. Kempinski positions the property as a luxury wilderness experience with game drives, guided walks, balloon safaris, horse-riding, and cultural interaction with the Maasai community. The site remains distinctive for its private-conservancy setting and unusually close wildlife viewing, especially lions.
The setting
The camp sits in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy, a community conservation area in the greater Maasai Mara ecosystem and wildlife dispersal zone. Kempinski highlights the conservancy’s rich grasslands and riverine cover as a key reason for its high density of herbivores and predators. 14 km from Musiara Airstrip. 35 km from Talek.
Restaurants and bars
- Dining Room — Restaurant
- Tented Bar — Bar
- Bush Dining — Restaurant
- Savannah Breakfast — Restaurant
Experiences
- Lantern-lit bush dinners and sundowners for two — Staff arrange private lantern-lit bush dinners or sundowners just for two.
Amenities
- 12 luxury tents and suites
- Shaded swimming pool
- Central lounge and dining area
- Tented bar in a forest glade
- Campfire glade and sundowner spots
- Guided game drives
- Guided walks
- Balloon safaris and horse-riding
- Private pool
- Pet-friendly
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