Mara Intrepids

Overlooking the Talek River Rivers, at the very confluence of the Mara’s four game-viewing areas, Mara Intrepids enjoys one of the most spectacular locations in the world’s best-known wilderness.

Rooms

The Rooms

30 modern tents of a capacity of 60 persons. ROOM DCOR: Large poster beds and reproduction furniture with modern en-suite bathrooms with hot showers. The secluded raised platforms enjoy views over the river.
ROOM AMENITIES:  Tents are either twin or double bedded and are arranged in groups of two, three, or four units to make individual mini-camps. All tents are self-contained with their own bathrooms with shower flush, wash hand basin, hot and cold water, and electricity. SPECIAL FEATURE: The camp has private lounge/dining tent for each two, three or four tent units, private bar equipped with refrigerators in each of the ‘mini-camps’, comfortable four wheel-drive vehicles for game drives, swimming pool, residents’ reference library, video room with wildlife video library, Gift Shop, elevated viewing tower for cocktails, suspension bridge over the Talek River, safe deposit facility for valuables, baited tree for leopard, and indoor games are available from reception.

Food & Drink

Breakfasts and lunches are served on the champagne terrace overlooking the Talek River.The dining room has a seating capacity of 70.

General Facilities

GENERAL FACILITIES: Room service for snacks and beverages. Bottled water and insect repellent in tents. Telephone, e-mail, fax and postal services. Foreign currency exchange at reception. Single-day laundry and valet services. Early morning calls with tea or coffee. Welcome cocktails on check-in. Resident doctor available 24 hours
CONFERENCE FACILITIES: Conference room with business and video facilities.

Recreational Facilities

Three game drives daily with experienced guides.  Escorted walking safaris outside the reserve. ˜˜Night Sightsafaris with infrared binoculars (additional charge).  Romantic sundowners overlooking the plains.  Arrangements for dawn hot air balloon safaris.  Lectures and slide shows on culture and wildlife.
Mara Intrepids Camp Overlooking the Talek River Rivers, at the very confluence of Mara’s four game-viewing areas, Mara Intrepids enjoys one of the most spectacular locations in the world’s best-known wilderness.
Mara Intrepids is a short drive from the Mara River, where more than a million wildebeest and zebra make their perilous migration crossing every July and August. For the remainder of the year, the camp offers some of the world’s finest game viewing, with large local populations of plains game, elephants, rhinos, buffalos, and all the Big Cats. In 2004, some 75% of the footage for the BBC’s famous Big Cat Diary was shot in the camp’s vicinity. Mara Intrepids is 298 kilometres and a six-hour drive from Nairobi, while our all-weather airstrip enables guests to be at the camp within 45 minutes of leaving the capital.

Rooms

The Rooms

10 luxurious and well-spaced tents. Room Dcor: Each luxurious tent is specially designed to open up to the sky and, on one side, an open-air bathtub, and has a private river frontage with views over the banks of the Talek River frequented by animals. The “Explorer” tents have been individually furnished with old wooden chests, tin trunks and historic prints.
Room amenities: Giant double/twin beds with hand-carved mahogany furniture, writing desks, personal closets and luxury individual bathrooms with all modern amenities, mineral water and insect repellants. Special features: Luxurious with 24-hour personal butler on call

Food & Drink

An intimate dining area looks out over the river close to the camp entrance. Meals can also be enjoyed on the private verandah, or at one of a series of specially selected ˜bush sitesclose to camp. The camp bar offers sweeping views over the river, and a quiet place for reading and swapping safari tales. Private parties arranged in the œbush.

General Facilities

Personal butler on 24-hour call serving each tent Private riverfront dining area and ˜bar with a view Secluded terrace in front of each tent with chaise lounges Bush-enclosed platforms with Victorian ˜claws-footbathtubs Luxurious custom-built 4WD safari vehicles Telephone and e-mail at Mara Intrepids Camp by arrangement Safety deposit boxes for valuables Laundry and valet service Credit Cards and foreign Exchange facilities All weather airstrip – less than 2km from camp. Private dispensary and professional doctor at the Mara Intrepids Camp 240V electricity from generators Sockets for battery recharging, electrical shavers and recharging video

Recreational Facilities

Game drives using the camps open-sided 4×4 wheel drive vehicles. Balloon Rides with champagne breakfast on landing (extra cost) Guided game walks in the morning or evening and ends with either champagne bush breakfast or sundowners respectably (extra cost) Cultural Tours – to a nearby Masai Manyatta (village) and donation made directly to the local community Lake Victoria – day excursion to Lake Victoria by charter flight. Boat rides and fishing on Lake Victoria. Excursion with overnight in Mfangano Island Camp highly recommended (all at an extra cost).
This luxurious tented camp lies at the confluence of the Masai Mara’s four main game-viewing areas, and enjoys prime views of the spectacular wildebeest migration between July and September. During the remainder of the year, herds of watering elephant, giraffe and other animals can often be seen from your private veranda. Mara Explorer’s own all-weather airstrip means you can be in camp less than an hour after leaving the bustle of Nairobi
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