Angama Mara
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Overview
The question is often asked, ‘when is the best time to visit the Mara?’ To be truthful, there is not one correct answer, as safari travellers to the Mara are assured of astonishing and abundant wildlife sightings all year round.
For guests wanting to experience the Great Migration and the dramatic crossings of the Mara River, July through September or October are the best months to visit. Others prefer a gentler time with less visitors and have the Mara all to themselves – together with the numerous resident herds which quite rightly do not deem it necessary to leave this beautiful reserve by embarking on the annual trek to Tanzania.
Although the Maasai Mara is especially renowned for its prides of lions (including the Angama Pride, just below the lodge), the other members of Africa’s Big Five – leopard, elephant, buffalo and black rhino – are also regularly sighted, together with hyena, jackal, cheetah and the bat-eared fox, and of course the Mara River is home to numerous pods of hippo and some of Africa’s largest crocodiles. Great photographic opportunities present themselves with topi standing perched on anthills, Maasai giraffe moving gracefully across the plains, and both Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelles grazing peacefully amongst Coke’s hartebeest, impala and herds of lovely eland, the continent’s largest antelope.
Included
- All guided safaris into the Mara Triangle
- Guided walking safaris on the Rift Valley escarpment
- All meals and drinks (excluding French Champagne & reserve wines)
- Laundry service & WiFi
- All on-property guest experiences
- Transfers to and from Angama Mara Airfield or Kichwa Tembo Airstrip
- Emergency medical evacuation insurance
- Childminding (from 18h00 to 22h00)
Excluded
- All additional guest experiences as otherwise listed
- Safari Shop purchases & in-tent massages
- Air and road transfers from elsewhere within the Maasai Mara
- Gratuities