A Wildlife Haven
The Maasai Mara National Reserve is unlike anything else on Earth. Stretched over 1500 square kilometres, the ever-changing ecosystem evolves from grassy savannah plains peppered with acacia trees to riverine forests and great swampy marshes, brimming with life of all kinds.
On the border of the Maasai Mara National Reserve and the Mara North Conservancy, you will find Enkusero Mara nestled within a secluded 60-acre private concession. In this quiet expanse, far removed from the hum of tourists and civilisation, nature prevails—and we sync into its pace.
Perfectly isolated but never alone, our camp gently exists in the wild. Here, nature guides us towards new discoveries in far corners of the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Closer to camp, a returning herd of elephants visit our patch of trees at dusk, delighting us with close-up sightings from our main lounge and dining areas, while we sit in stillness and let the giants amble around us.
A Lion’s legacy – the story of the Marsh Pride as seen on the BBC Earth’s Dynasties and Animal Planet’s Big Cat Tales.
The Marsh Pride is a generational pride of lions inhabiting the Musiara Marsh, a great swampy ecosystem beyond camp. For decades, this pride has been documented by BBC Earth and Animal Planet, which followed the lions closely, documenting their changing dynamics and escapades.
The Marsh Pride was recently observed jostling for territory with the nearby Topi boys, a young coalition who vie for dominance and control in the region.
Big Cat Territory
The land we are on was once called Kampi ya Chui, the ‘area for leopards.’ While the elusive predator chooses to reveal itself as it pleases, this region is known for its lineage of female leopards who reside around camp quietly, surveying the savannah from a bowed tree branch in the riverine forest or perched on a towering termite mound. In years passed the famous Queen of Kaboso resided just a short drive from our campgrounds.
Birds of the Maasai Mara
Keep your binoculars close; the Maasai Mara is home to over 550 bird species, from formidable birds of prey to colourful weavers and flocks of migratory birds.
Year-round you can spot soaring bateleurs, grassland dwellers like ground hornbills, secretary birds and storks, as well as six different species of vultures circling carcasses or perched surveying the land. The rains in November through April, bring migratory birds from Europe and North Africa, arriving in their breeding plumage to flaunt their brightly coloured or intriguing feathers for suitable mates.
Become part of the Great Migration
Each year, from July to October, the drying plains spurs more than a million wildebeest, zebra and antelope to surge across the landscape in pursuit of fertile land and water. After leaving the Serengeti in Tanzania, the animals head north and eventually arrive in the Maasai Mara. With camp positioned near the Mara River, a potential crossing point for the migrating wildebeest, you can observe one of the greatest wildlife sightings on Earth in often chaotic, heart-racing scenes. At this time of the year, safari pursuits follow the patterns of the animals as they move instinctively across Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve. From our vantage point, you can become part of the Great Migration.