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Location:
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Mara Intrepids Club is
located in the center of the Masai Mara National Reserve, on the banks
of the Talek River, and near one of the major wildlife migration
crossings.
It lies on latitude 1 49"S and longitude 35 20E and at an
altitude of 5,300 ft above sea level. The distance from Nairobi is 298
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Accommodation:
| A luxurious tented camp, the
club has 30 modern tents with a capacity of 60 persons. All 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 own bathrooms with shower flush w.c., wash hand
basin, hot and cold water and electricity. |
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Facilities:
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All the public areas are
under a makuti and gum pole construction.
The dining room has a
seating capacity of 70. Breakfasts and lunches are served on champagne
terrace overlooking the Talek river.
Afternoon tea is available. There is a
well stocked main bar.
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. Gift Shop. Residents' reference library.
Video room with wildlife video library.
Elevated viewing tower for cocktails.
Suspension bridge over the Talek River.
Safe deposit facility for valuables.
Baited tree for leopard.
Indoor games are available from reception. |
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Services:
Welcome drinks on check-in
Transfer arrangements to and within the Mara.
Laundry and valet service.
Early morning calls with either tea or coffee.
Transfers for game viewing in hot air balloon.
Organising private BBQ's in individual tent units.
Telephone service from reception.
Arranging of special excursions e.g. Nature walks in the Masailand.
Game drives with highly experienced driver/guides.
Fishing on the Olare Orok and Talek rivers outside the reserve.
Private parties on the champagne terrace.
Supervised children activities under the Adventurers Club. |
General Information:
Credit cards:- American Express,
Senator, Visa Mastercard and JCB.
Airstrip: The Club airstrip is only 400m away.
Medical: There is a private dispensary for minor ailments and
injuries
Foreign currency exchange
Check-out time:- 10.00 a.m. but arrangements can be made for
luggage storage for later departures.
Electric current: 240 volts, 50 cycle a/c (UK plugs and sockets)
supplied by diesel generator.
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Game Drives:
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There’s always excitement
in the Mara, dawn as the animals wake, midday and the shimmering heat,
or dusk, perfect for hunting: a pride of lion stalking zebra, a herd
of elephant heading for the swamps, cheetah cubs playing in the shade.
Sights you won’t forget.
Our four-wheel-drive vehicles are built to
our own specifications. Cut-away roofs give you better views. Our
professional drivers will astonish you with what they find: a
tell-tale vulture will lead them to a hyena kill, a warning cry from a
mother wildebeest reveals a leopard stalking through the grass. |
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Mara Balloon
Safaris
BORNE ON THE BREEZE ACROSS THE GREAT
PLAINS The adventure begins just before dawn. Flames from the balloon
burners light the darkness as the crews inflate their craft.
The
first, pink tongues of sunlight flicker across the skies and the
balloon fills then rises. Suspended in a basket
beneath the rainbow-colored canopy, you’re off for a game-viewing
adventure with an entirely different perspective. The thing that
amazes most first-time balloonists is the absolute stillness, the
silence as you float above the plains, the forest and the rivers of
the Masai Mara .
And if you’ve flown elsewhere, you’ve seen nothing
like this. The sounds below drift clearly upwards: a lion’s roar,
elephants crashing through the bush, baboons perched in the tips of
the trees startled and screeching to see something above them. |
| For an hour or so you drift wherever the air currents take
you. If you’re lucky you’ll climb high above the Mara for the view of a
lifetime. Then your balloon safari finishes with a flourish. In the
time honored tradition of balloon flights the world over you toast
your return to earth with a champagne breakfast. T
he difference this
breakfast happens in the bush, wherever you land, and it’s cooked
before your eyes on the burners that minutes before kept you suspended
in the air.
Mara Balloon
Safaris pioneered game-viewing by hot-air balloon in Africa. Today we
operate from Governors’ Camps . We have some of the world’s most
experienced pilots flying some of the world’s largest balloons. And
our distinctive colors are known the world-over! |
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Rates:
Please contact us for a suggested
itinerary and quote
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