Offbeat Mara

Offbeat Mara - Kenya travel accommodation

Located in the quiet Mara North Conservancy, Offbeat Mara sits near the Olare Orok River and is nestled into the bush so discreetly that you can barely see it once you are outside of camp. It’s small, comfortable and unfenced: an authentic tented camp. The Offbeat lion pride are regularly seen and heard around the camp.

Sister camp to Offbeat Meru in Meru National Park and Sosian in Laikipia, Offbeat Mara has no obvious permanent structures, which lends the camp a great wilderness feel that will appeal to safari purists. Constructed of canvas and wooden decking, which could be taken down at the end of the season, it also has an admirably low carbon footprint.

With just six safari tents tucked into various corners of the natural bush, Offbeat Mara is certainly one of the smaller camps in the Mara North Conservancy. Each tent is quite private and you’ll often see animals wandering straight past. Outside some of the tents are sunloungers with parasols, making a nice spot for siesta time, and there are directors’ chairs on each veranda too.