Encounter Mara - Asilia Africa

Encounter Mara - Asilia Africa Encounter Mara is an award-winning, eco-friendly, classic safari bush camp located in the private 50

With natural simplicity and elegance, Encounter Mara provides a completely unique and eco-friendly approach to safari lodging. Built from natural materials with a focus on conservation, Encounter Mara offers more than just comfort in their twelve custom-designed, spacious tents, positioned for privacy as well as optimal game viewing. The camp structure offers multiple areas for open-air relaxation

, including hammocks and hanging chairs, where guest can enjoy views of game wandering past. Encounter Mara is also specifically situated in an area with rich wildlife, including a pride of 22 lions, several resident leopards, frequent cheetah sightings, and a wide range of plains animals. Guests may also take advantage of safari walks and night game drives allowed by the Mara Naboisho Conservancy. With a fresh approach to cuisine, Encounter Mara perfectly tailors meals to a day on safari. Homemade treats for game drives, freshly baked pastries, and a variety of tea and smoothie options at high tea exemplify just a few of the culinary delights that set Encounter Mara’s cuisine apart. The staff of Encounter Mara strives to provide every guest with an outstanding safari experience, pairing the best of wildlife viewing with the simplicity of a classic safari camp.

Zebras on a rainy misty morning
07/05/2022

Zebras on a rainy misty morning

27/04/2022

Strolling through some incredible scenery, Naboisho Conservancy remains one of the very best destinations for experiencing Africa’s big cats!

17/03/2022

Enesikiria Pride on the move between Naboisho Camp | Asilia Africa and Encounter Mara Camp this morning

16/11/2021

Our community team's efforts in mitigating human-wildlife conflict in the Mara involve putting up recycled plastic pole bomas (livestock enclosures). MPCP staff visits all the bomas organized for the purchase of materials and ensures they are constructed by boma experts to guarantee quality works.

We put up 30 bomas in three different conflict hotspots across the Mara with support from WWF-Kenya and Nature Kenya-the EANHS in 2020. MPCP staff worked closely with a representative of WWF, and managers/Community liaison officers from Siana, Olare Motorogi, and Oloisukut conservancies to identify the most affected/vulnerable bomas for reinforcing. 17 bomas have been put up in Siana, 11 bomas in Oloisukut, 1 boma in Enkeju Enkoirien, and 1 in Talek.

After the construction of the bomas using recycled plastic poles, our team installs camera traps in them. This helps us assess their effectiveness in deterring predators from attacking livestock at night. The cameras have been installed in bomas at Meguarra, Empopong'i, Oloolchurra, Ngila, Partakilat, Saparingo, and Oloisukut.

You can learn more via: https://bit.ly/RPPB-bomas
Be part of our human-conflict prevention through the construction of recycled plastic pole bomas by visiting: bit.ly/supportKWT

So special to witness some of the best lion behavior in Africa, right here in Mara Naboisho Conservancy 📷 Roelof Schutte
15/11/2021

So special to witness some of the best lion behavior in Africa, right here in Mara Naboisho Conservancy 📷 Roelof Schutte

07/09/2021

Thank you to Encounter Mara guide Wilson Mpooya for capturing this extraordinary interaction between the Ilkisiausiau lion pride and a crested porcupine! What a sighting!

26/08/2021

After a successful night hunting, the pride heads for shade and rest close to camp this morning, only to become active again tonight

Lioness in the Long Grass, early morning light makes for a soft glow through the seeds as she searches for prey nearby
24/08/2021

Lioness in the Long Grass, early morning light makes for a soft glow through the seeds as she searches for prey nearby

Love Giraffes! Encounter Mara Camp and the Naboisho Conservancy one of the very best locations to observe these large ma...
23/08/2021

Love Giraffes! Encounter Mara Camp and the Naboisho Conservancy one of the very best locations to observe these large mammals!

11/02/2021

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Encounter Mara joined Asilia Africa in 2015 to become our second camp within the Mara Naboisho Conservancy, a groundbreaking cooperative development model. We are proud to be one of the driving forces behind the conservancy, the creation of which saw over 500 Maasai landowners coming together to contribute their land to conservation. The conservancy fees provide the Maasai community with a sustainable livelihood and ensure the conservation of the wildlife in this vital corridor of the Maasai Mara ecosystem. It also provides steady and sustainable employment, which we hope will lead to an improved standard of living for the community as a whole. The conservancy offers additional benefits like healthcare, clean energy and empowerment of the local people through education and skills training. All our guides are trained at Koiyaki Guiding School, which runs on charitable donations and aims to provide conservation livelihoods for members of the communities around the Naboisho conservancy. With our increased footprint in the Mara Naboisho Conservancy, we intend to continue to build stability in the conservancy, as well as turn our attention to the neighbouring Pardamat Block, a vital corridor for the Loita Wildebeest Migration as well as a suitable elephant habitat that is currently not protected.