| The Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya has many | | | | butler service, an elegant lounge and |
| tented and permanent camps and lodges for | | | | library, and a swimming pool to cool of after |
| those people lucky enough to be on a Masai | | | | one of the many game drives you will |
| Mara Safari. For a very high quality camp you | | | | experience. Unlike some other camps there is |
| need look no further than Olonana Olonana is | | | | a generator and solar power, so electricity |
| an elegant bush camp on the banks of the Mara | | | | is not a problem and the delicate eco system |
| River just outside the Masai Mara Reserve's | | | | of the Masai Mara is little disturbed. You |
| western boundary in Kenya, right at the heart | | | | will enjoy game drives in open vehicles |
| of Big Game viewing country. It's position | | | | giving an undisturbed view of the rich |
| enables the lodge to offer the best of both | | | | numbers of game including hippo, elephant, |
| worlds with night drives, walking safaris, | | | | prides of lion, buffalo, hyena, giraffe, and |
| and day time game drives inside the reserve. | | | | several species of gazelle. You are also |
| Olonana has 12 very large and spacious | | | | likely to see cheetah, leopard, and even |
| permanent tents, each with two queen sized | | | | rhino if you are lucky, and you can be sure |
| beds, ensuite bathrooms and hot showers, and | | | | your guides are well trained experts. It |
| each with a large veranda with a great view | | | | isn't just the fact that your guides on your |
| of the river, where you will get great views | | | | Masai Mara Safari are experts, it's the |
| of hippo especially in the evenings as you | | | | passion of the guides that makes all the |
| are enjoying your sundowner prior to dinner. | | | | difference. They obviously love what they do |
| Importantly the tents have floor to ceiling | | | | and this transmits itself over and over |
| mosquito netting windows for your protection. | | | | again. All you have to do is to ask if it is |
| One fear you need not have is walking back to | | | | possible to view a particular animal, and if |
| your tent at night, because you will always | | | | it is, then you will almost certainly get |
| be taken and fetched by a very nice man with | | | | closer than you could ever believe possible. |
| a torch and a stick. Dinner which is, as are | | | | They go out of there way so willingly. The |
| all the meals, delicious can be taken in the | | | | same is true of the staff at Olonana, for |
| dining room overlooking the river, or if you | | | | whom nothing is too much trouble. If you |
| wish meals can be taken on the Siria | | | | won't or can't eat something, then |
| escarpment overlooking the Mara plains, or | | | | alternatives are readily produced, and always |
| deep in the bush as a picnic. If food is | | | | with a smile. It is true to say that visiting |
| important to you then a Masai Mara Safari | | | | the Masai Mara reserve in Kenya for part of |
| staying here will delight even the most jaded | | | | your in Kenya Safari is a must, but to stay |
| of palates. What is unique about Olonana is | | | | at Olonana is an experience you will never |
| that it exists in partnership with the Masai | | | | forget. |
| people, so you will have an opportunity to | | | | |
| view the day to day lives of these proud | | | | Peter Stewart writes about in Kenya Safaris |
| people in a village close by. No other lodge | | | | as well as Worldwide Vacation Spots He also |
| in the Masai Mara offers this opportunity. | | | | recommends Travel Tennis a great Game to play |
| The facilities at Olonana includes a private | | | | on Holiday. |