Siana Conservancy Accommodation

Location: Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Narok County, Kenya.

Area:29,000-acre

Overview

This conservancy is located in the Eastern Maasai Mara, in 2015, 1200 landowners formed a partnership establishing this conservancy with Joe Charleson founder and manager of Leleshwa Camp. After much discussion, the local residents moved from their homesteads, called ‘Bomas’ so that their bio-diverse lands would again be open to the natural free-ranging wildlife of the Mara.

The Conservancy of 29,000 acres was set aside by Siana Group Ranch as part of a growing movement in Kenya to address the challenge of conservation amid conflicts over land use specifically towards wildlife protection and is now a promising tourism destination, rich in the Mara eco-system.

Visitors are treated to big cats, herds of elephants, and antelopes like the Gazelles, Topis, Elands, Hartebeest, and Dik Dik. During the season of the Great Migration (June – October) the wildebeests may be spotted in some parts of the Mara as they pour over the Mara River by the tens of thousands, along with uncountable zebra and gazelle.

The Uniqueness of this Conservancy

• • Staying within a conservancy guests enjoy many activities available that are allowed in the national park, including bush breakfasts, night safaris, and guided walking treks upon the land.

• • The migration corridor for elephants cuts right through the conservancy. Some of the herds are massive with over 200 members in a family.

• • Fly Camping –camping in the bush with your Maasai guide, under his expert tutelage, tracking elephants and relaxing at your campsite, cooking dinner over an open fire.

Accommodation Options

Here there is set a ceiling of 230 beds, one room per 250 acres of conservancy land amongst their current accommodation partners:

• • Leleshwa Camp (six well-appointed tents each ensuite bathroom).

• • Mara Bushtops (12 fabulously appointed tents) * Leopard suite (up to 6 guests).

• • Siana Springs Tented Camp (38 spacious tents).

• • Entumoto Main Safari Camp (Entumoto Main has 4 family and 3 double en-suite tents. The family tents include two double or twin rooms, two bathrooms, and a central lounge with a fireplace).

• • Entumoto Toto has 2 family tents as well as 3 double en-suites.

• • Entumoto Mobile Camp ( for campers who like living in the wild).

Activities at the Destination

Game viewing drives both in the conservancy and the greater Mara reserve, Night game viewing drive in the Conservancy, Visit the local Nkoilale school and markets, learn their cultural activities in medicine, beadwork, dances, and even throwing a Maasai spear, sundowners, private sundowners, private bush dining, Kakiya Cave – discovered by the Mau Mau in the 1950s, Hot- Air Balloon Safari (extra cost