The Royal Mara Safari Lodge features 8 luxury riverfront suites directly on the Mara River. All riverfront suites are elevated one meter off the ground on wooden decks with a private balcony veranda overlooking the residents hippos in the Mara River, and all riverfront suites are furnished with elegant and unique hand carved African furniture.
The Royal Mara Safari Lodge is an unfenced property, and as such wild animals may trek through the camp day and night — including lion, elephant and buffalo. Guests are not permitted to wander freely on camp grounds at any time without an armed escort, especially at night when the resident hippos (numbering over 200) ascend from the Mara River to graze on the surrounding grass lands.
Common wildlife seen daily on camp grounds include vervet monkeys, dik-dik, mongoose, baboons, hippos and many different species of birds.
The Royal Mara Safari Lodge is located on an island peninsula, surrounded by the Mara River on three sides. The Northern tip of the property is the site of the well known “Hippo Bend Lagoon” — where guests are frequently treated to breakfast or lunch in full view of over 100 resident hippos.
