Offbeat Mara is a small semi-permanent camp on the Olare Orok stream in the Mara North Conservancy, north of the national reserve. Tents are Meru-style with en-suite flush toilets and plumbed hot showers, wifi and charging points, set among trees along the watercourse; the mess tent holds the bar, dining area and a fireplace. The camp is owner-run and closes in the wettest months. Conservancy status allows night drives, off-road driving and guided walking. The camp keeps its infrastructure deliberately light and runs on solar power, with Maasai guides from the surrounding community.
What sets it apart
It is one of the smallest and least built-up camps in Mara North, owner-guided and seasonally closed rather than run year-round.
Who it suits
Walking safaris; small-group and single-party bookings; travellers wanting a plain bush camp rather than a lodge.
The essentials
| Country | Kenya |
| Where | Mara North Conservancy, on the Olare Orok stream |
| Property type | tented camp (semi-permanent) |
| Rooms | 7 tents per the official site — five double/twin and two family. Some independent listings state six tents for twelve adults. |
What it costs
Neither this property nor any source we could verify publishes a nightly rate. We do not estimate prices, so there is no figure here. Contact the property directly for a quote.
About the photographs
The pictures on this page are stock photographs of African bush and desert country, chosen to suggest the kind of landscape you find around the Mara North Conservancy, Kenya. They are not photographs of this property, and we cannot verify where any of them was taken — a stock library records the photographer, not the place. We use them rather than borrow the property's own marketing images, which would imply we had been there. For pictures of the rooms, and of the view they actually look out on, see the property's own site.