OLARE MOTOROGI CONSERVANCY is reputed to have the lowest vehicle density in the Maasai Mara region, while also having the highest concentration of big cats anywhere in Africa. There is only one guest bed per 350 acres, leaving the land unadulterated for the wildlife to roam and thrive, as nature intended.
There are 35,000 acres of rolling grassland, hills, escarpment and the Motorogi plains.
Game viewing starts at your doorstep. Guests have access to the Conservancy’s thousands of acres of exclusive, low-vehicle density tourism land, home to extensive areas of important habitat for a vast number of wildlife species. This is one of the richest wild ecosystems in the world.
A number of lion pride territories meet in the OLARE MOTOROGI CONSERVANCY which can make for some interesting encounters as the different groups battle for dominance.
TONY LAPHAM MARA PREDATOR HUB
Launched in November 2013, the Tony Lapham Mara Predator Hub is in the heart of the Greater Mara. Dedicated to the memory of Tony Lapham, the Predator Hub represents Kenya Wildlife Trust’s commitment to undertaking innovating predator research and monitoring to inform conservation strategies. A passionate conservationist with a particular fondness for the Maasai Mara and its big cats, Tony Lapham would have been deeply concerned by the increasingly grave threats facing predators today.
A simple, efficient and highly functional base, the Predator Hub is located in OLARE MOTOROGI CONSERVANCY, adjoining the Maasai Mara National Reserve. It allows the research team, for the first time, to undertake long-term conservation-focused study of cheetah and lion together.
Based at the Tony Lapham Predator Hub, the flagship Mara Cheetah Project and Mara Lion Project have been at the forefront of predator conservation in the Greater Mara for a number of years now. Their research and monitoring work contributes to county and national strategies for protecting predators, as well as conservancy management decisions across the Greater Mara. While their flagship projects represent their most recent focus, they have also supported a number of other Mara-based conservation efforts since their inception.