Angama Mara
Siria Escarpment, Maasai Mara, Kenya
Location
The Siria Escarpment
The lodge sits on the rim of the Siria Escarpment, around 1,000 feet above the Mara Triangle in the western Maasai Mara, with 1.2 kilometres of Rift Valley frontage — its name is Swahili for 'suspended in air'.
Transfer
A Maasai Mara transfer
Fly from Nairobi's Wilson airport to the Angama airstrip, around 45 minutes, then about 30 minutes by vehicle — a light-aircraft hop with luggage limits.
Villas
30 tented suites
Thirty glass-fronted tented suites across two identical camps of fifteen, each around 100 square metres with a ten-metre wall of glass, plus four interconnecting family suites and an accessible suite.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples, honeymooners and families who want an iconic escarpment setting — the Out of Africa kopje, glass-fronted suites and the Mara Triangle below.
Board Basis
Full board
Full board — all meals and most drinks, all guided safaris into the Mara Triangle and escarpment walks, with airstrip transfers.
About the Resort
Suspended above the Mara Triangle
Angama Mara is suspended around 1,000 feet above the Mara Triangle — its name is Swahili for 'suspended in air' — on the rim of the Siria Escarpment in the western Maasai Mara. Thirty tented suites, split across two identical camps of fifteen, each front the plains with a ten-metre wall of glass, so the view is the room: the Mara Triangle spread out below, balloons drifting past at dawn, the escarpment falling away. The Mara Triangle is the reserve's quieter, well-managed western sector, rich in Big Five and more than 570 bird species, and the lodge's own kopje is the one from Out of Africa — set now for private picnics, sundowners and proposals. Days run on full board with all guided drives and escarpment walking safaris included; meals lean on the shamba, the lodge's own working garden, and there is a shared rim-flow pool with the Mara below. Owner-run and widely rated among East Africa's finest, it is reached by a light-aircraft hop from Nairobi — a romantic, iconic setting for couples and families alike.
Accommodation
Tented suites
Thirty glass-fronted tented suites across two identical camps of fifteen, each around 100 square metres including the deck, with a ten-metre wall of glass onto the Mara Triangle, a super-king bed, a sitting area and a writing desk. There are four interconnecting family suites and one accessible suite.
Signature
Tented Suite
Sleeps two. Around 100 square metres including the deck, with a ten-metre wall of glass onto the Mara Triangle, a super-king bed, a sitting area and a writing desk — suspended on the escarpment.
100 sqmGlass front
Family
Family Suite
Sleeps three to four. Two interconnecting tents with a super-king and twin beds — one of four family suites across the two camps.
InterconnectingFamily
Accessible
Accessible Suite
Sleeps two. A super-king suite with adapted access, with the same glass-fronted escarpment outlook.
Adapted accessEscarpment
Food & Drink
Dining
Each camp has an open-plan lounge, bar and library with an outdoor dining deck. Much of the table comes from the shamba, the lodge's own working garden, and the Out of Africa kopje is set for private picnics and sundowners.
Signature
The dining deck
Open-air dining and a viewing deck in each camp, with a lounge, bar and library.
Garden
The shamba
Garden-to-table cooking from the lodge's own shamba, an on-site working farm.
Out of Africa
Kopje picnics
Private picnics and sundowners on the kopje from Out of Africa.
Wellbeing
Wellness & pool
Treatments are brought to your suite, and there is a glass-fronted fitness room and a shared rim-flow pool with Mara Triangle views. The days, though, are built around the game drives and escarpment walks, all guided and all included.
In-suite treatments
Treatments brought to your suite, with a glass-fronted fitness room.
A rim-flow pool
A shared rim-flow pool with Mara Triangle views.
Guided safaris
Guided game drives into the Mara Triangle and escarpment walking safaris — included.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
An iconic escarpment setting, with the Mara Triangle at its quietest below. Picnic on the Out of Africa kopje, watch balloons drift past the glass at dawn, and walk the Rift Valley escarpment between drives.
The Out of Africa kopje
Picnics and proposals on the very kopje from Out of Africa.
Mara Triangle drives
Game drives in the Mara Triangle, the quieter western sector — Big Five and 570-plus bird species.
Hot-air ballooning
Hot-air balloons drifting past the glass fronts at dawn.
Escarpment walks
Guided walking safaris along the Rift Valley escarpment.
The shamba
Garden-to-table dining from the lodge's own shamba.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
From Nairobi (Wilson)
Fly from Nairobi's Wilson airport to the Angama airstrip, around 45 minutes, then about 30 minutes by vehicle.
On the escarpment
The Siria Escarpment
On the rim of the Siria Escarpment, overlooking the Mara Triangle.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
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“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Angama Mara. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Full board — all meals and most drinks, all guided safaris, escarpment walks, laundry, WiFi and airstrip transfers.
Made for couples
- A romantic lodge for couples and weddings, and a fit for families — children six and over are welcome.
Setting
- On the Siria Escarpment, around 1,000 feet above the Mara Triangle, across two identical camps.
Getting there
- Fly from Nairobi's Wilson airport to the Angama airstrip, then around 30 minutes by vehicle.
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