Experience the Maasai Mara Like Never Before – Where Adventure Meets Elegance
Oreteti Mara Lodge: community rooted safari lodge in the heart of Kenya's wilderness
Oreteti Mara Lodge is a community rooted safari lodge set on the edge of the world-famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve, offering guests an authentic experience that blends exceptional wildlife safaris with a genuine community connection. Rooted in the local Maasai community, the lodge delivers warm, personal hospitality while actively shaping the next generation of East African hospitality professionals through its on-site training school.
For guests, Oreteti Mara Lodge is not just a place to stay—it is a place to belong, learn, and connect.
Your 'Out of Africa' accommodation
Oreteti Mara Lodge offers thoughtfully designed accommodations that balance comfort, privacy, and a strong sense of place. Built with local inspiration and natural materials, the lodge blends seamlessly into the surrounding landscape.
Every detail is designed to help guests slow down, feel cared for, and fully absorb the magic of the Mara.
Your stay as a a true ‘Out of Africa’ experience:
- Your own spacious, comfortable tented lodging for the ‘Out of Africa’ vibe
- A choice of a double or twin rooms in a lodge designed like a traditional Manjatta Maasai House
- 10 camping spots for those who bring their camper or canvas
- A peaceful atmosphere away from mass tourism, ideal for relaxation and reflection
- Attentive, heartfelt service shaped by Maasai traditions of hospitality
- Communal spaces that encourage connection—fireside evenings, shared meals, and storytelling
Wildlife safaris at its best
Game drives at Oreteti Mara Lodge are led by experienced local guides whose knowledge goes beyond wildlife — offering insight into the land, its rhythms, and the people who call it home. From birdwatching around the lodge to tracking animals across the Mara, every safari connects you to something deeper.
Oreteti Mara Lodge is some 25 minutes’ drive from the Oloololo gate of the Maasai Mara, one of Africa’s most renowned wildlife reserves, home to the Big Five and the annual Great Migration. Bordering Tanzania’s Serengeti, it offers year-round game viewing across open savannah, riverine forests, and rolling plains.
Experience the Maasai culture
Most people you will meet at Oreteti Mara Lodge are from nearby Maasai villages. The Maasai are well know for their ‘shuka,’ a cloth wrapped around the body, often red and decorated with beads. Patterns show age, marital status, and social standing. And the men are famous for their ‘Adumu’, or jumping dance. You may think all this is staged for tourism, but it is a real practice that continues today. You can visit a Manytatta (the small huts in the village) with guidance from our local guides and see how huts are built and beadwork is made. The Maasai maintain core values of the community, respect for elders and connection to the land.
Please speak to the hotel school manager about arranging any of the below adventures during your stay.
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Community based tourism
Oreteti Mara Lodge is deeply committed to the secrets of the Masai culture, its wildlife, conservation and all its people.
The Oreteti Mara Lodge is a hotel school lodge under the umbrella of the Maasai Education Center (MEC), run by local Maasai students learning the curricula of the hospitality industry, under the supervision of professionals. The MEC is an initiative of The Style Foundation in the Netherlands.
Pick any safari lodge in the Maasai Mara and you will find one of our former students working there. Our winning concept of the hospitality school? Building bridges! This welfare project was begun to help Maasai tribal leaders find ways to preserve their traditions whilst balancing the education needs of their children for the modern world.
Preserve Maasai culture
Education for modern world
Protect wildlife
Eco-conscious
Your Maasai Mara adventure starts here
Enjoy a truly sustainable holiday
When you stay with us, you donate directly to our school! “A trip to sustained growth for all” – we call it The Economy of Love
Whether you’re here for a once-in-a-lifetime adventure or a soulful retreat, your stay is shaped by meaningful moments, attentive service and the unmistakable rhythm of the bush.
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