| Keekorok Safari Lodge-Masai mara Kenya | | | | pool with resident hippo. There are no fences around |
| Dating from 1965, Keekorok lodge is a large and busy | | | | Keekorok, and it is not uncommon to see elephant |
| lodge located at the well-traveled crossroads within | | | | and buffalo wander on to the perimeters of the |
| the Masai Mara national reserve. It can accommodate | | | | grounds-always under the watchful eyes of the |
| almost 200 guests including many minibus tour groups. | | | | askari on guard. |
| Keekorok is popular among those who prefer solid | | | | Accommodation in Keekorok lodge |
| walls to tents and for its location. It is one of the | | | | Although Keeekorok has over 70 rooms, the |
| easier Mara lodges to reach from Nairobi by road. | | | | different wings have been laid out to minimize a |
| The lodge is sited on a shallow rise where you can | | | | sense of crowding. Rooms are simply but nicely |
| see for miles, and the sky stretches-beyond the | | | | furnished, most with tub and shower. Some have |
| horizon-to infinity. | | | | double beds and minibar. Many rooms have views of |
| With white washed walls in clean contrast to | | | | the Mara, and from most new wing rooms and the |
| high-peaked black roof lines, the lodge is laid out to | | | | VIP House, there are even opportunities for early |
| give all main rooms and most guest rooms a wide | | | | morning game viewing while lying in bed or from your |
| open view of the Mara. The main hotel building is | | | | private terrace. |
| usually a hive of activity there are notice boards | | | | Special facilities at the Keekorok masai mara lodge |
| announcing activities, a lecture room, a busy gift shop | | | | Game drives ,early morning ballooning(by |
| and a comfortable lounge surprising in leather and | | | | arrangement), Masai dancing, naturalist slides, lectures |
| tartan. The dining room is open to the | | | | on Masai culture, pool, video room, conference room, |
| terrace-allowing for fresh breezes and that view. The | | | | souvenir shop, air strip, petrol station. |
| large stone terrace has heavy wooden chairs and | | | | If you fancy nothing less than solid walls in national |
| tables, and overlooks mowed lawns and a swimming | | | | parks and reserves, the Keekorok is the lodge you |
| pool made private by bougainvillea bushes. Below are | | | | want to stay in. Vans from Nairobi reach it faster |
| thee tall trees and lush growth at the edge of the | | | | than other lodges and it is also within a few minutes |
| Poloret River. Beyond all of this stretches the golden | | | | from your farthest game drive in the park. It as such |
| vastness of the Masai Mara plains. | | | | reduces the all too common safari fatigue that |
| Keekorok, which means place of black trees in the | | | | accumulates fast from riding in a touristy mini van on |
| Maasai language, is named for the trees at the rivers | | | | poor terrain. One other advantage of the Keekorok |
| edge. A high wooden walkway has been built here, | | | | is that is less than 10 minutes from the airstrip and |
| and allows close up views of the plants, trees, birds | | | | the balloon launching area. The lodge is so centrally |
| and other wildlife that live along the river. At one end, | | | | placed that everything is within reach. |
| a small thatched sundowner bar overlooks a river | | | | |