| Keekorok Safari Lodge-Masai mara Kenya | | | | 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 and |
| lodge located at the well-traveled crossroads within | | | | buffalo wander on to the perimeters of the |
| the Masai Mara national reserve. It can accommodate | | | | grounds-always under the watchful eyes of the askari |
| almost 200 guests including many minibus tour groups. | | | | 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 easier | | | | Although Keeekorok has over 70 rooms, the different |
| Mara lodges to reach from Nairobi by road. The lodge | | | | wings have been laid out to minimize a sense of |
| is sited on a shallow rise where you can see for miles, | | | | crowding. Rooms are simply but nicely furnished, most |
| and the sky stretches-beyond the horizon-to infinity. | | | | with tub and shower. Some have double beds and |
| With white washed walls in clean contrast to | | | | minibar. Many rooms have views of the Mara, and |
| high-peaked black roof lines, the lodge is laid out to give | | | | from most new wing rooms and the VIP House, there |
| all main rooms and most guest rooms a wide open | | | | are even opportunities for early morning game viewing |
| view of the Mara. The main hotel building is usually a | | | | while lying in bed or from your private terrace. |
| hive of activity there are notice boards announcing | | | | Special facilities at the Keekorok masai mara lodge |
| activities, a lecture room, a busy gift shop and a | | | | Game drives ,early morning ballooning(by arrangement), |
| comfortable lounge surprising in leather and tartan. The | | | | Masai dancing, naturalist slides, lectures on Masai |
| dining room is open to the terrace-allowing for fresh | | | | culture, pool, video room, conference room, souvenir |
| breezes and that view. The large stone terrace has | | | | shop, air strip, petrol station. |
| heavy wooden chairs and tables, and overlooks | | | | If you fancy nothing less than solid walls in national |
| mowed lawns and a swimming pool made private by | | | | parks and reserves, the Keekorok is the lodge you |
| bougainvillea bushes. Below are thee tall trees and lush | | | | want to stay in. Vans from Nairobi reach it faster than |
| growth at the edge of the Poloret River. Beyond all of | | | | other lodges and it is also within a few minutes from |
| this stretches the golden vastness of the Masai Mara | | | | your farthest game drive in the park. It as such |
| 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 is |
| edge. A high wooden walkway has been built here, | | | | that is less than 10 minutes from the airstrip and the |
| and allows close up views of the plants, trees, birds | | | | balloon launching area. The lodge is so centrally placed |
| and other wildlife that live along the river. At one end, a | | | | that everything is within reach. |
| small thatched sundowner bar overlooks a river pool | | | | |