Ol Seki is immediately striking, with its white circular and immaculately designed canvas tents, set on a low ridge at the northern end of the Mara Conservation Area. However, the picture of Ol Seki is incomplete without including the owner, Sue Allen who is the heart of this very unusual camp.

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When you hear that Ol Seki is the product of one man's creativity - Jan Allen,

Sue's son - it explains how, despite its Conde Naste appearance, Ol Seki manages to have such a welcoming and down to earth feeling. Ol Seki is set in Koiyaki conservation area, an area populated with Maasai, but also home to good game, particularly when the Loita migration comes in from the north east. Between June and July the Aitong plains to the north and west team with migrating wildebeest and Zebra and, of course, numerous predators. For the rest of the year, resident game is ever present, although not in such large numbers as in the Mara National Reserve.

Don't be mislead by the amazing photos of Ol Seki into thinking it's a spa hotel,

this is a wonderful bush home where Sue lives for 10 months of the year. As well as being an excellent place to come for game viewing, Ol Seki is a great place to kick back and enjoy just being in the bush. Kenyan families like the Allens have been living like this for generations, so there is an unselfconscious competence to the way that they do things. Decoration, though beautiful, feels natural and uncontrived - in many ways this defines what the Kenyan safari experience is about. Few other countries manage this easy style.

While you're here, you might like to take a short walk from camp - more of a leg stretcher than a game experience,

then finish up with a drink watching the sun set and the stars come out. The pace here is relaxed and Sue is wonderfully self deprecating for someone who has done safari proper for most of her life (she recently crossed the Sahara) and is easy and very amusing to be with.

If you like this, why not consider these other camps in Kenya...
Ol Donyo Wuas The view from Ol Donyo Wuas must be one of the most sublime in Kenya. In front of the lodge are 300,000 acres of open plains, iconic flat topped acacia trees and... more	Lewa Wilderness Trails Lewa Downs on the eastern edge of Laikipia is home to the Craig family and to one of the great success stories of Kenyan wildlife conservation, the Rhinoceros breeding... more	Offbeat Camp Offbeat Meru is a place to get your feet back on the ground - this is a camp on traditional lines, with smart but not elaborate tents on the ground. No decks here.... more

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Ol Seki Camp, Mara Conservation Area

When you hear that Ol Seki is the product of one man's creativity - Jan Allen,

Don't be mislead by the amazing photos of Ol Seki into thinking it's a spa hotel,

While you're here, you might like to take a short walk from camp - more of a leg stretcher than a game experience,

Ol Donyo Wuas

Lewa Wilderness Trails

Offbeat Camp