Lorian Safari Camp sits on the Olare Orok River inside the Masai Mara National Reserve, about two hundred metres from Olkiombo airstrip. That makes the drive from the plane to the tent a short one — five to ten minutes — and usually a first game drive as well.
A river full of hippos
The camp's neighbours are in the river. A hippo pod lives behind the tents, with large crocodiles in the same stretch of the Olare Orok, and both can be watched from the restaurant deck. In the evening the deck is where guests gather for happy hour; after dinner a Maasai guard walks each guest back to their tent while the hippos call from the water.
Two kinds of tent
The Executive Safari Tents stand on the riverbank, with a four-poster bed under a net, an en-suite bathroom with hot water around the clock, and a patio looking over the hippo pod. The three Bush Experience tents have all the same comforts but fewer walls, and a spacious deck looking into the camp's trees and bush.
Cooked to order
Lorian's kitchen cooks to request. Indian, continental, Mediterranean, Oriental and American food are all on offer, including vegetarian and South Indian dishes, provided guests ask before they arrive. The team speaks English, French, Tamil and Swahili.
A small camp with a known team
The camp is owned by its four proprietors: Jeyakumar, Muneeswaran, Deleepkumar and Aathiya. In their reviews, guests write most about the manager, Arun, the chefs, and the guides who drive them out from the airstrip. Several airlines fly daily from Nairobi to Olkiombo, so getting there is a matter of one scheduled flight and a few minutes in a vehicle.
