Angama Mara Rift Valley Overlook

A Bird's-Eye View of the Great Rift Valley

Set on the edge of the Oloololo Escarpment, the camera at Angama Mara commands a sweeping vista across the floor of the Great Rift Valley. The vast, open plain unrolls toward the horizon in every direction, broken only by scattered acacia trees and the winding line of distant river courses.

The Wildlife of the Maasai Mara

Below the escarpment lies the Maasai Mara National Reserve, part of the wider ecosystem famous for its great annual wildlife migration. Wildebeest, zebra, elephant and lion all range across this landscape, making the plains below the camera one of the richest wildlife theatres on the continent.

Angama Mara: A Legendary Safari Perch

Angama Mara takes its name from the Swahili word for 'suspended in mid-air', an apt description of a lodge built directly on the escarpment's edge. The elevated vantage point has made it one of the most photographed views in East African safari country.

A Landscape in Constant Motion

Because the camera surveys such a wide stretch of the reserve, the scene is rarely still: hot-air balloons drift across the plains, raptors soar on rising air currents, and herds of grazing animals shift slowly across the grassland in the distance.