Two hot-air balloons standing inflated and lit at dawn on a clearing beside a camp, seen from above

Kenya · 6 days

Out of Africa at Angama Mara

Five nights at Angama Mara, built on the ground where much of the film was shot. The picnic on the kopje, sundowners on the saddle from the poster, and a balloon flight, a private vehicle and a photoshoot in the rate.

Duration: 6 days, 5 nights · by road throughout
Where: Kenya
Experiences: Balloon Safaris Road Safaris Special Occasions
Board: All-inclusive
Price: FromUSD 1,417per guest per night, sharing

Overview

The shape of the journey

Angama Mara was built on the escarpment where a good deal of Out of Africa was filmed, which is either the reason you are interested or entirely beside the point. Either way the lodge leans into it without embarrassing itself: a copy of the book in every tent, a red rose that is the only flower in the building, and a picnic laid out on the kopje with the Mara a thousand feet below.

Angama prices by the night rather than the itinerary, so this is five nights shaped around what you want to do. The package Angama attaches to it is their Signature Stay: a balloon flight, a private safari vehicle throughout, an in-tent massage each and an hour with the photographic studio, all in the nightly rate.

Where you'll stay

The camps and hotels

Angama Mara

Two small camps of tented suites on the Great Rift Valley wall, a thousand feet above the Mara Triangle. Floor-to-ceiling glass, a deck with rocking chairs, a beading studio, a shamba and a photographic studio.

Day by day

How the days run

A proposal, not a timetable. The routing, timings and inclusions are confirmed in writing before you pay anything.

Day 1
Arrive on the escarpment
Up the valley wall to the lodge, where the front of the suite is glass and the Mara Triangle runs out below it. An afternoon drive in your own vehicle, then dinner and the first proper look at the sky here.
Angama MaraAll meals
Day 2
The balloon
Up before light, and off the escarpment in a balloon as the sun comes over the Loita hills. Back for the rest of the morning, and a drive in the afternoon when the light turns again.
Angama MaraAll meals
Day 3
A picnic on the kopje
A Maasai naturalist walks you up to the crest of the Out of Africa kopje, where the picnic is already set: blankets, cushions, safari chairs, a wicker basket, sparkling wine on ice. Then you are left alone with it. The photographic studio will come up and record it if you want.
Angama MaraAll meals
Day 4
Sundowners on the saddle
A full day in the Triangle with your own vehicle and no fixed hours. The evening is on the saddle between the hills, the spot the film's poster was shot on, with director's chairs, a laden table, a dress-up box, and champagne on ice.
Angama MaraAll meals
Day 5
The Map Room
A last drive, an in-tent massage, and dinner in the Map Room set the way it would have been then: white linen, candles, white roses, the score playing quietly. If you are marking something, the team will tell the story of it over cognac by the fire, which was Blixen's habit.
Angama MaraAll meals
Day 6
Depart
Breakfast on the deck, the photographs to take home, and a departure timed to your flight.
Breakfast

What's covered

Inclusions and exclusions

In line with the itinerary above. Your written quote is the version that counts.

Included

A hot-air balloon flight
A private safari vehicle for the duration of your stay
A one-hour photoshoot on the property
An in-tent massage per adult

Not included

Maasai Mara park fees
The Angama Foundation contribution
Additional guest experiences and Safari Shop purchases
Gratuities

Price & terms

What it costs

FromUSD 1,417per guest per night, sharing

What this price covers

Rates are per person sharing unless the line above says otherwise.
Prices move with the season and with availability, and are held only once your quote is confirmed in writing.
The day-by-day above is a draft. Final routing, timings, inclusions and any park or permit fees are confirmed with your quote.

Before you go

Worth reading before this trip

The best time to visit Kenya, month by monthJanuary and February, then July to October, are the months we send most people.
Safari packing list for KenyaA working checklist for a week on safari in Kenya: the bag, the layers for a cold six o'clock start, optics, health and documents, with quantities for seven nights and what changes by season.
Kenya safari cost: where the money goesWhat you pay for on a Kenya safari, why two similar weeks can differ threefold, who sets the park fees, and how to get more from the same budget.
Practical facts by countryPlugs, currency, time zone, driving side, SIM, tipping and tap water.