Elephants, zebra and topi grazing on the Mara plains with Mlima camp on the horizon

Mlima Mara

Bring Your Group to Mlima

On safari with Mlima in the Maasai Mara

A Photographic Base Camp, Not a Shared Lodge

Mlima is a private, exclusive-use camp in the Maasai Mara, built by John Haskew — a working wildlife cinematographer who has filmed on every continent — specifically for photography-led travel.

Tour operators and photography tour leaders use Mlima as a turnkey Mara base: exclusive use of the whole camp for your group, purpose-modified photography vehicles, expert Maasai driver-guides on a shared sighting network, and full catering, housekeeping and logistics handled on the ground — so you can focus on running the trip, not the camp.

Mlima’s customised open safari vehicle for photographers

Why Operators Choose Mlima

  • Exclusive buy-out for up to six guests plus your tour leader — no other guests, no shared game drives with outside parties.
  • Vehicles purpose-built for photography: open-sided, camera mounts, low-angle sightlines.
  • A working photographer’s camp run to a photographer’s schedule — flexible drive times, no fixed lodge mealtimes dictating your day.
  • Dedicated editing space and Starlink Wi-Fi in every cottage.
  • 30 minutes from Musiara airstrip — we help coordinate Nairobi transfers and domestic flights.
  • Bring your own tour leader or guide, or have John or a Mlima guide lead the group.
Elephants, zebra and topi grazing on the Mara plains with Mlima camp on the horizon

Planning Your Group’s Safari

For your enquiry, please share your group size, preferred dates, whether you’ll bring your own tour leader or would like John or a Mlima guide to lead, and any photographic priorities — big cats, the migration, specific behaviour. Mention that you’re enquiring as an operator or agent and we’ll get back to you with group rates.