Mara Triangle Park Rules
1. No off-roading in the High Use Zone.
See map for High Use Zone boundaries.
2. Keep to graded roads and cut tracks.
Outside of the High Use Zone you are not allowed to off-road in the Mara Triangle unless you have a confirmed sighting of a cheetah, lion, leopard or rhino. Only in this instance can you leave the road or track at the nearest point to the sighting, and then approach no more than 25 metres (five vehicle lengths) to the animals. Always return to the track by the way that you came.
3. Stay more than 25 metres away from the animals.
4. No shouting, clapping or cheering nor sitting or standing on vehicles.
5. No more than 5 vehicles around lions, rhinos, leopards or cheetah.
When there are more than five vehicles wanting to see an animal, viewing time is restricted to 10 minutes. Vehicles waiting to see the sighting must wait at a distance of 100 metres.
6. Respect wildebeest crossing points
During the migration visitors are not allowed out of their vehicle or to stand on vehicles at crossing points. Never block a crossing by parking too close, nor drive through the animal herds.
No more than 20 vehicles are allowed at the crossing point towards Mara Bridge, and no more than 10 vehicles at the crossing point near Serena Hotel.
7. Do not cross the Tanzanian border.
There is a track that runs along the border with white markers at each kilometre.
8. Animals are not to be chased, followed too closely or harassed .
Harassment includes forcing animals into movement or approaching the animal at closer than 25 metres.
9. No littering
10. Leave the park by 6:30 pm.
Please respect the rules and our rangers, who are there to ensure the protection of the wildlife and the environment. If you break any of the above rules, Rangers have the legal right to:
- Impose an on-the-spot fine of KSh 10,000
- Have a vehicle and/or people removed from the park immediately
- Have a vehicle and/or people banned from the park
Help us to protect the park: If you should see park rules being broken, please take a photograph of the incident (preferably with the number plate of the vehicle) and send it to maraconservancy@maratriangle.org along with the date that the photograph was taken.