Angama Mara

In the Kiswahili language, "angama" means "suspended in mid-air"; the name refers to the lodge's location 300 metres (980 ft) above the floor of the Maasai Mara.

[3] It was chosen for the film as the landscape reflected what the Ngong Hills just outside Nairobi would have looked like in Karen Blixen's time, before the area became urbanised.

[4] Guests can see Denys Finch Hatton's "burial site" from the movie and also experience an Out of Africa picnic in the same location where the film's original poster was photographed.

[8] Guests contribute a small nightly donation to the Angama Foundation which has been set up as a separate non-profit entity.

[12] It has also received other accolades including being featured in the Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards in 2020[13] and Fodor's Finest Hotels in 2020.