Conservation area · Maasai Mara, Kenya
Pardamat Conservation Area
One of the newer Mara conservancies, just north-east of the national reserve and next to four other conservancies.
The destination
A link between conservancies.
Pardamat is a community conservation area just north-east of the Maasai Mara National Reserve. It is one of the newer conservancies in the Mara, set up by local landowners on their own land.
It sits next to Mara Naboisho, Ol Kinyei, Mara Lemek and Mara North, on a route wildlife uses between the Loita plains and the reserve. Landowners have been taking down fences that block wildlife.
At a glance
- Type
- Community conservation area
- Location
- North-east of the national reserve
- Neighbours
- Naboisho, Ol Kinyei, Lemek and Mara North
- Wildlife route
- Loita plains to the reserve
In the destination
Ways to explore.
We are still confirming whether and how guests can visit Pardamat. This is what the sources describe so far.
Seeing a wildlife route
Pardamat lies on a route animals use between the Loita plains, the Mara Triangle and the national reserve.
Fences coming down
Landowners here have been removing fences that block wildlife, reported by The Star in 2021.
From a neighbouring conservancy
Pardamat borders Mara Naboisho, Ol Kinyei, Mara Lemek and Mara North, where camps are already established.
When to go
The conservation area through the year.
A Kenya Wildlife Service official says the wildebeest migration is on the Kenyan side in these months. Timing varies from year to year, and sightings are never guaranteed.
Kenya Wildlife Service counts July to March as high season, with sunny weather and short grass that makes animals easier to see.
The long rains usually fall now. Kenya Wildlife Service notes that some roads may need four-wheel drive.
Source: Kenya Wildlife Service.
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