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Doug Greenberg –

US

Visited: September 2019 Reviewed: Oct 29, 2019

Email Doug Greenberg | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari

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5/5

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Masai Mara is an amazing place, and it has the advantage (I think) of remaining wet and green pretty much throughout the year. When my wife and I visited in September, we saw huge numbers of wildebeest, zebras, buffalo, and other ungulates, as well as many lions, giraffes, hippos, hyenas, cheetahs, leopards, and a large variety of birds. Although we visited several other Kenyan parks and also the highlights of northern Tanzania (Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara, and Tanagire), Masai Mara was our favorite destination. It is much smaller than the Serengeti to the south, but it still offers stunning wildlife viewing and a fantastic safari experience.

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Parminder –

UK

Visited: August 2019 Reviewed: Oct 18, 2019

Email Parminder | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari

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5/5

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Brilliant, everything and more then I expected. Highly recommend the reserve.

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Ayu Cristianti Simanjuntak –

ID

Visited: September 2019 Reviewed: Oct 8, 2019

Email Ayu Cristianti Simanjuntak | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari

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5/5

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Magical place !!

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Chandan Gurukar –

IN

Visited: September 2019 Reviewed: Oct 6, 2019

Email Chandan Gurukar | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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5/5

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The sheer number of animals just blew my mind away.

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Masako –

JP

Visited: September 2019 Reviewed: Oct 5, 2019

Email Masako | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari

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5/5

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I was excited at Masai Mara.
Many kinds of animals including scavengers.

Perfect place to see animals.

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Hui Cheng Thong –

AE

Visited: September 2019 Reviewed: Oct 3, 2019

Email Hui Cheng Thong | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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5/5

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Superb. I love Masai Mara National Reserve

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Valter –

BR

Visited: September 2019 Reviewed: Sep 30, 2019

Email Valter | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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5/5

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Amazing, superb in every single aspect.

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Marcel Jabbur Goulart –

BR

Visited: September 2019 Reviewed: Sep 24, 2019

Email Marcel Jabbur Goulart | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari

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5/5

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The park is huge and you can see animals all the time. I saw more than 10 lions, 2 leopards, cheetahs, elephants, giraffes, hippos, buffalos, gnus, zebras. The only one I could not see was the rhino. But everything is very beautiful!

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Rick –

UK

Visited: September 2019 Reviewed: Sep 20, 2019

Email Rick | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris

The review below is the personal opinion of Rick and not that of SafariBookings.

Use to be fantastic for wildlife, now saturated with noisy disrespectful tourists vehicles

Overall rating

3/5

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I first came to the Masai Mara 13 years ago, where it hooked me for life on wildlife and photography. Subsequent visits over the years, this was the forth, has shown a continuing decline in wildlife and a explosive increase of vehicles and the type of tourist that has little or no respect for the animals or landscape. Every spotting was swamped in minutes and upwards of 40 vehicles corralling the animal. Stressed animals, disrupted hunts and animals forced off rest-ups where common, and the norm. I would be surprised if you saw a hunt these days by any of the much rarer cheetah or leopard.

Parts of the reserve now seem devoid of wildlife, Rhino Ridge, Paradise Plains, Talek river, this was strange to us as these areas have always been good for wildlife. This could be seasonal but our guide, very experienced and many years in the Mara as a guide, indicated that it was rare to bother going over to these areas now unless a migration crossing was happening. So it sounds liked something else is happening to the wildlife. He indicated that a lot of resident wildlife is heading to the surrounding conservancies for a more peaceful life.

The lion population is still very good. Lions being lions spend most of the time sleeping so easier to find, although again if they had cubs they tended to hide much deeper in the bush.

The landscape is still beautiful and with the right timing you can get a vista without the ubiquitous white top safari van marring the view (why can't these trucks be in muted colors that blend?)

One of most my most loved parts of Africa seems to have become a victim of its own success, hopefully more controlled access and a cap on new developments will be implemented soon.

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Angelika –