Masai Mara National Reserve
User Reviews (474)
Kenya Parks
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Email Vy Nguyen | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unmatched in sightings of big game animals.
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Email Wannisa Kongpim | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
This place will not be large and the wildlife will not get much. My hotel has good weather which is high, with a lake view in the morning which is very beautiful.
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Email Hanna | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Open, wild and authentic. A lot of tourists but because of the big park, we didn´t really bother each other that much.
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Email Kristi | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Masai Mara is an excellent place to see Kenya's wildlife. We were very lucky to see many animals in their natural habitant.
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Email Angelika | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The area is beautiful - but it should not to many people in one van stay - we were 7 people and the driver an this is to much
Email Rick | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Use to be fantastic for wildlife, now saturated with noisy disrespectful tourists vehicles
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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Email Marcel Jabbur Goulart | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
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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Email Valter | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing, superb in every single aspect.
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Email Hui Cheng Thong | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Superb. I love Masai Mara National Reserve
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Email Masako | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
I was excited at Masai Mara.
Many kinds of animals including scavengers.
Perfect place to see animals.
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