Masai Mara National Reserve
User Reviews (474)
Kenya Parks
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Email Preston | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Large numbers and range of wildlife made the site. 4x4 Traffic as it was high season lowered quality of experience somewhat.
Email John Reeves | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
I drop scenic beauty by one star solely because of the litter in certain places. Horrible to see two beautiful lions lying amongst paper and human waste. Washing and toilet facilities MUST be provided otherwise tourists will not visit if they are forced to go behind a bush to answer the call of nature.
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Email Donna Farber | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
There was an abundance of wildlife. Wonderful people.
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Email Mees | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
this is a park having unlimited possibilities and gave more feelings of freedom to go in the wild with on top the spot to see the migration, an unbelievable idea of the animals, in leadership and communication.
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Email Billy | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We spent the majority of our safari time in the Masai Mara where we saw 4 of the Big 5.
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Email Gašper | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
No words can describe this experience! Just awesome! We felt in love with Masai Mara!
Email Jason Lycett | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Awesome landscapes and wildlife spotting
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Email Dr Mike | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
too many birds and animals to list
Email Leonie Groom | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fascinating area, where you can see the Maasi people living their normal lives. The picnic under the Acacia trees was a real highlight and the wildlife you see in this vast open park is incredible.
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Email Mike | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beatiful Park but watch out for corruption
We flew into Masai Mara and were held up for some time from entering the park as the agents said the network was down and they could not verify our pre-paid fees. When our guides refused to pay the bribe the network suddenly was back up and we were allowed entry. Almost immediately upon entry we were pulled over by a "ranger" who stated we had driven in an area where we should not have. Even though there were at least 7 other vehichles doing the same thing and one that was still stuck in mud, we were the only ones stopped. Our guide was threatened that we could lose our access to the park for the entire time we were to be there (2 days). In the end our guide paid the bribe and we were on our way. I stongly suspect that the officals at the airport contacted the ranger to extract our "Fee" since we hadn't paid the bribe at the airport.
We stayed in 3 other parks and never saw anything close to this corruption. It made us not feel safe in this park. While the park itself was amazing I would not go back to this park and would advise anyone wanting to visit Masai Mara to reconsider or just know that there will be "Fees" to pay.
Safari Tours to Masai Mara NR
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8-Day Ultimate Kenya Luxury Safari
$3,281 to $4,745 pp (USD)
Kenya: Private tourLuxuryLodge & Tented Camp
You Visit: Nairobi (Start), Amboseli NP, Lake Naivasha (Naivasha), Lake Nakuru NP, Masai Mara NR, Nairobi (End)
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4.9/5 – 34 Reviews
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5-Day Luxury Safari in Masai Mara
$3,774 to $4,152 pp (USD)
Kenya: Private tourLuxuryLodge
You Visit: Nairobi (Start), Masai Mara NR, Nairobi (End)
Wayfairer Travel
4.8/5 – 172 Reviews
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9-Day Luxury Big Kenya Safari
$3,570 to $4,170 pp (USD)
Kenya: Private tourLuxuryLodge & Tented Camp
You Visit: Nairobi (Start), Masai Mara NR, Lake Nakuru NP, Lake Naivasha (Naivasha), Amboseli NP, Tsavo West NP, Nairobi (End)
Spirit of Kenya
4.9/5 – 542 Reviews
