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Mike –

US

Visited: September 2023 Reviewed: Oct 10, 2023

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

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

Beatiful Park but watch out for corruption

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3/5

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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.

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Yolanda Moerkens –

NL

Visited: October 2023 Reviewed: Oct 19, 2023

Email Yolanda Moerkens | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris

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5/5

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If you like the big cats, this is the place. Never saw so many lions as here!

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Jack Marshall –

UK

Visited: October 2023 Reviewed: Oct 20, 2023

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

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5/5

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You got to saw an abundance of wildlife in a short space of time

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Gillian Wolffe –

TT

Visited: September 2023 Reviewed: Oct 30, 2023

Email Gillian Wolffe | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris

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5/5

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Fantastic, lions, cheaters , the Masai Mara tribe and their village

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James Tang –

TW

Visited: October 2023 Reviewed: Nov 3, 2023

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

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4/5

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The beautiful scenes is hardly described in one word

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Andreas Luhmann –

UK

Visited: October 2023 Reviewed: Nov 5, 2023

Email Andreas Luhmann | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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5/5

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It’s the daddy.

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Mary Harvey –

UK

Visited: September 2023 Reviewed: Nov 13, 2023

Email Mary Harvey | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari

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5/5

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So much to see here and the environment was great. The Maasai people are also great and very friendly.

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Netty and Danny Heighton –

CA

Visited: October 2023 Reviewed: Nov 25, 2023

Email Netty and Danny Heighton | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari

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5/5

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The park was massive and off roading was fun. Had a chance to see the animals closer. It was totally an amazing experienced for my husband and myself especially my husband it's his dream.

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Kirsten –