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User Reviews of Masai Mara National Reserve (494 Reviews)

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Avatar icon Roy United Arab Emirates flag AE       Visited: December 2015 Reviewed: Feb 15, 2016

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owesome.

5 / 5 5 /5

cool serenity with very beautiful environment. One of the natures best.

Male avatar icon Leon and Maria Belgium flag BE       Visited: January 2016 Reviewed: Feb 7, 2016

Email Leon and Maria  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Amazing!

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We shared our visit to Masai Mara with some friends, who had never done Safari before. We enjoyed their enthousiasm :-). In the park you find no traces of any human waste, the wildlife was abundant. The one thing we missed, were the big groups of wildebeest, but this time of the year, most of them are in the Serengeti.
In 4 days, we have seen Lions, cheeta, zebras, wildebeest, hartebeest, maraboe, mangoest, impala, topi, hyena, buffalo, gazelle, vultures, crocodile, hippo, eagles ....
We hope to visit the park again.

Male avatar icon Neil Fawson United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: September 2015 Reviewed: Jan 26, 2016

Email Neil Fawson  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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Beautiful surroundings - we visited the park at the time of the wildebeest migration - an amazing experience. Guides and fellow tourists not particularly knowledgeable or interested regarding birds. However, what I saw/identified led me to believe that this would be a good birding destination. Visited a luxurious lodge in the middle of the Masai Mara - not much bush vibe there!

Female avatar icon Jen United States flag US       Visited: July 2015 Reviewed: Jan 8, 2016

Email Jen  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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One of my top two parks in Kenya. I can't say enough good things about the Mara. Beautiful place. The wildlife is incredible. It is just so pretty and peaceful. Top notch!

Male avatar icon leon m United States flag US       Visited: December 2015 Reviewed: Dec 17, 2015

Email leon m  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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this is where you summarise widlife in entire africa everything is possible here including big five.

Female avatar icon BY Chu United States flag US       Visited: August 2015 Reviewed: Dec 17, 2015

Email BY Chu  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

It was amazing to see the big migration, the river crossing, the hunting and killing by wildlife.

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The wildlife was abundant, scenery beautiful, weather of late August and early September pleasant. The accommodations were first rate, food fresh and delicious, transportation not too bad despite of rugged road condition. Our guides were very knowledgeable and very professional, proud of their work. The whole trip was adventurous and memorable and has to be one of our best vacation experiences if not the best!

Male avatar icon GavinKenya United States flag US       Visited: July 2015 Reviewed: Dec 8, 2015

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

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The best for everything, period !!

Female avatar icon Raquel Spain flag ES       Visited: August 2014 Reviewed: Nov 26, 2015

Email Raquel  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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It was wonderfull!

Female avatar icon mimi~ United States flag US       Visited: November 2015 Reviewed: Nov 25, 2015

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

An unforgettable experience I wish I could repeat.

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I miss the sounds of the zebras. They often could be heard yip-yapping in the distance, especially in the morning and the evening.
When Africa is number one on your bucket list, where do you go next? I was beyond lucky to be able to experience this once-in-a-lifetime journey, but please, oh please I don't get to do something this amazing just once.
I tried to be present in every moment, to enjoy every day, and sometimes put the camera down and just watch. There was one moment, while closely viewing a pride of lions, three ladies decided to walk toward our vehicle, each getting closer than the last until the final lionness walked right beside the vehicle staring at each one of us before disappearing behind the rear of our open jeep. Indescribable.
One of the great disadvantages of time is that it keeps marching on, and once that time has passed it cannot be repeated. Sometimes an experience is so perfect all you'd like to do is just repeat it.
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Read more air was warmer than I thought it would be in November, and after a nice long day it was so refreshing to jump into the cool infinity pool near the edge of the fence, and watch the rhinos and wildebeest that lived beyond it.
The people were kind and eager to share their lives with us. I remember moments like our safari walk with James, watching the Maasai dancers, and learning so much from our loyal and informative guides. Some experiences with the Maasai people are so magical I will keep them just for myself.
The food was delicious, so many tastes and smells, of ginger and curry, and bright vegetables. You might ask if they use organic food - of course they do, but they just call it food. If you are not a soup person, don't let that stop you - Kenyans know how to make a great soup.
To be able to finish this trip with a hot air balloon at sunrise was definitely the icing on the cake, to see the lions from above, and the elephants and giraffe. Photos don't do it justice. The hot air from the balloon burner on your neck, the sun in your face, the wind in your hair - floating over the Masai Mara without feeling like you're moving at all.
Please tell me I don't get to do something this amazing just once.
Africa, you are my favorite.
Female avatar icon cyanocorax United States flag US       Visited: September 2015 Reviewed: Nov 24, 2015

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

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A vast landscape with piles of bones a reminder of the circle of life. We followed vultures to a kill and eventually to the cheetah mother who took down the wildebeest for her cubs. Warthogs were comic relief. Lazy hippos and crocodiles in the river, a tawny eagle near our picnic spot. And yes, lions. A bit too many vans, some get too close to the wildlife for their comfort or ours.