Incredible! Best Value in East Africa
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 12/8/07
My wife and I have been to several camps and lodges over the years - we love the experience. This is our 2nd visit to Mara Safari Club. We went back because we had heard that Fairmont Hotels had taken over and renovated. We stay at their resorts in Alberta and hoped they would be on par with them. They are and what a change!
Same great, warm service and friendly staff, including several who remembered us from 2005! The new tents are as nice as any hotel room - the beds are fantastic, marble bath room with great shower, minibar, safe coffee maker. We are told wireless phones will be placed in the room soon so you can order room service.The new lodge is completely different - luxurious and warm, with beautiful seating areas and a big deck overlooking the Mara river. We had dinner outside in their dining bomi which was new to us. Food was very good
We took our one of the newer open vehicles and it was fantastic. Our driver, Abdi, was very knowledgable and we saw the big five within our first 2 hour game drive.
I would recommend this experience to anyone. We have paid considerably more to stay in smaller camps and not had the same kind of service or luxury. In all of our adventures, this was also the first time we were lucky enough to see a leopard.
We will be back!!