Mara River Lodge

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A Mara River lodge that earns five stars for amazing hippo viewing and nice staff, but the aging rooms are small and cramped. Electricity runs only 5-7am and evenings till 10:30pm with no fans, so ventilation is challenging.

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Wheelchair accessible

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George Ndonga

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Mara River Lodge Drive Lemek Conservancy, Kenya

Masai Mara

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Mara River Lodge is located at Mara River Lodge Drive Lemek Conservancy, Kenya, Masai Mara, Masai Mara.

Mara River Lodge has an average rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 117 reviews.

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Ben Payment

5 months ago

This is one of the oldest "camps" in the area and it shows. If it weren't for the amazing Hippo viewing and nice staff this place would be 0 stars. The rooms are small and cramped. They only prov...

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Alisha A

5 months ago

5 star for the friendly staff. Rooms are okay. Electricity is available only in the morning between 5am to 7am and at evening till 10.30pm. There were no fans and very little ventilation. We had to ke...

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chandresh patel

5 months ago

Worst stay i had in my life No wifi, in any rooms No network at all (no means no network) Mara river lodge is very very economy classed No wifi No network at all No lights (lights on only from 5 thi...

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T B

7 months ago

Absolutely one of our worst stays we have ever had. We had booked a 3 night stay but left after 2 nights. In hindsight we would have paid more and gotten much better accommodation . We definitely will...

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