Fairmont Mara Safari Club

Visited the Fairmont Mara Safari in October 2025 with my wife and two kids (11 and 8) and stayed for 3 nights in a double queen bed tent. Exceptional stay. The entire resort staff are the most welcoming and helpful. The tents are great and really add to the safari experience - comfortable beds, nice powerful shower, fully functioning toilet and good sized vanity area. The food is also great at the resort with plenty of options available. If you want something specific, just ask, they will make whatever you want, just give them enough notice. The game drives are also a great experience and well organised each morning and afternoon. Your driver will find and you will see lots of animals. In fact, from the moment you are collected from the air strip, you will encounter zebras/giraffes/pumbas... And thats not even a game drive. The resort has a really nice ambience and never felt crowded or busy. I would thoroughly recommend this resort for your safari. Whilst all the staff are extremely nice it felt we like we had a personal service and so a special mention to Geoffrey (housekeeping), Peter (restaurant) and the best game driver we could have wished for, Lemkoko. Cant wait to go back!

it was the best trip of my life. service is top notch. they guided us through every moment. the hotel had a very good view as well. Chef Kevin made the best indian food especially being a vegetarian he made exceptional food for us too. Walter gave us the best service at our stay all the time and highly recommend to pick John as your driver during your game drives, he made our safari’s too good and made our every animal spotting possible.

We visited for our honeymoon mid October 2025 & had a life changing experience. The staff, the accommodations, the food, the delicious wine, the housekeepers. To name our favorites - David - bartender, he is AWESOME! Umagi (sp) He was an AMAZING server! He was so kind, great talking with him and knew all our drink orders & is super knowledgeable of wines! Jackson/Faustine - The were WONDERFUL room attendants! They made us a wonderful bed arrangement for our honeymoon and wrote us such a sweet note. Really made us feel special! Dennis - Customer service always made sure we were properly taken care of! Top notch!!! Charles - Front desk, always kept up to date with all the info on our safaris and travel plans. Did great! Lencoco - Our safari driver was PERFECT & by far, our favorite! Showed us amazing things & stayed out until we did. We liked that he didn’t speak too much but overall just went above and beyond to show us an ahhhhmazing trip!!! We can’t wait to make it back, but may take awhile to save up again! 10/10

We stayed at the Fairmont Mara Safari Club- Kenya from 2nd Oct to 7th Oct 2025. from the traditional welcome to check out we had a wonderful experience. the Fairmont Mara is nestled along the Mara river with about 38 tented cottages with all luxuries of a premium resort. Wallace at the reception gave us a precise and clear briefing on the facilities and activities for the six full days. the breakfast, lunch and dinner were all included in the package that we had opted for. The breakfast, lunch and dinner were sumptuous and satisfied one and all. With vegetarian options available right through and with the chef dishing out specials we were delighted no end. They have an excellent bar serving cocktails/mocktails with premium brands available. Then there was Mary who took care of us and ensured each individual's culinary need was well taken care off,. hats off to her. Jackson was an absolute delight in housekeeping and keeping us all in good humor. the hot water bag he faithfully kept in the bed for every night was awesome. The highlight of the stay was of course the game drives, 2 of them every day. 630-9AM and then 330 to 630PM. Dominic was a dream guide, spotter and driver. He ensured we went up close to every single species - zebra, antelope, gazzele, giraffe, wildebeest, lion, cheetah, leopard, plenty of elephants, cape buffalo and many more. Each game drive was an experience in itself with Dominic, very patient, terrific spotter, very polite, no rushing. the real close experience with lions was a highlight of Dominic's skills. from our cottages we could always see plenty of hippos in the water. In all an outstanding experience of the Masai Mara. Fairmont Mara is located in the northern edge of the Masai Mara and we did not enter any of the gates of the Masai Mara - but we did see all big 5 and every other species in this part of the Mara and with very low tourist crowds. Highly recommended - The Fairmont Mara Safari Club

We arrived at the Fairmont Safar in October for our honeymoon and it was the most amazing experience. On arrival we were greeted by our driver for the week Dominic M, he was fantastic and made our experience! He tried his best to find the different animals and answered all our questions. He also helped organise all our requests! At the resort, we were greeted by Wallace and staff who made us feel very welcome. All staff at the resort are wonderful and they couldn’t do more for you. Rose made sure we were well taken care of during all our meals, which were all delicious! And Caleb ensured we had a lovely, clean, tidy tent to come back to after our game drives. If you’re looking for a fantastic resort for a safari, this is the one! It will not disappoint. We hope to be back soon! We also decided to do the hot air balloon ride which was an amazing memory made. We fell in love with Masai Mara.