Mahali Mzuri

Hands down this was one of the best experiences of my life. Everyone at Mahali Mzuri feels like family. The food was fabulous. The chef is amazing and can take you on a tour of the garden. He has recipe books you can take home with you. Our waitress Letticia was wonderful. The game drives were unbelievable. We felt very lucky to have Kas drive us on the most phenomenal game drives. We saw so many animals including a black rhino that hasn’t been seen in the park for 13 years and the river crossing of the great migration. He has incredible skill and knowledge. I cannot recommend staying here enough. They pay such close attention to detail and care. I went with my family celebrating that I was done with a year of treatment fighting cancer. The manager wrote such a sweet note welcoming us and even my housekeeper made me feel special. Do not hesitate staying here one bit. it will be worth it. I highly recommend staying for at least 4-5 days. It was always a surprise to see what Kas would find. I also recommend going to the village and the hot air balloon ride. It is simply a magical place.

Another brilliant trip to our favourite Kenyan Game Lodge, our third visit. Not only is the game viewing excellent, twenty lions feeding on a kill surrounded by about one hundred hyaena for example, but the staff are wonderful, they simply can’t do enough for you. Well done David our waiter, Joy the ever present, and Amaiza our housekeeper, and the wonderful Mariana with her deadpan, dry sense of humour; congratulations and thanks to all you and the many other staff always ready to help and advise. How good they are was there for all to see with their diplomatic, patient, and careful handling of a particularly disruptive and entitled family. Eddy the chef was fantastic as always, not only with his wonderful menus but also in his attempts to mitigate the disruption to the staff caused by the family. None of this adventure would be possible without our brilliant guide Levi, whose ability to spot game from incredible distances is legendary, at least in our eyes. He also has an uncanny knack of knowing just where each particular sighting would appear next, meaning he could always anticipate the best position for a great ‘photo or to just to sit back and look at the wonderful animals, some seemingly close enough to touch. The Lodge itself and the individual “tents” are perfectly placed to watch the animals passing below, particularly elephants, giraffe and hippo, and the sounds of the night are clearly audible from the complete safety of your tent. Security guards patrol the entirety of the Lodge and surrounds throughout the hours of darkness and are always on hand whenever you need them especially to escort you to and from the bar and dining room after dark. The description “tents” does not do justice to the accommodation. These are very solid structures with all the amenities you would hope to find in this grade of luxury Lodge. Thanks to everyone at Mahali Mzuri, keep up the great work and we will return.

My wife and I spent three nights at the Mahali Mzuri whilst on a Macato Safari. After finishing our Safari including the Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Lake Manyara, we found the Maasai Mara the best for up close wildlife viewing and the Mahali Mzuri perfect for luxury “camping “. The accommodations are quiet spacious and comfortable with a wonderful balcony overlooking the countryside full of wildlife. The staff were excellent. The bar did have a few non-alcoholic beers, but not enough for me. All-in-all, we would like to return for at least a week stay. Larry & Kelly St. John’s, FL

Amazing staff. Great Safari drives. Everything else is 0 At $4,000 a night, you would expect much more from a luxury safari lodge. Food quality is absolutely unacceptable. Moreover, there is no possibility to get any food in between breakfast, lunch or dinner. Meaning if you are away doing an activity at breakfast or at lunch, then you will simply not be fed. There are no snacks, no sandwiches, no chips, no nuts... really nothing to eat. No room service. Be careful of food poisoning as well. Unfortunately, TIA (this is africa), and even at a luxury lodge you get very sick and the rest of your trip is ruined. No more safaris or activities, you have to go back home or stay in your cheap tent. There is also no activities really offered in-between the morning drive and the evening drive. You have to figure out some ways to fill up your time. The tents are very old, very cheap and run down. Very cold (around 15 degrees), so you will freeze at night. Everything has a price and a value. In my opinion, this is all well worth $700-1000 per night. Definitely not $4,000. I feel ripped off, both of my time and my money.

We arrived at the camp with a wonderful welcome and met our guide who would be with us for the duration of our stay Gideon. All the staff are amazing and looked after us beautifully. From the lovely housekeeping staff to Jo our "go-to person" who would attend to our requests. The tents are very well fitted out and a good size all the tents are the same I believe (or although they are having a makeover soon which I think is now needed) The weather sadly was not the best for us but it did not deter us from our wonderful stay. The Balcony is super and the views are stunning we watched many animals walk around the river edge every day. The hippos let you know they are there every lovely morning. The Kitchen Garden is a work in progress and we met the chef to walk around the garden and is great just needs time and more work but I am sure will improve in time. They told us they are building a gym within the makeover which will be very nice as we found you need some exercise after all the drives just sitting as we are very active people and as the pool was not very warm due to the cold weather it was very restricted for exercise I resorted to work out videos on my iPad! The food is ok, the breakfast could be better but I don't eat much at breakfast as I eat fruit a lot but there was not much variety and the other cooked food was all very stodgy. Overall it was what we were expecting average food but hot and welcomed after a long game drive! The Staff made the whole experience, We had a massage in the spa which was wonderful, but does need a makeover! We loved the trip and our stay and Gideon made our holiday perfect we met two wonderful American ladies who share our land cruises and we will now be friends for life so there will always be our memories of Mahali Muzri when we meet up, we even have a what app group called Gideon team! Thank you so much Gideon and the whole team for making our stay incredible! I have never laughed so much when we got stuck in the mud with the lions roaring behind us!

The Mahali Mzuri is one of the nicest tented resort camps in Kenya. The staff is friendly and super-attentive. Our Butler, Kisseme, was on top of us whenever we were in camp and our guide, Kas, may literally be the best guide in all of Kenya. He was super-knowledgeable about not only the animals but also the flora as well as the ways of the indigenous Masai people. I'd strongly recommend the 5k hike we took through the savanna to visit a Masai village and local school - truly a highlight. Of course, you can't beat the wildlife so no need to embellish there! The phyisical spaces of the camp are amazing. The camp is set up on a cliff overlooking amazing views into a valley containing a stream. You could practically "safari" from the restaurant, bar or even back deck of your room. The rooms themselves were comfortable and airy with spectacular - and large - rear decks with unrivaled views. My only complaint was that they felt a little "tired" but I understand that they are renovating this camp in the coming months.