Mara Serena Lodge

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My mother and I stayed at the Mara Serena with friends that have stayed there many times before. We have never had such a fantastic holiday! We were vey lucky to have booked independently via my friend and stayed only in The Mara Serena for the whole holiday (no travelling every 2 days!).
What a fabulous place!! The rooms were beautiful, spacious, clean, comfy beds, pristine bathroom, white fluffy robes and even slippers!! The maids even turned the toilet rolls into a point everytime they came into the room! Our view out of the french doors was of the African plains and the river Mara. You could hear the Hippos at night and the occasional roar of a lion!.
The lodge itself is beyond belief! The food is out of this world, with so much to choose from and plenty of it! You can have pretty much anything you want. The swimming pool was heaven (if not a bit cold). Where else in the world can you lay on a sunbed with towels provided by the hotel and watch the wildlife of Africa whilst topping up your safari tan????. The bar is well stocked, but I suggest you stick to the local beer Tuska as it's a bit on the expensive side for imported drinks. The house wine is pretty good too and not too expensive. Nothing tops of a fine day of sun and safari then sitting around the fire at night being serenaded by The Mara Serena's resident musician Michael singing a few old classics and some traditional African songs too (Hakuna Matata etc).
The staff in the hotel are so friendly and can't do enough for you. I have never know a nation of people that smile as much as the Masai folk do!
As for the Mara Game Reserve.... It's mindblowing!! We had our own driver Simon (who doesn't work for the lodge as he is a friend of our friend) who realy knew his stuff and we saw pretty much everything, from Wildebeest crossing the Mara river (and getting eaten by BIG crocs) to Cheetah's looking for breakfast, Lions procreating, Vulchers scavaging, elephants.. just being elephants, a white Rhino who wasn't very happy, to Masai puppies in the village (what an eye opener, people actually live like that!). the only thing we didn't see was the elusive leopard, but to be honest we saw so much it didnt really matter.
I highly reccommend that if you are thinking of doing a safari, do the Mara Serena and stay there for the whole time, who wants to move from place to place when you can see all the animals you want to see on the Mara game reserve and then go back to 5* luxury at the end of the day!!!!