Mara Serena

... game reserve with morning and afternoon game-viewing drives. This is your full day to explore the Mara, a ravishingly beautiful place that also offers long undisturbed views and utterly dramatic panoramas. Meals and overnight at Mara Serena Lodge (LDBB) ...

... of game. It is perhaps the only region left in Kenya where the visitor may see animals in the same super-abundance as existed a century ago. Arrive for lunch at your camp. Afternoon game drive until sunset. Meals and overnight at Mara Serena Lodge LDBB ...

... for those that don't mind doing all-day game drives.  Otherwise, with only two game drives per day, you won't get very far into the park before you need to start to return to camp.  Otherwise, look for places like Governors or Mara ...

... are.  The Mara is part of the Serengeti ecosystem, Mara being the Maasai (the tribe in the region) word for "spotted." The Mara is spotted with loads of game, along with grasslands, rolling hills, brush and some trees.  It took us six hours to ...

We visited a Masai village.  We toured the living quarters of the Chief's son, named Wilson.  He is a very bright and educated young man.  We were only allowed to visit with them for 30 minutes at a cost of $20.  They are very smart ...

... convincing us of their recalcitrance. The ranger was kind enough to direct us to the campsite, but said we should make payment at Serena tomorrow. Annoyed we headed straight to the campsite – a very low key affair where we were the only guests. As ...

... because my drink was not cold enough. Cold means room temperature in Kenya. By 3pm, we resumed our drive to Serena Mara Lodge. We did a game drive enroute to the lodge which was about another 60 km. I bought some fridge magnets at Sarova ...

... hartebeest. The driver claims he saw a male lion but when he got close it disappeared in the grass. Then we proceeded west toward Serena Mara Camp. En route saw herds of elephants in the distance. As we were closing in on Mara Bridge we were hailed by a ...

Thursday, September 1 – Nairobi to the Mara Serena Lodge & our first Game Drive Robert, our agent at Discover Kenya Tours, surprised us by showing up at our hotel at 7:30 to give us presents! A purse made by the Masai for us ladies, and a ...

... water's edge, cuts through the Masai Mara with a life giving ribbon of water and green riverine landscape. You will get to experience one of the new 7 Wonders of the World - The Wildebeest Migration. Dinner and Overnight at Mara Serena Lodge (Full ...

... my life! We went to the Mara reserve which is in southwest Kenya along the Tanzanian border. We stayed at a place called the Mara Serena, which was on a large plateau in the reserve. The view into the valley below was breathtaking. Just sitting by the ...

... Reserve with its' abundant species of mammals, birds and wonderful scenic views. Animals seen here include Cape Buffalo, Wildebeests, Zebras, Elephants, black-manned Lions, Cheetahs and many more. Dinner and Overnight at Mara Serena Lodge (Full ...

I would have never thought that one day I would be going on a safari in Kenya.  I have watched documentaries of safaris and never dreamed of watching lions walk up and down the road.  I am use to seeing dogs do that.  This is an awesome ...

... ; we've been very busy and often too tired to sit down to the computer.  we spent two wonderful days in the Maasai Mara Reserve; saw lots of animals and yes we did a balloon safari.  \it was incredible being above the savannah... it was both ...

We left Monday for the 5-hour drive to Maasi Mara National Park in Western Kenya. The park is not that far from Dago, but the roads are limited and not very good, hence the reason it takes so long.  On the way, we saw a double rainbow over the ...

... 3:30 Rachel gave us our last briefing on travel day logistics: bus to airport, flight to Nairobi, horrendous traffic to get to the Serena hotel, several hours in our day rooms where we can nap (ha!), shower, repack, relax, etc.  Our flight leaves at ...

... not to watch the feast - and left.     We spent five nights at the campsite next to the Mara River and one night in Serena Lodge – which was pure bliss, and camp one more night at the Serena Camp Site. One thing that we did ...