Muthu Keekorok Lodge, Maasai Mara, Narok

I have given this hotel good marks in this review so as not to effect its average. In fact I didn't even get to the lodge, and that's no fault of theirs. I booked the room and elected to find my own way to Keekorok from Nairobi, a big mistake. One person I found didn't turn up at all and I abandoned my lodge booking and booked a complete last minute safari with a company for less than the cost of the extras I was going to be charged to make a safari out of the Keekorok Lodge stay. My warning is this: Do not try to put together a safari for yourself using the Internet. Even world travellers like myself will get caught. The gap between life on the streets in Nairobi and the tourist world is bigger than I've seen anywhere else. Be careful.

Specially the neighbourhood in Maasai Mara is one of it's kind, but I assume that everybody who will travel there is aware of it. The Hotel was very comfprtable given the fact of it's location in Maasai Mara. I would recommend to everybody to arrange for transportation and maybe game drives in advance. Also the hotel company offers Ballon Safaris which might be interesting as well. There is a air stripe close to the Lodge and flights can be booked from Nairobi Wilson airport. We rented a car that we also used for game drives and the hotel supported us to find a driver.

The only thing I could pick on was the bedding. The bed was too hard and the pillows to soft and thin. This is not a 5 star hotel. It is a solid 4, and excellent value as that. The staff were very helpful, even if some were rather green.

+ve --> Great ambience, right at the centre of the game dive, close to airstrip, neat & clean rooms. They have a hippo pool just 200ms away. -ve --> The food have been the biggest let down.. the pots are not refilled properly, the rice was uncooked.. one can see the same fruit basket provided for both days..

This lodge has a really rustic feel to it. The power is off for a few hours each day but it is very easy to work around this. Each meal is enormous with lots of options available. The staff are really helpful and friendly. The pool area is well kept. Hippo pool attached to the lodge is a real treat enabling close encounters with the hippos. Brilliant location in The middle of the Mara..

Great place!! Wifi only available in main lodge but not a big deal. Would recommend!

Good stay and very friendly staff. Hippos roam around at night and you get to live the whole experience. It is safe though with rangers and security around. Food variety , quality and food options are very limited, it was the only negative thing about the hotel.

I think the stay in this hotel quite satisfactory in all aspects

The hotel service was amazing, and the ambiance was also very good. Being a vegetarian, good quality of food items were available during lunch and dinner. Enjoyed a lot, would surely recommend this hotel.

We had a great stay here during the Great Migration. The location was optimal for self-arranged drives out into the Mara as well as the drives arranged by the lodge. Staff was extremely friendly, and the vast green areas around the lodge were very nice for our two little ones to play on. Finally, it was truly great to be able to spot baboons, wildebeest, zebras and hippos right outside our room.