Drunken Elephant Mara

We recently stayed at Drunken Elephant Mara and it turned out to be an absolutely wonderful choice. The property is beautifully located inside the Masai Mara National Reserve, giving you the chance to truly immerse yourself in nature—with wildlife frequently wandering close to the camp! The staff were incredibly warm and hospitable, always present around the camp to assist—whether it was guiding us to the restaurant or reception, or helping when animals were nearby. Their constant presence made us feel both safe and well cared for. Our tented room was spacious, luxurious, and extremely comfortable, equipped with all the modern amenities you’d expect from a high-end property, without compromising on the authentic safari experience. The meals were delicious and thoughtfully prepared, and the team even packed us meal boxes for our game drives. Speaking of which, the game drives arranged by the team were fantastic—well-coordinated and truly memorable. A small but heartwarming gesture was the team placing hot water bottles in our beds at night, which made the chilly Mara evenings extra cozy. A special shoutout to Faheem, the reservations manager, who helped us plan our trip from the start—answering every question with patience and attention. Huge thanks also to Abraham and the rest of the team for their hospitality and for making our stay so memorable. Highly recommend Drunken Elephant Mara for anyone looking for an unforgettable stay in the Masai Mara!

All good with the stay.

The only word for this property is EXCEPTIONAL. We had a wonderful stay here. Staff was super courteous and very nice. Afric the chef is the sweetest and most humble guy who makes big portions of wonderful meals which you can never finish. He makes sure that everyone is well fed. Out game driver Rolex is the sweetest, kind, intelligence, humorous and very sharp guy. He had immense knowledge about safari and animals and he made sure that we don’t miss leopard, lion and cheetah. Host Jazeera is very kind and always available

Beautiful location with lots of baboons around. Could hear the sounds of lions and hyenas due to very close proximity to maasai mara. Very friendly staff.

No WiFi in the rooms.

Very close to the park gate. Had a nice surprise visit from the Maasai Warriors who performed a welcome dance. Lots of baboons and vervet monkeys around the area and even hear hyenas at night. Food was mostly nice and packed lunches for safari were delicious.

Rooms a bit plain in styling

We truly enjoyed our stay at the drunken elephant. The location is great and it’s just a 5-6 min drive from the entrance to the national park. The staff was really polite and welcoming. The rooms are clean, spacious and nicely decorated. And the food was delicious as well.

The room was a bit dark, adding some more lights would be a good idea. Apart from the food being really delicious, for the buffet it happened sometimes, that the meat option ran out quickly.

We stayed at drunken elephant for 3 nights. We liked the privacy of the accommodation. Staff were very helpful and accommodating. We were greeted from the plane by Rolex who also turned out to be our guide on the safari also. He was very knowledgable, good at negotiating and respectful of the animals and nature. He seemed to have inside knowledge of we’re best to find the animals. We were able to get close enough to take amazing photos. Thank you Rolex we really appreciated everything you did especially the trip back to the plane it just finished things off nicely! We really enjoyed afternoon food which you picked from the menu and was delicious every time. Breakfast was also lovely. Thanks to the chef! We enjoyed the dancing and history behind it and the lovely fire at night. The young man on reception ( sorry didn’t catch your name) was very efficient and catered for our needs - thank you. Thanks to all the young lads who carried our bags and kept us safe at night walking us back to accommodation. We also the Hot Air Balloon and champagne breakfast which was amazing and would recommend. We enjoyed seeing monkeys whilst we ate our lunch and watching the tortoises. Even having a stroke with the dog. We really enjoyed our stay. Thank you everyone.

The government have increased the price into the park to 200 dollars each per day. This is nothing to do with Drunken Elephant! It’s a shame how expensive it is! The pool isn’t brilliant but it’s ok to sit around and read whilst relaxing. It would have been nice to see a few more women working inside Drunken elephant .. a lot of young male lads, however the young men were very helpful and professional. I did not not enjoy anything and would definitely go back. Thanks guys Rachel and Paul

the owner and staff where very helpful the people escorting us to the rooms back and forth were very alert

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IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT KENYA IS THE CRADLE OF LIFE . DRUNKEN ELEPHANT IS LOCATED AT ONE OF THE GATES TO A MAGIC WORLD THAT IS MAASAI MARA. I AM VERRY HAPPY I WAS HERE. THE STAFF IS VERY KIND ,POLITE AND FRIENDLY. MANY THANKS TO EVERYONE ESPECIALLY TO ABRAHAM AND SAMUEL I WILL COME AGAIN AND AGAIN TO THIS MAGIC PLACE. I LOVE KENYA ! I LOVE MAASAI MARA ! I LOVE DRUNKEN ELEPHANT !

MY STAY HERE WAS SO SHORT ,