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Porini Mara Camp
Porini Mara Camp
Porini Mara Camp
Porini Mara Camp
Porini Mara Camp
Porini Mara Camp

Reviews of Porini Mara Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

5 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Porini Mara Camp and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Jan-2020, 2 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Porini Mara Camp.
Lion

100% success

Leopard

50% success

Cheetah

100% success

Wild dog

50% success

Buffalo

100% success

Eland

100% success

Elephant

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Hippo

100% success

Spotted Hyena

100% success

Wildebeest

100% success

Zebra

100% success

Aardvark

0% success

Black Rhino

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Striped Hyena

0% success

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Kim
London

"Porini Mara Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 26 Aug 2022
"A marked difference to Selenkay - much greener, less effected by drought.
Appreciated the upgrade. Tent very comfortable. Again, excellent guide and driver. Loads of sightings in the conservancy and big numbers in the Mara. Had hoped to see a river crossing, which didn’t happen on the day we went - but that’s the natural world! We learned to watch animals, particularly cheetahs in a different way - with patience, and allowing drama to unfold with time." See all these reviews: 8n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

2 sightings

Cheetah

5 sightings

Eland

10 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

2 sightings

Leopard

2 sightings

Lion

8 sightings

Spotted Hyena

10 sightings

Wild dog

5 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr RT
Sutton

"Great safari at Porini Mara camp"

4 nights Arrived 22 Jan 2020
"We asked for a tented camp with great wildlife and not too many visitors, and Porini Mara delivered all round.

The camp is perfectly located by a river in one of the Mara conservancies and aims to be low impact and supporting of the local community. The tents are comfortable; be sure to keep the front well zipped to avoid invasion from local monkeys! The "bucket" showers are good with plenty of hot water. The food was good too, and my dietary requirements were well taken care off.

But this camp is all about the game drives and the volume and variety of game was excellent. The camp was busy, mainly with USA visitors, and we shared a vehicle with a lovely young couple. Right from the start we were regularly seeing multiple lions and cheetahs, and saw both make kills! We would see large groups of both, including two families of cheetahs resting together, 7 in total, which the guides said was unprecedented. Plenty of other animals too, incl. elephants and hippos.

Many thanks to our driver / guide Stanley, who gave excellent service incl. taking photos for us if we were too engrossed in the action." See all these reviews: 16n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

5 sightings

Cheetah

7 sightings

Eland

7 sightings

Elephant

6 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

1 sighting

Lion

7 sightings

Spotted Hyena

6 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Ms DGV
W London

"Amazing....."

3 nights Arrived 28 Jun 2016
"Porini Mara was my second of my Porini camps as just amazing and life changing as Porini Aboslelle.

Run my mara people, who were and are all just fantastic, knowledgable, funny and kind. They don't quite beat the awe of the fantastic wildlife that I was treated to but they certainly add too it and help make it an unforgettable adventure.

Only one thing I would have liked to have done and that was stop on the high street on way too the mara." See all these reviews: 10n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr M
Leederville

"Porini Mara Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 19 Mar 2016
"Extraordinarily wonderful experience. Thanks to everyone.

The staff were really wonderful. We would especially like to thank everyone for the incredible singing and dancing, for our wedding anniversary. I have rarely been as moved by any such ceremony. Amazing!

We will certainly return, and would whole heartedly recommend this camp to anyone." See all these reviews: 7n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sarah
Arizona

"Porini Mara Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 25 Jul 2015
"The camp was very enjoyable with nicely appointed tents and dining areas." See all these reviews: 13n in Kenya; 4n in Rwanda
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
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