Fig Tree Camp - Maasai Mara

From the game drives to the camp and property, and everything in between, we couldnt ask for better. We have been here before (10yrs ago) and insisted on coming back. During this trip, we were celebrating an 80th birthday. This staff went over and above to ensure everything was perfect. They helped us organized a surprise balloon ride at dawn and then surprised us all, with the masai people doing a dance, singing and cake presentation for my moms birthday. The staff were truly amazing and treated us like family more than guests. It was only 3 days but when we left we felt as though we had known them for years. A huge thank you to Stella and Sheila for making this celebration so amazing.

Beautifully situated on the banks of the Talek River, within the Masai Mara park, this was a fantastic experience from start to finish. Friendly and efficient staff, accommodating management, excellent food and comfortable luxury tents contributed to the magic of the masai animals.

Fantastic place in the middle of the jungle. Luxurious, good food, best people. Nice swimming pool and good restaurant and bar. The staff is super nice and they make you fee like a king (which I am by the way). Especially Moses deserves big compliments. We slept in the tents which was far more soecual and luxurious than the best hotelrooms. If you consider going here: go!

This was one fantastic place. An oasis in the wild. The rooms were clean. The food was amazing. The staff are the best on earth. They treat you with the best of respect and are fortuitous knowing our needs before we did. While the generator service was on a timer, it was never not available when we needed it. The best part was being away from all the technology and having a back to nature experience while on safari. The Safari at the Masai Mara, on which the Fig Tree sits, was the best experience I have had, seeing the wild life up close. The Fig Tree is indeed an oasis in the wild. Thank you Fig Tree for giving a great experience.

We opted for the luxury riverside tent, it was great. Sitting on the porch watching the hippos play in the Talek river was wonderful. I booked this lodge because of a review which said "...only go somewhere else if The Fig Tree is full" and I now second this viewpoint after a 4 night stay and 5 fabulous game drives. At meal times we were served by Stella. One of the staff who were incredibly polite and very well presented in tradional attire. The food was good...usually a buffet with a speciality chef alongside doing additional dishes. Our game driver, Jonathon, was very adept at navigating the rivers and ravines of the Mara park and locating the action each day. We did 5 drives in 4 days each taking several hours and we saw hundreds of different animals including 4 of the big 5. Each drive was a wonderful experience with different animals interacting with each other in freindly and hostile manners. Its a roller coaster of emotion out there, we were never once bored. The room/tent we had was comfortable and totally bug free it seemed to have a good age to it but had been well maintainedand upgraded over its life. Security staff were always present to assit with torches if dark or give guided tours if light. The bar area was very reasonably priced. I highly recommend.

We booked 3 luxury tents for 3 nights but were given lodges/ chalet .My family waited for 2 hrs after long journey while our travel agent krpt arguing with them but reception was not bothered and rigid.Looked like they were discriminating while giving rooms.We had no choice but to stay in chalet for 2 nights which I wouldn't have booked even at half the price for what we paid.They were charging 800 USD for chalet on *********** on the day we booked our tour. Toilets were dirty , seats had pee stains.Basin got blocked , toiletries were old and dirty, quilts were not covered , rooms had mosquitoes , spiders .Lizard fell on my son's shoulder, water bottles were refilled without sterilising them.Bottles were half used and not replaced at time of check in, water glasses were tinted.Didnt use either of them I can keep on adding on to this list Surprisingly tents had different level of cleanliness and no mosquitoes and insects inspite of river facing in which water was stagnant. Kudos to Chef Vijay for providing us great indian food.Buffet had good variety but flies on food was disturbing. Staff was ample,honest , hardworking but not trained well.