Our INSANE LUXURY SAFARI In Kenya (worth it?!)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 พ.ค. 2024
- Today we're in Kenya's and possibly Africa's most famous national park, the Maasai Mara doing a luxury safari at the brand new JW Marriott, the first safari hotel in the world redeemable with points😍 This stay was NOT hosted or sponsored, but instead we paid with points and were able to get the stay for a fraction of the retail price.
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We were fortunate to visit a local Maasai Village (boma) as part of the stay. Thank you to the generous people who invited us in!
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Kenya was country 102🌍
We started our trip in Nairobi seeeing friends and exploring the biggest slum in Africa (and second largest in the world) Kibera. From there, we boarded a 40-year-old plane called the Dash 7 at Wilson Airport and flew to Keekorok Air Strip in the Maasai Mara. That's where it was time for our first-ever safari, and a luxury one at that! We spent three nights at the brand new JW Marriott Masai Mara.
Thank you for watching!🙏😍
0:00 Intro
0:47 Our first real safari
1:45 A safari in the rain...?
5:22 Kenyan food night
6:08 How you can have luxury experiences like this too
7:34 First REAL game drive
9:02 Cheetah family (cutest cubs)
10:28 The lions
12:03 Barely spotting a leopard
13:07 Lunch on the savannah
15:20 Full circle moment (alone with a lion)
16:22 Why this experience wasn't all it could've been
17:25 Maasai village visit
24:33 The modern Maasai girl
26:47 Our lives are changing...
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Did you have to pay extra for the safari when you booked your JWM accomodation?
Nope it's included in the stay, although the entry to the national park (charged per day) is usually paid separately!@@runastig
Merry Christmas Gents! 🇺🇲 1:37 🎄⛄🛷🌬️🙏🐦 🌴🏖️🌊 🐠 🐟 💕 Enjoy, Al from beautiful Sarasota, Florida USA 🌈
You don’t need to spend $3,000 to see our beautiful country. Masai Mara is notoriously expensive. You could travel around for a few weeks on that money and see everything and more. Next time please come and visit the coast…especially Diani. One of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Karibu Kenya 🇰🇪 ❤
Hello
The point is that beaches are everywhere but safaris are mostly in Africa
We Boyz Kwani hufikiriii pesa si shida kwaooo MTU hupromote side zote si kumwambia ati asiendee hukoo
Fascinating to hear from your game driver. These jobs are given to a lucky few, let alone a woman. I imagine she is an inspiration to the girls in her village. It’s conversations like this - that’s why we travel.
I LOVE OSKAR'S HAT!!!! It looks SO GOOD on you!
What a wonderful series! I can not wait to see what is coming next! Merry Christmas!
You did a really great job, thanks a lot for sharing!
I wish you all a happy holiday and a great coming year! 👍🎅🙌❤🎁🎄🎉
Thank you and Happy Holidays to you too!😍
@@OskarandDan It is my honor, thanks to you too! Happy travels & Happy holidays & Happy New Year! 👍🥰🙌🎉
Going on an African safaris is very additive. You will find safari experience in Kruger National Park (South Africa) is very different from Masai Mara. In addition, Masai Mara is a public park and safari in public park vs private is very different.... mainly you won't have 20 cars parking next to you to try to see leopards... you get maybe 2 or 3. Also private park safari means you don't have to stay on the road whereas they don't allow off roading when you are in a public park. So sometimes you see a pangolin somewhere deeper in the woods but you can't get to it because off roading isn't allowed. Doesn't look like you went on a hot air balloon ride in Masai Mara. That was one of my fav activity in the park.
I heard the main difference between safaris in Kenya and South Africa is the more open savanna plains common in East Africa, vs the bush and shrubs in Southern Africa.
@@freedomm That's very true. Also Masai Mara is mostly an open field so you see a lot of animals all at once. From my limited experience at several private game reserves around Kruger National Park in S Africa is that you see a lot less animals and bushes and shrubs makes game viewing more challenging (that's why winter time is best time to go to Safari in S Africa). With that said, I believe there are very few private game reserves around Masai Mara so most likely you will be viewing lions with 10-20 jeeps full of people instead of typical 2-3 jeeps in a private reserve in South Africa. If the goal is to see wildebeest crossing river with crocodiles chomping on their legs as seen on Nat Geo, then (I believe) you can only see that in Masai Mara National Park in July/August. Not sure when river crossing happens in Serengeti.... maybe May/June or earlier?
You made it to the Dailymail. Can't wait to see your videos about your Maldives holiday.
Fantastic, really. Thank you so much. I loved hearing the ladies speak about their culture. Respect and regret.
y'all did a great job w the editing ✨
Love the safari! Keep bringing us these great experiences
The Grumpy Giraffes made my day 🤣
SO cute🤣
I just went to the JW in late November. Stayed in room 1. Best experience of my life. You had the same guide as our friends. The camp was so cool
The cubs got to big
Another excellent guided tour. I love this vlog. Thank you.
This makes me want to go on safari. It's beautiful and the cats are magnificent. Disney's Animal Kingdom Safari gives a decent representation of this adventure, but the real thing would be magnificent. And I bet the lodge - and food - was wonderful.
Sorry, Dan, that you were dealing with sickness. Never fun when away from home. But good for you for pushing through and being able to experience as much as possible.
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love u guys!!!!
Love this!
love it watching it
it bought back memories when I was there
keep up the good work
I'm in love with the Oskar's shirt and Dan's voice is so scary 😀
😆 Dan Vader!
What an incredible experience. Hoping Dan is all better. 15 miles each way for school?! No wonder Kenyans are great Marathon runners!
Haha. I think we Kenyans exaggerate some times. 15 miles is quite far and I don't think that is true.
😂😂...I'm Kenyan, and I'm not offended
I rain was a lovely element to the safari and my viewer experience 🤌🏿 another great vid.
I am in Kenya from Sweden 🇸🇪 I was wondering if i accidentally see you in Nairobi 😅
This was amazing to watch! My ultimate dream ❤
What an amazing adventure ❤
*WOW! What an experience!* And, what a great video!
Looking forward to the changes you're planning for 2024, AND HOPING THOSE CHANGES continue to include what you're doing and what you showed us in the Kenya stories.
Dan, hoping your illness is totally in the rear view mirror now. How DO you access health care in all the countries you visit if it's really needed? Or are you just stuck with toughening it out as you did here?
OMG That is super beautiful and thank you for the new video.
Oskar’s hat looks so much like Kylie Richard’s
I can see even bosco came out with quite a performance
😂😂😂lol 4:32 i understand the problem …glad you guys enjoyed my country
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The hunt made me so excited 😍😍
can you make ethiopian safari pls❤
Great. I really enjoyed this video. I am going to Maasai Mara in a couple of weeks, so it’s a good roadmap.
I went to Tanzania over the summer and man.. a safari NEEDS to be #1 on everyone's bucket list... even watching your video, its so surreal to me that I also have experienced this! I still can't believe it....
Dan: The Vegan Villain.
"He will make you eat PLANTS!"
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Dan, the wild look suits you BETTER !!
What kind of camera did you use on the safaris? Job well done.
Great video as usual, guys. I'm not sure if anybody has responded in the comments but Australians often call breakfast "brekkie." Kiwis might too.
Here comes another new subscriber, Cheer's
Lovely 🥰
Oh Dan get well soonest😢
I would prefer to see the elephants and giraffes over the lions I think
Welcome to our country again
13:45 It’s such a misconception that safaris are all hugely expensive. Can have an amazing experience for far far far less when booked with a local operator such as Sterling Travel in Nairobi (I’ve used the company 3x in the last two years), which also provides experiences in Tanzania and Rwanda.
By the way, park fees are cheaper on the Tanzanian side…same stretch of park, just called the Serengeti.
It’s very typical to see Lions in the Masai Mara or Serengeti, far more often than in Southern African national parks. You really can get up close to them, often they’ll just wander by the vehicle barely noticing you. By the way, it’s the females that are the primary predator, the males can assist but their focus is to protect the pride.
Was ar Maasai Mara over 30 years ago on a Missionary trip. Last 3 days where spent here. Loved it.
Hi Oskar and Dan!❤
Hi😍
World Junior Hockey Tournament is on right now in Gothenburg, Sweden !! ......hope you guys are watching it !! Go Sweden Go 🇸🇪 ....... (.....and of course Canada too !! 🇨🇦)
Come visit Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 you will enjoy it
Visit Nakuru
@@austinbailey7569 The things you can see in Nakuru are Menengai crator,hells gate,flamingo lakes,hiking and camping in forests in Nakuru,egerton Castle,the Great rift valley viewpoint...if you move some more to Nyahururu...you'll see the Thompson falls...I'm not sure if you can see Mount Kenya views from Nyahururu though...just in case you are a beach person,visit the coast...apart from beaches,there are historical cities,sites and cultural centres
Kenya is the best place to visit in Africa
All the African animals are beautiful and amazing to see - but bring on the leopards and cheetahs!!
Those guys jump even 15 miles higher😂
Wow cool vlog! I’ve always wanted to go on Safari to see those exotic animals. Dan would be a good Dr. Evil? I want to learn that dance -> looks like GREAT cardio! 26:47
Dr Evil or Dan Vader😂
I am old, so what do you do if you say have to go do your business while out on the safari?
Correction safaris are insanely expensive in the masaai mara 😉 come down to SA or Botswana
Glad you Enjoyed Kenya, the cradle of mankind
Hi guys! Which tent would you recommend for ourbipcoming stay? We stayed in your same suite at Al Maha so lookong forward to your recommendation for this one. Thank you!!!
How would you compare this to the safari in Sri Lanka? We recently went to safari in yala national park and we discussing if the experience is very different. I would love to experience the JW and still have some spare bonvoy points :)
They couldn't be more different😂 This is more of the real deal!
Looks like the vehicles do a lot of damage to the land driving everywhere. What do the tour providers do to try and min imise the environmental damage?
In Kenya, they restrict off-roading. You're not allowed to follow the animals off the road.
This is such great information, I've been trying to find the best way to take a Safari in Kenya, and this actually looks really amazing (even with the rain!) Still not over the expressions from those giraffes, they looked very fed up with the rain 😂
That giraffe trio lives in our minds rent free😂
Welcome to Africa. In Kenya, consider Masai Mara or Amboseli National park. They are both incredible and good Lodge can cost from as low as USD 100 to 1000 for luxury lodges
Heè does that womn understand what carnivorous meqns? Maasais are not carnivorous 😂😂😂😂
I'm happiest chilling with Elephants, Gorillas (so cute), Orangutans (even cuter),, Camels, more elephants and hippos. All veggie animals. And I'm a big homo radical faerie, so I have never coded heteronormative. Here at San Diego Zoo, the gorillas start to recognize you if you come to see them regularly enough. They are so beautiful. A nicer version of many humans !!
Did Oskar get a wife , or a girlfriend , in the jumping competition?
Sorry, he's taken💁🏼♂️
@@OskarandDan “ If you like it , you better put a ring 💍 on it “ !!!! ( Beyoncé).
He swings the other way 😊
Yeah wrong team lol
3k a night and thousands of cars..... better off in south africa or tanzania
Oscar is very handsome is he single or taken
Are you guys gay?
Ummmmm news flash: yes they are
Experiences observing the animals definitely stay with you. My husband and I did our South African safari in 2002 yet the memories such as watching lion cubs tossing around an unfortunate turtle as if it was a ball, a leopard mother attempting to hunt only to be interrupted by her misbehaving cub, and a baby rhino charging towards our vehicle but thankfully suddenly stopping about six feet away and blowing freshly eaten grass all over my arm remain just as vivid. Also two bull elephants frolicking in water with one sporting an enormous erection attempting to mount the other. 😂😅 Yes, we have photos somewhere!
13:45 It’s such a misconception that safaris are all hugely expensive. Can have an amazing experience for far far far less when booked with a local operator such as Sterling Travel in Nairobi (I’ve used the company 3x in the last two years), which also provides experiences in Tanzania and Rwanda.
By the way, park fees are cheaper on the Tanzanian side…same stretch of park, just called the Serengeti.
It’s very typical to see Lions in the Masai Mara or Serengeti, far more often than in Southern African national parks. You really can get up close to them, often they’ll just wander by the vehicle barely noticing you. By the way, it’s the females that are the primary predator, the males can assist but their focus is to protect the pride.