Mara River Safari Lodge

4.0 star property
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Outdoor pool, pool loungers
Exterior
Exterior detail
Safari
Lobby

Reviews

8.6 out of 10

Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Hot tub
    Hot tub
  • Spa
    Spa
  • Pool
    Pool
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Room service
    Room service

Explore the area

Map
Jalan By Pass Prof Ida, Bagus Mantra Km 19.8, Gianyar, Bali, 80551
  • Bali Safari and Marine Park
    3 min walk
  • Bali Theatre
    9 min walk
  • Keramas Beach
    7 min drive
  • Denpasar (DPS-Ngurah Rai Intl.)
    54 min drive

Room options

Twiga Deluxe Room + Bali Safari Entrance & Safari Journey

  • 38 sq m
  • Park view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

Swala Deluxe Room + Bali Safari Entrance & Safari Journey

  • 38 sq m
  • Park view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 1 Twin Bed

Kifaru Family Suite + Bali Safari Entrance & Safari Journey

  • 78 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 Double Bed OR 1 Twin Bed

Tembo Family Suite + Bali Safari Entrance & Safari Journey

  • 115 sq m
  • Sleeps 9
  • 2 Double Beds OR 1 Twin Bed

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About the area

Gianyar

With a stay at Mara River Safari Lodge in Gianyar, you'll be near the beach, just a 3-minute walk from Bali Safari and Marine Park and 9 minutes by foot from Bali Theatre. .This resort is 12 mi (19.4 km) from Sanur Beach and 10.3 mi (16.6 km) from Ubud Monkey Forest.

What's nearby

  • Bali Safari and Marine Park - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Bali Theatre - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Cucukan Beach - 5 min drive - 2.3 km
  • Keramas Beach - 7 min drive - 3.7 km
  • Ubud Monkey Forest - 17 min drive - 16.6 km

Getting around

  • Ngurah Rai Intl. Airport (DPS) - 54 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Komune Resort & Beach Club Bali - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Warung Bendega Lebih - ‬13 min walk
  • ‪Warung Makan Sunarya II - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Flamingo Bali Family Beach Club - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Warong Legong - ‬6 min drive

About this property

Mara River Safari Lodge

Resort in Gianyar with 2 restaurants and spa services
Mara River Safari Lodge offers 38 air-conditioned accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature minibars and safes. These individually decorated and furnished accommodations include desks. LCD televisions come with premium satellite channels.

Bathrooms include showers, bathrobes, slippers, and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Housekeeping is provided daily.

An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site.
Guests can pamper themselves by indulging in the onsite spa services.
Make yourself at home in one of the 38 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring minibars and LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities including an outdoor pool and a spa tub. Additional amenities at this resort include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and gift shops/newsstands.
Enjoy African cuisine at Tsavo Lion, one of the resort's 2 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Relax with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar.
Featured amenities include a business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge during limited hours, and free self parking is available onsite.
Tsavo Lion - This theme restaurant specializes in African cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Uma Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in Indonesian cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Open daily.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, Indonesian

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Return airport shuttle (surcharge) from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM

Food and drink

  • 2 restaurants
  • 1 poolside bar and 1 bar
  • Room service available

Restaurants on site

  • Tsavo Lion
  • Uma Restaurant

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool
  • Shopping
  • Spa services
  • A hot tub

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • ATM/banking services
  • Front-desk safe
  • Gift shop/newsstand

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business centre

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Garden
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • No lift (single-level property)
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning

Bathroom

  • Dressing gowns
  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • LCD TV
  • Premium channels
  • Satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Desk
  • Individually decorated
  • Individually furnished
  • Safe
  • Slippers

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age: 17

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Renovations and closures

In accordance with local regulations, all visitors must remain within the property during Seclusion Day (Nyepi)/Hindu New Year for a 24-hour period (starting at 6 AM). Seclusion Day typically falls in March or April (dates subject to change each year). Check-in and check-out will not be possible on that date. Ngurah Rai Airport (Bali International Airport) is also closed on Seclusion Day.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children up to the age of 3 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 38 per person (one-way)
  • Airport shuttle fee per child: USD 38 (one-way), (up to 10 years old)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

MARA RIVER SAFARI Bali Safari Marine Park Gianyar
MARA RIVER SAFARI LODGE Bali Safari & Marine Park Gianyar
MARA RIVER SAFARI LODGE Bali Safari Marine Park Gianyar
MARA RIVER SAFARI LODGE Bali Safari Marine Park
MARA RIVER SAFARI Bali Safari Marine Park
MARA RIVER SAFARI LODGE at Bali Safari Marine Park
MARA RIVER SAFARI Bali Safari

Mara River Safari Lodge Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 161 out of 301 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 93 out of 301 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 27 out of 301 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 13 out of 301 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 301 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Antony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything about the mara lodge was amazing. The staff were so helpful and couldn’t do enough for us. Out of my many stays in Bali this was far the best.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing stay over looking loads of animals. In an authentic Villa. Spent the whole day walking the safari park. Did the night safari. You have to do it to believe it. This place is so interactive with the animals.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Judith

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Magical experience! Worth every dollar.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was one of our favorite places we've ever stayed up. To wake up and see animals out of your balcony wow! We highly recommend staying here. Breakfast was good as well, and they made a lot of cute animal dishes. The only one bad thing we'd say is there were some ants in our room. However there were ants in all the rooms we stayed at in Bali. Please stay here, and book early as rooms can fill up
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alaska

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We had a wonderful stay for 2 nights the safari was pretty amazing I had alot of animals outside of my balcony doors! We did the cage feeding that night that was really nice to
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Philip

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the animal outlook from our hotel room and the friendly staff. Also admired their knowledge of the animals and the genuine way they cared for them.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful room with ability to feed the animals from our balcony
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tracy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Absolutely Amazing
Absolutely amazing! Highly recommend. No negatives except maybe bed very hard but was inly 2 nights so ok. Must do!!!
Breakfast with the giraffes
4x4 jeep safari with feeding
From our room balcony (Twiga-upstairs)
From our balcony
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Simone

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What a wonderful experience, to sit on your veranda and watch Giraffes, Rhinos and Wildebeests, and feel completely safe. The room was lovely, and easy access to the Safari Park, and all it had to offer, with the cost already built into the cost of the accommodation for most things. Will easily stay there again, and recommend to others.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

stefania

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

HYESUN

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
동물과 함께한 하루
숙소가 환경친화적인 만큼 벌레가 없을순없지만 그래도 깨끗한 편이엇습니다 다만 너무 덥습니다 다른 경험은 아이들에게 최고의 경험이엇습니다.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Daxa

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Arben, New York

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Diashenna

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Rebecca

Travelled with family
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Some of the staff were very friendly, some were so so. No one mentioned the white tiger, Komodo dragon or piranhas so we never saw them. I think they should give a map and point things out. There was the marine park but no one ever mentioned if it was open or closed. Food was awesome. Room was so so
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Travelled with partner
Awesome time thank you
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Poor cleaning condition
Atmosphere around the hotel is excellent but hotel facility and cleaning condition is very poor. Insects and bug issues in the hotel could make the room more comfortable to stay. There were few sticky floor area with ants when we got there.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

patti

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This once an amazing experience that I will never forget the giraffe breakfast and the lion dinner elephant ride… the safari was great the staff all were friendly helpful and went Abe and beyon
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Linnea

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

frederick

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

nicholas

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Toilet leaked and had a puddle of toilet water through the bathroom. Tv didn’t work. Stains on sheets
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Nayoung

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
방 베란다에서 기린 등 볼수 있고 먹이도 약간 멀지만 던져 줄 수 있어서 좋은 경험이었습니다. 리조트 내 수영장에서도 동물들 볼수 있어 너무 좋았구요. 다만 온종일 제자리에 서있는 코뿔쏘 등 동물들 보는게 안쓰런 기분도 동시에 들었구요. 아이가 있는 집이라면 일박 추천합니다.조식때도 커피 다른 종류(카푸치노 등) 추가시 돈 더내야하고 워터파크 수영장에 서 수건도 돈 따로 내야하고, 뭐든 하려면 추가로 돈 내야합니다. 참고하세요.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family favorite
Our second time here and the experience is always wonderful. The kids love coming here, food is great, service is excellent and cleanliness is top notch
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

monica

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic animal adventure
Amazing set along side of the zoo being able to throw carrots to the zebras. Watch them walking around. Breakfast with lions walking past the windows was very cool. The buffet breakfast was lovely. We paid for the buffet dinner and watched the fire dance.. very nice. Catching the tour bus thru the zoo was fun followed by a day exploring the zoo . Getting to pat and touch/ hold several animals and get photos with them AMAZING… best part of our trip was coming here got to feed one of the elephants… nice area
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023