点评:The Beats of Beads Trust guest rooms are located within a flowering and beautiful oasis in the savanna.
The guest rooms are comfortable. The food is delicious, including picnic meals packed for our safaris. Eti the hostess made special efforts to accommodate dietary needs. The nights are quiet and the stars are shining bright . There’s wifi in the rooms.
We greatly enjoyed hanging out and chatting with Eti and the staff . They guided us through the traditional Beads museum, which also featured an amazing People in Africa photography exhibit. We engaged with the Maasai ladies who were showing off their merchandise on the grounds (tip: we made the mistake of buying a few trinkets from some of them, which created chaos. I recommend buying only from the museum store).
This guest house is located just a few yards away from the Maasai Mara National Park’s gates, where we experienced the most amazing and unforgettable safaris. We saw so many animals within the first 10 minutes that we thought we had nothing else to see, only to be amazed with more and different wildlife wonders over two full safari days
I highly recommend to read the hostess Eti Dayan’s book “One of Them”, which beautifully describes the Maasai culture and the author’s journey to live with them. The book can be found on Amazon and also at the museum’s gift shop.
We also enjoyed a visit at the neighboring Maasai village, whose resident villagers combine traditional and modern life styles. The village visit is commercialized, having a craft and beads market where one is encouraged to purchase local crafts. As a final tip, remember that the asking price in these local markets is exaggerated x 5-10 what is charged at the high-end hotels shops and duty free at the airport. The locals expect the visitors to bargain, and I recommend starting the bargain at 20% the asking price and ending it at 30-40% of the asking price. Always open a calculator on your phone and translate the local currency to the currency in your country. (Don’t hesitate to walk away.)
Eti can coordinate a safari vehicle and driver for tours at the National park
This is a highly recommended visit in an unforgettable corner of the world.
翻译:Beats of Beads Trust 的客房位于大草原上一片鲜花盛开的美丽绿洲内。
客房舒适宜人。食物美味可口,包括为我们的狩猎之旅准备的野餐。女主人 Eti 特别努力满足饮食需求。夜晚安静,星光灿烂。房间里有无线网络。
我们非常喜欢和 Eti 和工作人员一起闲逛和聊天。他们带我们参观了传统的珠子博物馆,那里还展出了精彩的非洲人摄影展。我们与在场地上展示商品的马赛女士交谈(提示:我们犯了一个错误,从其中一些女士那里买了一些小饰品,造成了混乱。我建议只从博物馆商店购买)。
这家宾馆距离马赛马拉国家公园大门仅几码之遥,在那里我们体验了最精彩和最难忘的狩猎之旅。我们在前 10 分钟就看到了如此多的动物,以至于我们认为我们没有什么可看的了,但在整整两天的游猎之旅中,我们看到了更多不同的野生动物奇观,这让我们惊叹不已。
我强烈推荐阅读女主人 Eti Dayan 的书《One of Them》,这本书精彩地描述了马赛文化以及作者与他们一起生活的旅程。这本书可以在亚马逊上找到,也可以在博物馆的礼品店找到。
我们还参观了邻近的马赛村,那里的村民将传统和现代的生活方式融为一体。村庄参观是商业化的,有一个工艺品和珠子市场,鼓励人们购买当地工艺品。最后要提醒的是,这些当地市场的要价是高端酒店商店和机场免税店的 5-10 倍。当地人希望游客讨价还价,我建议以要价的 20% 开始讨价还价,以要价的 30-40% 结束。请务必打开手机上的计算器,将当地货币转换为您所在国家/地区的货币。(不要犹豫,走开。)
Eti 可以协调国家公园的游猎车辆和司机
这是一次非常值得推荐的游览,游览世界令人难忘的角落。