KaribuHotels and lodges in Masai Mara, Kenya
Masai Mara hotels and lodges in Kenya cost what your month says. Booking.com listed the 39 most-reviewed Kenyan properties of its "Masai Mara" search at USD 76 to 3,674 for two adults and two nights in mid-February 2027, and at USD 80 to 4,910 in mid-August, taxes and fees included. 9 of them were not offered for the August dates. The park ticket comes on top: USD 200 to 300 per non-resident adult for a three-day, two-night stay in February, USD 400 to 600 in August.
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The board below puts every one of those properties side by side, with its board basis, both totals and the ticket beside the total, never added to it. Pick the side first on where to stay in Masai Mara, then come back for the bed. For the whole trip budget, flights and vehicle included, open the safari cost page.
KambiThe board
One row per property, as Booking.com lists it: its name, its area in Booking's own words, the meals the listing shows, its reviews, and the total for the same room in both months. A linked name opens its Booking.com listing; find the others by name on Booking.com. Each total is for two adults and two nights, so one adult's share of one night is a quarter of it.
The lodge board
Every property of the sample, its board basis and both totals, with the park ticket beside it. Filter by area, meals or your ceiling; sort by the month you travel.
39 properties, in area order, then by February total.
| Property | Area and gate | Board shown | February total | August total | February and August compared | Park ticket, Feb · Aug |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oloiba Nkuti safari camps 18 reviews, score 9.7 | SekenaniSekenani Gate | Breakfast | USD 97 | USD 89 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Maasai homestay camping 16 reviews, score 8.3 | SekenaniSekenani Gate | None shown | USD 98 | not offered for these dates | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Rhino hillside 17 reviews, score 9.3 | SekenaniSekenani Gate | Breakfast | USD 128 | USD 160 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Kambu Mara Camp 251 reviews, score 9.4 | SekenaniSekenani Gate | None shown | USD 130 | USD 130 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Mara Green Heart 16 reviews, score 9.1 | SekenaniSekenani Gate | Breakfast | USD 174 | not offered for these dates | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Mara Sidain lodge 16 reviews, score 9.3 | SekenaniSekenani Gate | None shown | USD 197 | USD 119 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Leruk Maasai safari Camp 55 reviews, score 9.1 | SekenaniSekenani Gate | None shown | USD 199 | USD 199 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| KANUNKA HOUSE 22 reviews, score 8.9 | SekenaniSekenani Gate | None shown | USD 216 | USD 216 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Mara Hilltop 65 reviews, score 9.6 | SekenaniSekenani Gate | Breakfast & dinner | USD 557 | USD 706 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Sarova Mara Game Camp 53 reviews, score 9.3 | SekenaniSekenani Gate | None shown | USD 2,120 | not offered for these dates | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Greenwood safari camp 224 reviews, score 9.4 | TalekTalek Gate | None shown | USD 130 | USD 130 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Talek Bush Camp 198 reviews, score 9.1 | TalekTalek Gate | All meals | USD 480 | not offered for these dates | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Mara Leisure Camp 118 reviews, score 8.8 | TalekTalek Gate | All meals | USD 499 | USD 998 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Kobe Mara 62 reviews, score 9.6 | TalekTalek Gate | All meals | USD 731 | USD 979 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Fig Tree Camp 126 reviews, score 8.9 | TalekTalek Gate | All meals | USD 741 | USD 1,600 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Julia's River Camp 34 reviews, score 8.5 | TalekTalek Gate | All meals | USD 804 | not offered for these dates | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Olkinyei Mara Tented Camp 310 reviews, score 9.3 | TalekTalek Gate | All meals | USD 820 | USD 938 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| PrideInn Mara Camp & Cottages 108 reviews, score 8.9 | TalekTalek Gate | All meals | USD 991 | USD 1,055 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Mara Maisha Camp 20 reviews, score 8.3 | TalekTalek Gate | All meals | USD 1,100 | USD 1,870 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| OlTepesi HomeStay 17 reviews, score 9.5 | OlolaimutiekOloolaimutia Gate | None shown | USD 120 | USD 120 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Rhino Tourist Camp 30 reviews, score 7.5 | OlolaimutiekOloolaimutia Gate | All meals | USD 211 | USD 211 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Jambo Mara Safari Lodge 91 reviews, score 8.5 | OlolaimutiekOloolaimutia Gate | Dinner | USD 480 | not offered for these dates | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Masai Mara Sopa Lodge 98 reviews, score 8.9 | OlolaimutiekOloolaimutia Gate | All meals | USD 628 | not offered for these dates | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Sentrim Mara Lodge 32 reviews, score 8.5 | OlolaimutiekOloolaimutia Gate | All meals | USD 778 | USD 745 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Alama Camp Mara 20 reviews, score 9.4 | OlolaimutiekOloolaimutia Gate | All meals | USD 842 | USD 842 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Entumoto Safari Camp 41 reviews, score 9.8 Mara Siana Conservancy camp | OlolaimutiekOloolaimutia Gate | Dinner | USD 3,464 | USD 3,064 | Reserve days USD 100 · USD 200 plus a conservancy fee the camp quotes | |
| Exploreans Mara River Camp 39 reviews, score 9.8 | Musiara CampsiteMusiara Gate | All meals | USD 1,453 | USD 2,791 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Maji Moto Eco Camp 45 reviews, score 9.3 | Maji Moto | All meals | USD 700 | USD 700 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| RetoSafarisMara 26 reviews, score 8.7 | "Masai Mara" | Breakfast | USD 76 | USD 80 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Beats Of Beads Trust 50 reviews, score 9.7 | "Masai Mara" | Breakfast | USD 160 | not offered for these dates | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Muthu Mara River Lodge 34 reviews, score 7.2 | "Masai Mara" | All meals | USD 428 | USD 903 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Olaloi Mara Camp 95 reviews, score 8.8 | "Masai Mara" | All meals | USD 540 | USD 540 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| AA Lodge 24 reviews, score 8.0 | "Masai Mara" | All meals | USD 605 | USD 605 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Pearl Mara 40 reviews, score 9.1 Guests use the Mara Triangle | "Masai Mara" | None shown | USD 1,900 | USD 2,600 | Triangle USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Ashnil Mara Camp 16 reviews, score 9.2 | "Masai Mara" | None shown | USD 2,061 | USD 3,411 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Mara Intrepids Tented Camp 219 reviews, score 9.4 | "Masai Mara" | All meals | USD 2,120 | USD 4,072 | USD 100 · USD 200 not mentioned on the listing | |
| Fairmont Mara Safari Club 24 reviews, score 9.1 Mara Olchoro Conservancy camp | "Masai Mara" | All mealsAugust: Dinner | USD 2,823 | USD 3,818 | Reserve days USD 100 · USD 200 plus a conservancy fee the camp quotes | |
| Olare Mara Kempinski 17 reviews, score 9.6 Olare Motorogi Conservancy camp | "Masai Mara" | None shown | USD 3,610 | not offered for these dates | Reserve days USD 100 · USD 200 plus a conservancy fee the camp quotes | |
| Neptune Mara Rianta Luxury Camp 17 reviews, score 9.6 | "Masai Mara" | None shownAugust: All-Inclusive | USD 3,674 | USD 4,910 | USD 100 · USD 200 listing: park fees not included |
No property on the board matches. Raise the ceiling or pick another area.
February: 14 to 16 February 2027; August: 10 to 12 August 2027. The bars share one scale from the lowest to the highest total on the board. A ticket for the reserve or the Mara Triangle is valid 6:00 to 18:00 on its day; February is the 1 January to 30 June season, August the 1 July to 31 December season. Gate: the reserve gate of the same name on the management plan's list, where there is one.
How to read it. The blue bar is February, the red bar August, on one scale, so a row whose red bar runs far past its blue one roughly doubles in August. A hatched track means the property did not appear in Booking.com's results for 10 to 12 August 2027. That is not the same as closed: it may have been full, or not loaded for those dates. The ticket column gives the reserve fee per non-resident adult per day for each season; it is never part of the room total.
A board basis of "none shown" means the listing card named no meals. It does not mean room only: ask the property. Conservancy and Triangle tags appear only where a conservancy or the Mara Conservancy names the property on its own list; Booking's area tells you nothing about which reserve side or conservancy a property belongs to.
BeiFebruary against August
August costs more at the top end, and the cheap end barely moves.
USD 76Lowest total, February
USD 3,674Highest total, February
USD 80Lowest total, August
USD 4,910Highest total, August
Each line is one property, from its February total (left) to its August total (right), one scale for all six areas
Steep line: more in August. Flat line: the same total. A line that drops to the floor ends in a hollow dot: not offered for the August dates.
The steepest lines belong to camps that already sit in the upper half in February. Mara Intrepids Tented Camp listed USD 2,120 for the February dates and USD 4,072 for August. Fig Tree Camp went from USD 741 to USD 1,600, Exploreans Mara River Camp from USD 1,453 to USD 2,791, and Mara Leisure Camp from USD 499 to USD 998. Ashnil Mara Camp rose from USD 2,061 to USD 3,411.
The highest total on the board in August is Neptune Mara Rianta Luxury Camp at USD 4,910, shown as all-inclusive. Its listing states that game drives and National Reserve park fees are not included, so even the top of the board leaves the ticket to you.
Most of the low end did not move. Kambu Mara Camp and Greenwood safari camp listed USD 130 in both months, Leruk Maasai safari Camp USD 199, Olaloi Mara Camp USD 540 and Maji Moto Eco Camp USD 700. RetoSafarisMara, the lowest total on the board, went from USD 76 to USD 80.
A few dropped. Entumoto Safari Camp, on the Mara Siana Conservancy's own list, listed USD 3,464 in February and USD 3,064 in August, and Mara Sidain lodge went from USD 197 to USD 119. Totals follow each property's own rate plan, not the season alone, so read the row rather than the month.
The bigger change is supply. Booking.com's whole "Masai Mara" search returned 131 properties for the February dates and 108 properties for August. Several well-reviewed names, Masai Mara Sopa Lodge and Sarova Mara Game Camp among them, did not appear for August at all. If you travel between July and October, book early or keep two names on your list. The best time to visit sets the months against rain, prices and wildlife, and the migration page gives the herds' recorded timing.
MalipoThe park ticket
A room total on Booking.com buys the bed. Driving into the reserve is a separate ticket for each person and each day.
USD 100Non-resident adult, per person per day, 1 January to 30 June
USD 200Non-resident adult, per person per day, 1 July to 31 December
February
USD 200 to 300
August
USD 400 to 600
The darker part is the two full ticket days; the lighter end is the third ticket, needed only for a drive on the morning you leave.
The ticket for the reserve is valid 6:00 to 18:00 on its day, whatever time you buy it. Overnight guests check out by 10:00, and a morning drive on the day you leave needs a fresh full-day ticket (the Mara Conservancy's ticket portal). That is why two nights cost 2 or 3 tickets, not two. The rates come from the co-branded rate card of the Mara Conservancy and Narok County, schedule 2025/26, and are the same whether you sleep inside or outside the reserve.
A non-resident child aged 9 to 17 pays USD 50 per person per day, and a child under 9 enters free. Multiply by the people in your party. The entrance fee page has every payer and a calculator for your dates.
In the Mara Triangle the Mara Conservancy charges USD 100 and USD 200 for the same seasons, and its fees are paid according to where you stay (Mara Conservancy). In a conservancy the camp collects a conservancy fee with your booking: Mara Naboisho Conservancy says so, and the camp gives the amount, and Mara North Conservancy states its member camps collect and forward it. For the three conservancy camps on the board, the camp quotes the fee.
What the listings say about park fees
Not one of the totals on the board includes a park ticket. Only one listing mentions it: Neptune Mara Rianta Luxury Camp states game drives and National Reserve park fees are not included. Every other card is silent. Before you pay, ask the property in writing whether park fees, conservancy fees and game drives are included.
LangoAreas and gates
Booking.com files each property under a place name. Four of them share the name of a reserve gate on the management plan's list, which tells you roughly where you enter. What each side means for tickets and rules is on the where-to-stay page; here is what the board holds in each.
The cheapest corner of the board. Booking.com's own Sekenani search returned 34 properties for February and 27 properties for August, and its board properties listed USD 97 to 2,120 in February. Oloiba Nkuti safari camps (USD 97), Kambu Mara Camp and Mara Sidain lodge sit at the low end; Sarova Mara Game Camp (USD 2,120) at the top, not offered for August. Booking.com's Sekenani search lists the rest.
The most-reviewed property on the board, Olkinyei Mara Tented Camp (310 reviews), is here, next to Greenwood safari camp and Talek Bush Camp. Talek is in the middle of the Narok side; its board properties listed USD 130 to 1,100 in February and USD 130 to 1,870 in August. Talek Bush Camp and Julia's River Camp did not appear for August. Booking's Talek search returned 18 properties and 13 properties.
Booking's spelling; the management plan calls the gate Oloolaimutia. Masai Mara Sopa Lodge (USD 628) and Jambo Mara Safari Lodge (USD 480) both listed for February and neither appeared for August. Entumoto Safari Camp, filed here by Booking, is one of two camps the Mara Siana Conservancy names as its own, so it carries a conservancy tag on the board.
One property on the board: Exploreans Mara River Camp, at USD 1,453 in February and USD 2,791 in August, one of the steepest lines. Musiara is the gate in the north by the Mara River (photo: the river in the Mara Triangle, July 2013). For the river crossings and their recorded seasons, read the migration page.
One property: Maji Moto Eco Camp, USD 700 in both months, with all meals shown. No reserve gate on the plan's list carries the name, so ask the camp how you reach the reserve and how long the drive takes. The Masai Mara map shows the gates and airstrips.
The widest spread on the board, from RetoSafarisMara (USD 76) to Neptune Mara Rianta Luxury Camp (USD 3,674 in February). Booking's area "Masai Mara" is not the reserve and not a side of it. Three properties here carry a tag from a body's own list: Olare Mara Kempinski and Fairmont Mara Safari Club (conservancy camps) and Pearl Mara (the Triangle). For the rest, the listing does not say where they stand; the conservancy card explains what changes outside the reserve.
Photo: Ninara / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
MpakaOloololo Gate, Mara Triangle
West of the river, two places to sleep inside, and neither is on the board.
HifadhiReserve, Triangle, conservancy
A Booking.com area is a place name, not a boundary. Three bodies publish lists that do say where a camp stands.
31Lodges and tented camps inside the reserve, May 2016 audit
1,382Beds in those camps, same audit
The reserve. The reserve management plan cites a May 2016 audit of 31 lodges and permanent or semi-permanent tented camps inside the Maasai Mara National Reserve with 1,382 beds, and for 2023 to 2032 it allows no new visitor accommodation and no added beds anywhere in the reserve. No board property can be placed inside it from that list, because the plan does not name them. A property's own page may say "inside the reserve"; ask which gate and which side.
The Mara Triangle. The Mara Conservancy lists Mara Serena Safari Lodge and Little Governors' Camp as the only accommodations inside the Triangle (camps and lodges). Neither is on the board. The same page lists 15 camps outside the Triangle whose guests use it and pay its fee, Pearl Mara Expedition among them: that is the Pearl Mara row's tag.
The conservancies. Three board properties appear on a conservancy's own list. Olare Mara Kempinski is one of the five partner camps of Olare Motorogi Conservancy, with 12 tents; none of the five is larger than 24 beds. Fairmont Mara Safari Club is one of the three camps Mara Olchoro Conservancy lists. Entumoto Safari Camp is one of the two camps that, as the Mara Siana Conservancy states, operate within it and manage it. The conservancies page compares their rules, from night drives to vehicle limits.
Not on Booking.com
The board holds only what Booking.com lists. A camp missing from it may sell through safari operators or take bookings directly; the camps page sorts the tented camps, and the safari page compares a package with booking the bed yourself.
HoteliBefore you book
The marketplaces show a price and a score. These are the lines that decide what the stay really costs.
Of the 131 properties in Booking.com's February search, the cards showed all meals included on 45, breakfast on 36 and no board on 47. Meals in a camp far from any town matter: "none shown" is a question for the property, not a promise of room only.
The board uses the total Booking.com shows for two adults and two nights with taxes and fees included. Some listings show a lower members-only price after sign-in; compare like with like, and check whether the price you see is per night or for the stay.
Ask in writing what the total includes: the reserve or Triangle ticket, a conservancy fee, game drives and the airstrip transfer. Neptune Mara Rianta Luxury Camp is the only listing on the board that answers on the card, and its answer is no.
Overnight guests check out by 10:00, and a drive on that morning needs a new full-day ticket. Decide whether the last morning is a drive or a departure, then count the tickets and ask the camp when the room must be free.
9 of the board's properties did not appear for the August dates. If a name you like is missing for your dates, the next row in the same area at a similar total is the fallback; filter the board by area and sort by August.
Booking's area is a place name. For the gate, the drive and the rules after dark, open the side on where to stay; for the road from Nairobi, Nairobi to Masai Mara; for the flights, the flights page.
MaswaliQuestions
Room totals from Booking.com; ticket rules from the Mara Conservancy's ticket portal and the reserve management plan. The entrance fee page explains the ticket rule people call the twelve-hour rule.
On Booking.com, the most-reviewed Kenyan properties listed USD 76 to 3,674 for two adults and two nights in mid-February 2027 and USD 80 to 4,910 in mid-August, taxes and fees included. Add the park ticket per adult per day. The safari cost page adds flights, vehicle and guide.
Not in any total on the board. Only Neptune Mara Rianta Luxury Camp mentions them, stating that National Reserve park fees are not included. Count USD 100 per non-resident adult per day from January to June and USD 200 from July to December, and ask the property what its price covers.
The management plan counts 31 lodges and camps with 1,382 beds inside the reserve but does not name them, and allows no new ones. In the Mara Triangle, the Mara Conservancy names only Mara Serena Safari Lodge and Little Governors' Camp. Neither is on Booking.com's most-reviewed list, so ask any property which side it stands on.
At the top end, yes: Mara Intrepids Tented Camp went from USD 2,120 to USD 4,072. Many low-priced camps listed the same total in both months. The reserve ticket also doubles from 1 July, and several popular names were not offered for the August dates at all.
Photo: Daniel Case / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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