Basecamp Hill Top
Simple dome tents with shared bathroom · Pardamat Conservation Area · Saruni Basecamp
Budget
Outside the gate
Safari company
Basecamp Hill Top is the simplest stay in Saruni Basecamp's Mara portfolio: five dome tents with twin beds and a shared bathroom in the Pardamat Conservation Area, which the group calls the first triple-use community-owned conservancy in the Mara region. The minimum age has been raised to 18 for all guests. No rate was captured, but by style it sits at the budget end. Choose it if you are an adult traveller who wants a basic community-area stay; skip it with children, or if you need your own bathroom.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Community-owned conservancy
- Simple and small: five tents
- Adult-only
- Booked through Saruni Basecamp's reservations team
Cons
- Minimum age 18
- Shared bathroom
- No rate captured
- Distance to the reserve not stated
What's here
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Community visits
Read from Basecamp Hill Top's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Masai Mara National Reserve charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryThe non-resident rate from 1 July to 31 December; $100 from 1 January to 30 June.
- $200per person, per day
- VehicleKSh 1,000 a day for a car under six seats, about $8 at KSh 129 to the dollar.
- $8per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $1224 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
The figure above uses the July to December rate. From January to June the same sum halves for the people. A day is 06:00 to 18:00, and guests in the conservancies outside the reserve pay only on the days they drive in.
The full fee schedule for Masai Mara National ReserveRates at Basecamp Hill Top
Rates on request. No rate was captured for Hill Top (read 6 Oct 2026). Ask Saruni Basecamp what the quote includes and whether the Pardamat conservancy fee, which is not published, is in it.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Rates checked on 6 October 2026 against each operator's own website or 2026 rate sheet, in US dollars per person per night sharing unless the entry says otherwise. One figure is a reseller's, not the owner's: Olonana Lodge's $2,450 (safari.com, 6 Oct 2026), because A&K's own page would not load. Angama's rates come from a January 2026 copy of its site, since the live site blocks automated reading. On top of nearly every rate sits Narok County's reserve ticket: $100 per non-resident adult per 12-hour day (6 am to 6 pm) from January to June and $200 from July to December, $50 for a child of 9 to 17, free at 8 and under. Conservancy camps add their own nightly fee, $130 per adult in Mara North, Olare Motorogi and Naboisho in 2026 and $116 in Mara Siana, unless the entry says it is included.
Questions about Basecamp Hill Top
Is Basecamp Hill Top adults only?
Yes. Saruni Basecamp says it has revised the minimum age to 18 years for all guests.
Where is Basecamp Hill Top?
In the Pardamat Conservation Area, which Saruni Basecamp calls the first triple-use community-owned conservancy in the Masai Mara region.
Does Basecamp Hill Top have en-suite bathrooms?
No. The five dome tents share a bathroom.