Cottar's 1920s Camp
Vintage 1920s tented camp · Olderkesi Conservancy, on the Tanzanian border south-east of the reserve · Cottar's Safaris
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Outside the gate
Owner-run
Cottar's 1920s Camp is the camp of a fifth-generation family safari company, in Olderkesi Conservancy on the Tanzanian border, south-east of the reserve near Sand River. Eleven tented suites recreate a 1920s safari, with canvas baths on the verandas, and four new two-bedroom family tents make it one of the stronger family choices around the Mara. Cottar's lists more than twenty activities, from a Maasai Warrior School and foraging walks to children's activities. Rates are not published. Choose it for a family safari with a long list of things to do outside a vehicle; skip it if you want to be near the Mara River.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Four two-bedroom family tents
- More than twenty activities
- Family-run for five generations
- Quiet south-eastern corner on the Tanzanian border
Cons
- No published rates
- Far from the Mara River crossings
- Conservancy fee not published
- Child ages not published
What's here
- Family rooms
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Guided walks
- Community visits
Read from Cottar's 1920s Camp'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 Cottar's 1920s Camp
Rates on request. Rates sit behind an 'Availability & Rates' button and were not captured (read 6 Oct 2026). Ask whether the Olderkesi conservancy fee, which is not published, and reserve days ($100 or $200 per adult per day) are included.
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 Cottar's 1920s Camp
Where is Cottar's 1920s Camp?
In the Olderkesi Conservancy, bordering the reserve and Tanzania's Serengeti, on Cottar's own page; that is the south-east, near Sand River.
Is Cottar's good for families?
It has four family tents with two en-suite bedrooms each and lists children's activities among more than twenty on offer, including a Maasai Warrior School. We found no published child age limits.
How much does Cottar's 1920s Camp cost?
Rates are behind the site's availability button. Write to bookings@cottarsafaris.com and ask what the quote includes.