Elewana Sand River Masai Mara
1920s-style permanent tented camp · Sand River, south-east of the reserve near the Tanzanian border · Elewana Collection
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Sand River is Elewana Collection's camp inside the reserve, in the far south-east close to the Sand River Gate and the Tanzanian border, where the herds come in from the Serengeti. Elewana sells it two ways: full board from $656 per person in the April and May green season, or a game package with shared drives and transfers from $856. That full-board option suits you if a guide and vehicle are already booked. Sixteen tents are split between Sand River and Little Sand River. Keekorok airstrip is 45 minutes by road. Choose it for the quieter south; skip it if you want to be near the Mara River crossings in the north-west.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Inside the reserve in the quieter south-east
- Full-board rate for guests with their own guide and vehicle
- Published 2026 rates for every season
- A two-bedroom family tent
Cons
- Park fees of $100 to $200 per adult per day are extra
- Keekorok airstrip is 45 minutes away by road
- Far from the Mara River crossings in the north-west
- Child age bands not published
What's here
- Family rooms
- Laundry
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
Read from Elewana Sand River Masai Mara'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 Elewana Sand River Masai Mara
From $656 pppn. Elewana's 2026 'Rates & Seasons' page (read 6 Oct 2026), per person sharing: full board $656 in the green season (1 April to 31 May), $897 mid (4 January to 31 March, June, 1 November to 19 December), $1,076 high (July to October, 20 December to 3 January). The game package, which adds shared drives and airstrip transfers, is $856, $1,097 and $1,276. Full board covers meals, soft drinks, beer, house wine and selected spirits. Park and reserve fees are excluded.
It depends which package you book. This camp sells more than one basis, from self-catering up to fully inclusive. The rates note says what each one covers.
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 Elewana Sand River Masai Mara
How much is Sand River Masai Mara in 2026?
Full board starts at $656 per person sharing in the green season (1 April to 31 May 2026) and reaches $1,076 from July to October. The game package with drives and transfers costs $856 to $1,276. Park fees are extra in both.
Where is Elewana Sand River in the Masai Mara?
Elewana says it is within the reserve, close to the Tanzanian border, in the Sand River area of the south-east. Keekorok airstrip is a 45-minute flight from Wilson Airport and a 45-minute drive from camp.
Is Sand River Masai Mara good for families?
It has a family tent with two en-suite bedrooms, priced for two adults and two children. We found no published child policy with age bands, so ask Elewana about minimum ages for game drives.