Encounter Mara
Boutique tented camp · Mara Naboisho Conservancy · Asilia Africa
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Encounter Mara is Asilia Africa's smaller camp in Mara Naboisho Conservancy, ten tents including two for families, and noticeably cheaper than its sister Naboisho Camp: $710 per person in November and December 2026 and $940 from June to October. Asilia stresses that its guides follow a strict conservancy code, which in practice means fewer vehicles at each sighting than in the reserve. The inclusions were not fully shown on the page, so confirm drinks, night drives and the conservancy fee. It closes in May. Choose it for a Naboisho camp at a lower price; skip it if you need every inclusion in writing up front.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Cheaper than Naboisho Camp in the same conservancy
- Two family tents
- Ten tents
- Conservancy rules on vehicles at sightings
Cons
- Inclusions not fully published
- Closed in May
- Ol Seki airstrip 45 minutes away
- Child age not published
What's here
- Family rooms
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
Read from Encounter 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 Encounter Mara
From $710 pppn. Asilia's page (read 6 Oct 2026): $710 per person per night in the 'secret season' (1 November to 19 December 2026) and $940 in high season (1 June to 31 October 2026, 20 December 2026 to 5 January 2027). The full list of inclusions was not shown; at sister camp Naboisho Camp it covers full board, house drinks, drives, night drives and walks, so ask whether the same applies and whether the conservancy fee is 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 Encounter Mara
How much does Encounter Mara cost?
$710 per person per night from 1 November to 19 December 2026 and $940 from June to October and over New Year, on Asilia's page.
When is Encounter Mara closed?
In May, according to Asilia.
Is Encounter Mara good for families?
It has two family tents, but we found no published child policy with a minimum age. Asilia's other Mara camps take children from 5.