Hemingways Ol Seki Mara
Tented camp with private villas · Mara Naboisho Conservancy, on a hill · Hemingways Collection
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Hemingways Ol Seki is eight tents and two private villas on a gentle hill above Mara Naboisho Conservancy, east of the reserve. The regular rate of $810 per person runs for most of the first half of the year and from November, which is a longer cheap season than most camps offer, with drinks, two drives a day, a walk and taxes included. Every fee is spelt out: $130 conservancy fee, $5 reserve fund and the reserve ticket where it applies. Tents take children from 8, villas any age. Choose it for clear pricing and a long regular season; skip it if you want a night drive on a two-night stay, as it starts at three.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Regular rate of $810 for most of January to mid-June and November to mid-December
- Every extra fee published
- Villas with no age restriction
- Government taxes in the rate
Cons
- Night drive only on stays of three nights or more
- No children under 8 in the tents
- $130 conservancy and $5 reserve fund fees per night on top
- Premium season $1,305 per person
What's here
- Family rooms
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Guided walks
- Night drives
Read from Hemingways Ol Seki 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 Hemingways Ol Seki Mara
From $810 pppn. Hemingways 2026 rack rates (read 6 Oct 2026), Nina tent per person sharing: $810 regular (5 January to 14 June, 1 November to 17 December), $1,195 high (15 to 30 June, September, October), $1,305 premium (July, August, 18 December to 4 January 2027). Private villas $4,050 to $6,520. Includes full board with standard drinks, two shared drives a day, a night drive on stays of three nights or more, a bush walk, Naboisho airstrip transfers and government taxes. Excludes the Naboisho conservancy fee ($130 adult, $65 child per night), a $5 Naboisho reserve fund fee and reserve fees of $100 to $200 where applicable.
All inclusive. The rate covers meals, drinks, activities and the transfers named below. Park fees are charged separately.
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 Hemingways Ol Seki Mara
What fees are extra at Hemingways Ol Seki?
The Naboisho conservancy fee of $130 per adult and $65 per child a night, a $5 per person Naboisho reserve fund fee and, on days in the reserve, the reserve fee of $100 to $200 by season, on Hemingways' 2026 sheet.
Can children stay at Hemingways Ol Seki?
Children 8 and over in the Nina tents; the private villas have no age restriction. The child rate for 8 to 12 starts at $340.
Does Ol Seki include night drives?
One night drive is included for stays of three nights or more, alongside two shared day drives and a bush walk.