Iseiya Public Campsite
Public campsite · Mara Triangle, at the Triangle headquarters near Mara Serena · Mara Conservancy, for Narok County
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Budget
Inside the park
County-run (Narok)
Iseiya is the smallest of the Mara Triangle's three public campsites, taking ten people at most, beside the Triangle headquarters near Mara Serena Safari Lodge. The Mara Conservancy describes it plainly: the only facility is a long-drop toilet, and you can buy food and drinking water at the canteen nearby. You pay $40 per non-resident adult per night plus the $100 or $200 day ticket. Choose it if you want a central pitch in the Triangle and travel light on comfort; skip it if you need a shower, because the nearest one on a public site is at Oloololo Gate.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Central position in the Triangle, close to Mara Serena
- Canteen nearby for food and drinking water
- No booking fee and no maximum stay
- Ten campers at most, so rarely crowded
Cons
- A long-drop toilet is the only facility
- No showers
- Cannot be reserved; ten places fill fast in the migration months
- Unfenced, with predators about at night
What's here
- Campsite
- Self-catering
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
Read from Iseiya Public Campsite'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 Iseiya Public Campsite
From $40 pppn. $40 per non-resident adult per night and $20 for a child of 9 to 17 under the Narok County Finance Act 2023 and the Mara Conservancy's camping table (read 6 Oct 2026). The entry ticket of $100 (January to June) or $200 (July to December) per non-resident adult per 12-hour day comes on top, plus the vehicle fee. No booking fee. Payment in the Triangle is by card or M-Pesa, never cash. No VAT is shown on the county tariff.
Self-catering. You cook. Nothing else is included unless the entry says so.
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 Iseiya Public Campsite
What facilities does Iseiya Campsite have?
According to the Mara Conservancy's booking system, the only facility is a long-drop toilet. Food and drinking water can be bought at the canteen near Mara Serena lodge. Bring your own tent, cooking kit and water containers.
How much is Iseiya Campsite per night?
$40 per non-resident adult and $20 per child of 9 to 17, with 8 and under free (Narok County Finance Act 2023). Add the entry ticket: $100 per adult per day from January to June, $200 from July to December.
Can children stay at Iseiya Campsite?
We found no published child policy. Children pay the camping and entry child rates and under-9s are free. The site has no fence, so supervise children closely, especially after dark.