Mara Simba Lodge
Large riverside lodge · Talek River, east of Talek Gate · Simba Lodges
Mid-range
Boundary unconfirmed
Safari company
Mara Simba Lodge stands a few metres from the Talek River and is run by Simba Lodges, a Nairobi-based group. Its own page does not claim to be inside the reserve; OpenStreetMap shows a 'Mara Simba' gate on the reserve's eastern side, which points to a site at the boundary, but the lodge does not say which side, so we show it as unconfirmed. The old marasimba.com domain is now for sale, so follow links to simbalodges.com only. No rate or room count appears on the lodge's own page. Choose it if you get a good quote near Talek; skip it if you want a small camp.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Talek River setting
- Near the reserve's eastern side
- Central reservations line
- Group-run with several lodges
Cons
- Inside or outside the reserve not stated
- No published rates
- Room count not confirmed by the lodge
- Old website domain now parked
What's here
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
Read from Mara Simba Lodge'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 Mara Simba Lodge
Rates on request. Simba Lodges publishes no rate on the page read (6 Oct 2026); contact central reservations. Ask whether the reserve ticket of $100 or $200 per adult per day is in the quote.
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 Mara Simba Lodge
What is Mara Simba Lodge's real website?
simbalodges.com. The old address marasimba.com now leads to a 'for sale' page.
Is Mara Simba Lodge inside the Masai Mara reserve?
The lodge's page says only that it is a few metres from the Talek River and does not claim to be inside. Ask the lodge.
Does Mara Simba Lodge take children?
We found no published child policy.