Porini Giraffe Camp
Small tented camp · Mara Ripoi Conservancy, on the Ripole River · Gamewatchers Safaris (Porini Camps)
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Mid-range
Outside the gate
Safari company
Porini Giraffe is the cheapest of Gamewatchers' five Porini camps around the Mara, eight tents on the Ripole River in Mara Ripoi Conservancy, which borders Siana and the reserve. The extra-night rate of $470 per person in June and late 2026 already includes the conservancy fee and activities, which is unusual and makes it cheaper than it first looks next to camps that add $130 a night. Porini camps do night drives and walks with Maasai guides, and Porini says its conservancies hold one guest tent per 700 acres. Children must be over 8. Choose it for a conservancy camp with the fee built in; skip it in May, when it closes.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Conservancy fee and activities inside the rate
- Cheapest Porini camp, from $470
- Night drives and walks with Maasai guides
- Eight tents
Cons
- Closed in May
- No children under 8
- A transfer beyond Ol Seki airstrip
- Opening date and track record not published
What's here
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Guided walks
- Night drives
Read from Porini Giraffe Camp'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 Porini Giraffe Camp
From $470 pppn. Porini's June 2026 sheet (read 6 Oct 2026): extra night $470 per person sharing in June and 1 November to 19 December 2026, $695 from July to October 2026, inclusive of conservancy fees, activities and the wildlife habitat fee. Porini mainly sells two-night fly-in packages with Wilson flights and house drinks; these include one day's reserve entry only from 1 July to 30 September. Other reserve days are extra at $100 or $200 per adult.
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 Porini Giraffe Camp
How much does Porini Giraffe Camp cost?
The extra-night rate is $470 per person sharing in June and 1 November to 19 December 2026 and $695 from July to October, including conservancy fees and activities, on Porini's June 2026 sheet.
Is Porini Giraffe Camp inside the Masai Mara reserve?
No. It is in Mara Ripoi Conservancy, which Porini says borders Siana and the reserve. Porini's packages include one day of reserve entry only from 1 July to 30 September.
Can children stay at Porini Giraffe Camp?
Only children over 8. Porini says its Mara camps are not suitable for children under 8; the Ol Kinyei Safari Cottages are the exception.