Porini Mara Camp
Small tented camp · Ol Kinyei Conservancy · Gamewatchers Safaris (Porini Camps)
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Porini Mara Camp has six tents in Ol Kinyei Conservancy, an 18,700-acre community area east of the reserve set up in 2005 on land the Maasai owners lease to Porini. Porini says no other tourist vehicles are allowed in, and drives carry six guests at most, so sightings are rarely crowded. The extra-night rate of $620 per person in June and late 2026 already includes the conservancy fee, drives, night drives and walks. Children must be over 8. Choose it for an uncrowded conservancy with the fees built in; skip it if you want daily drives in the reserve, as Porini includes only one reserve day, and only from July to September.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Conservancy fee, drives and walks inside the rate
- Only Porini vehicles in the conservancy
- Six tents, six guests per vehicle at most
- Free Ol Seki airstrip transfers
Cons
- No children under 8
- Closed for a month in the rains
- Reserve days extra outside July to September
- Fly-in package is the main product; extra nights are add-ons
What's here
- Family rooms
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Guided walks
- Night drives
- Community visits
Read from Porini Mara 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 Mara Camp
From $620 pppn. Porini's June 2026 sheet (read 6 Oct 2026): extra night $620 per person sharing in June and 1 November to 19 December 2026, $955 from July to October 2026, inclusive of conservancy fees, activities and the habitat fee. The two-night fly-in package with Wilson flights and house drinks costs $1,890 to $2,760 per person sharing, children 8 to 16 $1,340 to $1,795; it includes one day of reserve entry only from 1 July to 30 September.
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 Mara Camp
Are conservancy fees included at Porini Mara Camp?
Yes. Porini's extra-night rate is inclusive of conservancy fees, activities and the wildlife habitat fee: $620 per person sharing in June and late 2026, $955 from July to October.
What is the minimum age at Porini Mara Camp?
Children aged over 8 are welcome; Porini says its Mara camps are not suitable for children under 8.
Does Porini include the Masai Mara reserve fee?
The two-night fly-in packages include one day of reserve entry only from 1 July to 30 September. Other reserve days cost $100 (January to June) or $200 (July to December) per adult.