Porini Ol Kinyei Safari Cottages
Exclusive-use cottages with private chef · Ol Kinyei Conservancy · Gamewatchers Safaris (Porini Camps)
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Safari company
The Ol Kinyei Safari Cottages are Porini's answer for families and groups: four cottages in Ol Kinyei Conservancy, each with four double bedrooms, its own kitchen and a private chef, eight guests a cottage. They are the only Porini property in the Mara that takes children under 8: over-5s at any time, and any age if you book a whole cottage. From $720 per person in June and late 2026, with the conservancy fee and activities in the rate. Unlike the tented camps they stay open all year. Choose them for a family or two couples who want a house of their own; skip them if there are only two of you and you want camp company.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Children of all ages on exclusive booking
- Private chef and kitchen per cottage
- Conservancy fee and activities included
- Open all year
Cons
- July to October up to $1,475 per person
- Under-5s only on exclusive booking
- Reserve days extra outside July to September
- Large cottages for a couple alone
What's here
- Family rooms
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Guided walks
- Night drives
Read from Porini Ol Kinyei Safari Cottages'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 Ol Kinyei Safari Cottages
From $720 pppn. Porini's June 2026 sheet (read 6 Oct 2026): extra night $720 per person sharing in June and 1 November to mid-December 2026, $1,330 to $1,475 from July to October 2026, inclusive of conservancy fees, activities and the habitat fee. Packages add Wilson flights and house drinks, and include 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 Ol Kinyei Safari Cottages
Can young children stay at Porini Ol Kinyei Safari Cottages?
Yes. Porini says children over 5 are welcome and children of all ages when you book a cottage exclusively. Its tented Mara camps take only over-8s.
How much do the Ol Kinyei Safari Cottages cost?
$720 per person sharing per extra night in June and late 2026, and $1,330 to $1,475 from July to October, including conservancy fees and activities.
How many people does an Ol Kinyei cottage sleep?
Each of the four cottages has four double bedrooms and takes up to eight guests, with its own kitchen and private chef.