Seasons Hotel Narok
Town transit hotel · Narok town, 87 km from Sekenani Gate · Seasons Hotels and Lodges
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Outside the gate
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Seasons Hotel Narok is a 53-room transit hotel in Narok town, which it calls one of the best and biggest in town, run by the small Kenyan group Seasons Hotels and Lodges. For self-drivers it solves a timing problem: the reserve ticket covers 6 am to 6 pm whatever time you enter, so arriving at Sekenani Gate late in the afternoon buys you a few hours for a full day's fee. Sleep in Narok, fill up, and drive the 87 km of tarmac to Sekenani in about an hour and a half to be in at opening. No rate was published. Choose it as the night before your first reserve day; skip it if you would rather sleep near the gates.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Lets you reach Sekenani Gate at opening
- No reserve or conservancy fees for the night
- 53 rooms
- Fuel and supplies in town
Cons
- 87 km from the nearest gate
- No rate published
- A town hotel, no wildlife
- No game drives offered
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 Seasons Hotel Narok
Rates on request. No rate was captured from the hotel's site (read 6 Oct 2026). No reserve or conservancy fees apply to a night in town; you pay the reserve ticket ($100 January to June, $200 July to December, per adult per 12-hour day) only when you enter.
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 Seasons Hotel Narok
How far is Narok from the Masai Mara?
Narok town to Sekenani Gate is 87 km on tarmac, about an hour and a half of driving (OSRM routing, October 2026).
Why stay in Narok before the Masai Mara?
The reserve ticket is valid from 6 am to 6 pm whatever time you enter, so a late arrival wastes most of a $100 or $200 fee. A night in Narok lets you enter at opening.
Does Seasons Hotel Narok have family rooms?
The hotel has 53 rooms, including family rooms according to a search listing; the hotel's own page confirms the total only.