Serian, The Original
Classic tented camp with bush bathrooms · Mara North Conservancy · Serian
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Outside the gate
Owner-run
Serian, The Original is five tents in Mara North Conservancy, which Serian says has just 11 member camps. Its rule is the selling point: each group has its own open-top vehicle and its own dedicated guide, so you set the pace and never share. Bathrooms are open to the bush. Serian is a long-established Kenya operator, which is why we list it as owner-run, though its site does not set out the ownership. No rate is published. Choose it for a private vehicle without paying for a villa; skip it if you want a pool or a published price.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Private vehicle and guide for every group
- Five tents
- Mara North limits camp numbers
- Bush bathrooms
Cons
- No published rates
- We found no published child policy
- Conservancy fee treatment not stated
- Mara North is a drive from the reserve boundary
What's here
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
Read from Serian, The Original'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 Serian, The Original
Rates on request. Serian publishes no rate on the page read (6 Oct 2026); write to safaris@serian.com. Ask whether the Mara North conservancy fee ($130 per adult per night on other camps' 2026 sheets) and reserve days are included.
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 Serian, The Original
Do you share a vehicle at Serian?
No. Serian says each group has its own open-top safari vehicle and its own dedicated guide.
Where is Serian, The Original?
In Mara North Conservancy, north of the reserve. Serian calls it one of just 11 member camps there.
Does Serian take children?
We found no published child policy for this camp.