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Masai Mara data: migration seasons, rain and park fees

Three data sets on Masai Mara, Kenya, free to reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (CC BY 4.0): the wildebeest migration season by season since 2001, rain and temperature by month for eleven points from 1991 to 2020, and the park fee schedules of Narok County, the Mara Conservancy and the Kenya Wildlife Service with their dates. Each one is a table on this page and a CSV and a JSON file. Credit masaimara.info with a link to this page.

Edited by Rainer Lang Updated November 2026

Data set 1Migration seasons26 seasons, 2001 to 2026
Data set 2Rain by monthEleven points, 1991 to 2020
Data set 3Park feesThree bodies, with their schedules

The numbers are the ones the rest of this guide prints. When a page says in how many seasons the herds were in the Mara in August, what April rain looks like in the Mara Triangle, or what a non-resident adult pays for a day in the reserve, it reads the same files as these tables. A correction made here reaches every page at once.

NyumbuData set 1

Migration seasons in the Mara, 2001 to 2026

The wildebeest migration in the Masai Mara, Kenya, season by season from 2001 to 2026: first groups, first large herds, first Mara River crossing, departure, and the herds month by month from June to December, from the Mara Conservancy's monthly reports (Mara Triangle).

The four events, counted by seasonSeasons whose reports date the event; the earliest and latest date on record.
Event	Seasons counted	Earliest	Latest
First small groups	25 seasons	27 May 2014	30 July 2005
First large herds	24 seasons	early June 2014	late August 2015
First Mara River crossing	25 seasons	June 2010	October 2001
Departure of the large herds	25 seasons	5 September 2017	20 January 2004

First small groups were recorded in May in 2 of 25 seasons (2014 and 2019), in June in 10 of 25 seasons and in July in 13 of 25 seasons. Large herds were in the Mara in August in 26 of 26 seasons (in 2004 inferred from the July and September reports). More counts by month are on the Masai Mara migration page and the best time to visit board.

Left out of the counts above: 2001, first groups and first arrival not counted: no report before August 2001. 2026, first arrival not counted: the July 2026 report does not mention the migration; first crossing not counted: no crossing recorded in the Mara; the July and September 2026 reports do not mention the migration; departure not counted: season still open: no November 2026 report on 12 November 2026.

How it was compiled

The source is one body and one series: the Mara Conservancy's monthly reports for the Mara Triangle, one web page per month, from the first report in August 2001 to the latest season. Each report was read for four events and for the herds in each month from June to December.

First groups: the first small or advance groups of wildebeest recorded in the Mara, on either side of the river. Where the first record is already of large herds, first groups and first large herds share the date.
First large herds: the first time a report speaks of large herds, large numbers, thousands or the migration moving in. "The first wildebeest" or "the first herds" with no size count as first groups.
First crossing: the first wildebeest crossing of the Mara River recorded inside the Mara. Crossings recorded only in Tanzania are not counted.
Departure: the date a report gives for the large herds leaving the Mara for the season. Where they left and came back in large numbers, the last departure counts.

Zebra are never counted. A date carries the precision the report gives: a day, early, mid or late in a month, or the month alone. "Unclear" marks a date the report's wording leaves open. A month with no report in the archive is n/r and counts neither way. The reports describe the Mara Triangle side most closely and the Narok side less often, so a month marked "-" means none recorded, not none present.

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MvuaRain over the plains

The long rains and the short rains, point by point.

MvuaData set 2

Rain and temperature by month, 1991 to 2020

Mean monthly rain, the range rain fell in for 8 of 10 years, rain days and dry days for eleven points: seven in the Masai Mara, Kenya, three elsewhere in Kenya (Wilson Airport in Nairobi, Amboseli, Lake Nakuru) and Seronera in the Serengeti in Tanzania (CHIRPS v2.0, 1991 to 2020), with mean daily highs and lows for six of them (NASA POWER, 1991 to 2020).

Keekorok, Maasai Mara National Reserve

Sekenani gate, Maasai Mara National Reserve

Talek gate, Maasai Mara National Reserve

Musiara, northern Maasai Mara National Reserve

Mara Serena, Mara Triangle

Mara North Conservancy

Mara Naboisho Conservancy

Wilson Airport, Nairobi

Amboseli National Park (airstrip)

Lake Nakuru National Park

Seronera, Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)

Mean rain per month, January to December, every panel on the same scale (gridlines at 100, 200 and 300 millimeters); the thin line is the range the month's total fell in for 8 of 10 years. Seronera lies in the Serengeti in Tanzania. The table below the chart gives every value.

The table: all eleven points, month by month

The record, season by seasonDates link to the monthly report they come from. Month codes: H large herds, H* inferred, s small groups only, d all left during the month, - none, ? report silent, n/r no report.
Season	First groups	First large herds	First crossing	Departure	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Other months
2001	late August 2001	late August 2001	October 2001	November 2001	n/r	n/r	H	H	s	-	n/r
2002	late July 2002	August 2002	August 2002 (unclear)	20 November 2002	-	s	H	H	H	H	-
2003	late July 2003	late July 2003	late August 2003	20 January 2004	-	H	H	H	H	H	H	Jan 2004 H (to 20th)
2004	early July 2004	early July 2004	July 2004	late November 2004	n/r	H	H*	H	H	H	s
2005	30 July 2005	30 July 2005	30 July 2005	mid-January 2006	-	H	H	H	H	H	H	Jan 2006 H, Feb 2006 s (10,000 to 15,000), gone early Mar
2006	14 June 2006	mid-July 2006	mid-July 2006	15 November 2006 (unclear)	s	H	H	H	H	H	s
2007	20 July 2007	early August 2007	20 July 2007	20 December 2007	-	s	H	H	H	H	H
2008	4 July 2008	4 July 2008	4 July 2008	10 November 2008	-	H	H	H	H	H	-
2009	23 June 2009	6 July 2009	6 July 2009	mid-November 2009	s	H	H	H	H	H	-
2010	12 June 2010	14 June 2010	June 2010	November 2010	H	H	H	H	H	H	s
2011	30 June 2011	mid-July 2011	mid-July 2011	early November 2011	s	H	H	H	H	s	-
2012	14 July 2012	early August 2012	July 2012	early November 2012	-	s	H	H	H	H	-
2013	mid-June 2013	29 June 2013	early July 2013	early December 2013	H	H	H	H	s	H	H
2014	27 May 2014	early June 2014	late June 2014	20 October 2014	H	H	H	H	H	-	-	May s (from 27th)
2015	12 July 2015	late August 2015	late August 2015	November 2015	-	s	H	H	H	d	-
2016	9 June 2016	30 June 2016	29 June 2016	December 2016	H	H	H	H	s	H	d
2017	mid-June 2017	late June 2017	25 June 2017	5 September 2017	H	H	H	H	-	-	-
2018	mid-July 2018	late July 2018	mid-August 2018	December 2018 (unclear)	-	H	H	H	H	H	s
2019	29 May 2019	early June 2019	16 July 2019	24 October 2019	H	H	H	H	H	s	-	May s (from 29th)
2020	early July 2020	16 July 2020	late July 2020	mid-October 2020	-	H	H	H	H	s	-
2021	June 2021	20 July 2021	mid-August 2021	late October 2021	s	H	H	H	H	s	-
2022	June 2022	8 July 2022 (unclear)	July 2022 (unclear)	late September 2022	s	H	H	H	s	-	-
2023	20 July 2023	early August 2023	20 July 2023	September 2023	-	s	H	H	-	-	-
2024	mid-July 2024	July 2024	20 July 2024	15 October 2024	-	H	H	H	H	-	-
2025	6 July 2025	early July 2025	25 July 2025	early November 2025 (unclear)	-	H	H	H	H	s	-
2026	June 2026	early August 2026	none recorded in the Mara	season open	s	?	H	?	H	n/r	n/r

Month by month, eleven pointsRain rounded to steps of five millimeters, temperature to the whole degree; the files keep the computed values.
Month	Mean rain	8 in 10 years	Rain days	Day high	Night low
Keekorok, Maasai Mara National Reserve lat -1.586, lon 35.251 Year: 955 mm, 795 to 1,165 mm in 8 of 10 years
January	75 mm	25 to 120 mm	7 days	28 °C (82 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
February	70 mm	40 to 115 mm	7 days	30 °C (86 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
March	125 mm	70 to 180 mm	10 days	29 °C (84 °F)	16 °C (61 °F)
April	160 mm	85 to 290 mm	10 days	27 °C (81 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
May	80 mm	45 to 120 mm	6 days	25 °C (77 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
June	65 mm	35 to 105 mm	5 days	26 °C (79 °F)	14 °C (57 °F)
July	35 mm	20 to 55 mm	3 days	27 °C (81 °F)	13 °C (55 °F)
August	60 mm	35 to 95 mm	4 days	28 °C (82 °F)	14 °C (57 °F)
September	45 mm	20 to 70 mm	4 days	29 °C (84 °F)	14 °C (57 °F)
October	45 mm	20 to 70 mm	6 days	30 °C (86 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
November	95 mm	55 to 140 mm	8 days	28 °C (82 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
December	105 mm	45 to 210 mm	7 days	28 °C (82 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
Sekenani gate, Maasai Mara National Reserve lat -1.52, lon 35.34 Year: 905 mm, 745 to 1,120 mm in 8 of 10 years
January	75 mm	30 to 125 mm	7 days	n/a	n/a
February	70 mm	35 to 115 mm	6 days	n/a	n/a
March	115 mm	70 to 185 mm	8 days	n/a	n/a
April	160 mm	75 to 275 mm	9 days	n/a	n/a
May	70 mm	35 to 110 mm	5 days	n/a	n/a
June	60 mm	30 to 95 mm	4 days	n/a	n/a
July	35 mm	15 to 50 mm	3 days	n/a	n/a
August	50 mm	25 to 85 mm	3 days	n/a	n/a
September	45 mm	20 to 65 mm	4 days	n/a	n/a
October	35 mm	15 to 55 mm	5 days	n/a	n/a
November	85 mm	50 to 135 mm	7 days	n/a	n/a
December	105 mm	45 to 220 mm	6 days	n/a	n/a
Talek gate, Maasai Mara National Reserve lat -1.443, lon 35.214 Year: 880 mm, 720 to 1,090 mm in 8 of 10 years
January	75 mm	20 to 125 mm	7 days	n/a	n/a
February	65 mm	40 to 110 mm	7 days	n/a	n/a
March	125 mm	60 to 190 mm	9 days	n/a	n/a
April	140 mm	80 to 240 mm	10 days	n/a	n/a
May	70 mm	40 to 100 mm	6 days	n/a	n/a
June	55 mm	30 to 105 mm	4 days	n/a	n/a
July	35 mm	20 to 45 mm	3 days	n/a	n/a
August	60 mm	30 to 95 mm	4 days	n/a	n/a
September	45 mm	20 to 70 mm	4 days	n/a	n/a
October	30 mm	15 to 45 mm	6 days	n/a	n/a
November	80 mm	45 to 125 mm	9 days	n/a	n/a
December	105 mm	40 to 195 mm	7 days	n/a	n/a
Musiara, northern Maasai Mara National Reserve lat -1.3, lon 35.06 Year: 1,055 mm, 870 to 1,245 mm in 8 of 10 years
January	80 mm	25 to 150 mm	9 days	n/a	n/a
February	75 mm	40 to 130 mm	8 days	n/a	n/a
March	135 mm	85 to 210 mm	12 days	n/a	n/a
April	150 mm	80 to 245 mm	13 days	n/a	n/a
May	95 mm	60 to 130 mm	8 days	n/a	n/a
June	75 mm	45 to 125 mm	5 days	n/a	n/a
July	35 mm	20 to 55 mm	3 days	n/a	n/a
August	80 mm	50 to 120 mm	5 days	n/a	n/a
September	60 mm	25 to 95 mm	7 days	n/a	n/a
October	55 mm	25 to 80 mm	8 days	n/a	n/a
November	95 mm	55 to 135 mm	11 days	n/a	n/a
December	120 mm	60 to 210 mm	9 days	n/a	n/a
Mara Serena, Mara Triangle lat -1.404, lon 35.035 Year: 1,055 mm, 875 to 1,240 mm in 8 of 10 years
January	80 mm	25 to 140 mm	9 days	n/a	n/a
February	75 mm	40 to 130 mm	8 days	n/a	n/a
March	130 mm	80 to 190 mm	12 days	n/a	n/a
April	155 mm	90 to 260 mm	13 days	n/a	n/a
May	95 mm	60 to 135 mm	8 days	n/a	n/a
June	70 mm	35 to 115 mm	5 days	n/a	n/a
July	30 mm	15 to 45 mm	4 days	n/a	n/a
August	85 mm	50 to 135 mm	5 days	n/a	n/a
September	55 mm	25 to 90 mm	7 days	n/a	n/a
October	50 mm	25 to 75 mm	9 days	n/a	n/a
November	110 mm	60 to 175 mm	12 days	n/a	n/a
December	115 mm	55 to 185 mm	10 days	n/a	n/a
Mara North Conservancy lat -1.2, lon 35.13 Year: 1,070 mm, 865 to 1,245 mm in 8 of 10 years
January	80 mm	20 to 150 mm	9 days	27 °C (81 °F)	14 °C (57 °F)
February	75 mm	40 to 135 mm	8 days	28 °C (82 °F)	14 °C (57 °F)
March	140 mm	85 to 215 mm	11 days	28 °C (82 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
April	160 mm	85 to 275 mm	13 days	26 °C (79 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
May	95 mm	55 to 130 mm	8 days	24 °C (75 °F)	14 °C (57 °F)
June	75 mm	40 to 105 mm	6 days	23 °C (73 °F)	13 °C (55 °F)
July	35 mm	20 to 50 mm	4 days	24 °C (75 °F)	12 °C (54 °F)
August	80 mm	50 to 125 mm	5 days	25 °C (77 °F)	13 °C (55 °F)
September	60 mm	25 to 95 mm	6 days	26 °C (79 °F)	13 °C (55 °F)
October	45 mm	25 to 70 mm	8 days	27 °C (81 °F)	14 °C (57 °F)
November	100 mm	65 to 145 mm	11 days	26 °C (79 °F)	14 °C (57 °F)
December	120 mm	60 to 195 mm	9 days	26 °C (79 °F)	14 °C (57 °F)
Mara Naboisho Conservancy lat -1.38, lon 35.37 Year: 815 mm, 660 to 1,000 mm in 8 of 10 years
January	70 mm	20 to 125 mm	7 days	n/a	n/a
February	65 mm	30 to 105 mm	6 days	n/a	n/a
March	110 mm	65 to 175 mm	8 days	n/a	n/a
April	145 mm	70 to 255 mm	8 days	n/a	n/a
May	65 mm	30 to 100 mm	6 days	n/a	n/a
June	55 mm	25 to 90 mm	4 days	n/a	n/a
July	30 mm	15 to 40 mm	3 days	n/a	n/a
August	45 mm	25 to 70 mm	3 days	n/a	n/a
September	35 mm	15 to 60 mm	3 days	n/a	n/a
October	25 mm	10 to 40 mm	5 days	n/a	n/a
November	75 mm	45 to 120 mm	7 days	n/a	n/a
December	100 mm	35 to 170 mm	6 days	n/a	n/a
Wilson Airport, Nairobi lat -1.321, lon 36.815 Year: 860 mm, 630 to 1,140 mm in 8 of 10 years
January	65 mm	10 to 155 mm	3 days	28 °C (82 °F)	14 °C (57 °F)
February	40 mm	10 to 75 mm	3 days	29 °C (84 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
March	95 mm	25 to 175 mm	5 days	29 °C (84 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
April	170 mm	70 to 310 mm	8 days	28 °C (82 °F)	16 °C (61 °F)
May	115 mm	55 to 200 mm	5 days	26 °C (79 °F)	14 °C (57 °F)
June	30 mm	10 to 55 mm	3 days	26 °C (79 °F)	13 °C (55 °F)
July	10 mm	0 to 25 mm	2 days	26 °C (79 °F)	12 °C (54 °F)
August	20 mm	10 to 35 mm	3 days	27 °C (81 °F)	13 °C (55 °F)
September	20 mm	10 to 25 mm	2 days	29 °C (84 °F)	13 °C (55 °F)
October	60 mm	30 to 85 mm	4 days	29 °C (84 °F)	14 °C (57 °F)
November	140 mm	85 to 225 mm	6 days	27 °C (81 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
December	100 mm	20 to 205 mm	5 days	27 °C (81 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
Amboseli National Park (airstrip) lat -2.645, lon 37.253 Year: 500 mm, 345 to 700 mm in 8 of 10 years
January	40 mm	10 to 90 mm	3 days	30 °C (86 °F)	17 °C (63 °F)
February	25 mm	5 to 50 mm	4 days	31 °C (88 °F)	17 °C (63 °F)
March	85 mm	30 to 155 mm	5 days	31 °C (88 °F)	18 °C (64 °F)
April	115 mm	60 to 175 mm	5 days	30 °C (86 °F)	18 °C (64 °F)
May	25 mm	10 to 45 mm	3 days	28 °C (82 °F)	17 °C (63 °F)
June	0 mm	0 to 5 mm	1 day	28 °C (82 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
July	0 mm	0 to 0 mm	0 days	29 °C (84 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
August	0 mm	0 to 0 mm	0 days	30 °C (86 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
September	0 mm	0 to 0 mm	0 days	31 °C (88 °F)	16 °C (61 °F)
October	15 mm	10 to 30 mm	3 days	31 °C (88 °F)	16 °C (61 °F)
November	95 mm	50 to 155 mm	5 days	29 °C (84 °F)	17 °C (63 °F)
December	95 mm	30 to 185 mm	5 days	29 °C (84 °F)	17 °C (63 °F)
Lake Nakuru National Park lat -0.367, lon 36.09 Year: 1,055 mm, 805 to 1,260 mm in 8 of 10 years
January	40 mm	10 to 85 mm	3 days	24 °C (75 °F)	10 °C (50 °F)
February	30 mm	10 to 70 mm	4 days	25 °C (77 °F)	10 °C (50 °F)
March	65 mm	25 to 105 mm	5 days	25 °C (77 °F)	11 °C (52 °F)
April	145 mm	65 to 255 mm	9 days	23 °C (73 °F)	12 °C (54 °F)
May	130 mm	65 to 195 mm	6 days	21 °C (70 °F)	11 °C (52 °F)
June	100 mm	55 to 145 mm	5 days	20 °C (68 °F)	10 °C (50 °F)
July	100 mm	60 to 145 mm	5 days	20 °C (68 °F)	9 °C (48 °F)
August	120 mm	75 to 160 mm	5 days	20 °C (68 °F)	9 °C (48 °F)
September	65 mm	35 to 110 mm	5 days	22 °C (72 °F)	10 °C (50 °F)
October	100 mm	65 to 135 mm	5 days	22 °C (72 °F)	11 °C (52 °F)
November	100 mm	55 to 170 mm	6 days	22 °C (72 °F)	11 °C (52 °F)
December	60 mm	20 to 125 mm	4 days	22 °C (72 °F)	10 °C (50 °F)
Seronera, Serengeti National Park (Tanzania) lat -2.433, lon 34.822 Year: 830 mm, 640 to 1,000 mm in 8 of 10 years
January	85 mm	45 to 130 mm	7 days	27 °C (81 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
February	70 mm	35 to 110 mm	8 days	28 °C (82 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
March	120 mm	80 to 180 mm	8 days	28 °C (82 °F)	16 °C (61 °F)
April	145 mm	70 to 250 mm	9 days	26 °C (79 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
May	75 mm	40 to 120 mm	5 days	26 °C (79 °F)	14 °C (57 °F)
June	30 mm	15 to 55 mm	3 days	26 °C (79 °F)	13 °C (55 °F)
July	10 mm	5 to 15 mm	2 days	27 °C (81 °F)	12 °C (54 °F)
August	25 mm	15 to 40 mm	2 days	28 °C (82 °F)	13 °C (55 °F)
September	35 mm	20 to 55 mm	3 days	29 °C (84 °F)	14 °C (57 °F)
October	45 mm	20 to 85 mm	6 days	30 °C (86 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)
November	85 mm	35 to 145 mm	8 days	28 °C (82 °F)	16 °C (61 °F)
December	100 mm	40 to 140 mm	7 days	27 °C (81 °F)	15 °C (59 °F)

How it was compiled

Rain comes from CHIRPS v2.0, the daily rainfall estimate of the Climate Hazards Center at UC Santa Barbara, which blends satellite readings with rain gauge records on a grid of 0.05 degrees. For each point the daily series from 1 January 1991 to 31 December 2020 was read at the stated coordinates and summed into 30 totals per month and 30 per year.

Mean rain is the mean of those 30 totals.
8 in 10 years runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile of the 30 totals: the total fell inside it in 8 of 10 years.
Rain days counts days with at least one millimeter of rain, as a mean per month; the files add the share of dry days.
Day high and night low are the mean daily maximum and minimum air temperature from NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a much coarser grid), 1991 to 2020, for the six points that have a series. The others show n/a.

These are estimates for a grid cell, not a station record, and a lodge's own gauge can differ from them in any one year. The points are the reserve's main areas (Keekorok, Sekenani, Talek, Musiara, the Mara Triangle at Serena), two conservancies, and the places a Kenya trip often adds: Wilson Airport in Nairobi, Amboseli, Lake Nakuru and Seronera. What the months mean for a trip is on the best time to visit the Masai Mara page.

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BeiData set 3

Park fee schedules with their dates

Entry fees for the Maasai Mara National Reserve, on the Narok side and in the Mara Triangle, and for three Kenya Wildlife Service parks, one row per payer and season, as each body publishes them. A reserve or Triangle ticket is per person and valid 6:00 to 18:00 on its day; a Kenya Wildlife Service fee is per person per 24 hours, single entry. KES amounts on the page carry their value in US dollars at the Central Bank of Kenya rate of 12 November 2026; the files keep the amounts as published.

Entry feesChildren aged 9 to 17 in the reserve and the Triangle; a KWS child is 5 to 17, a KWS student up to 23.
Payer	Season	Amount
Maasai Mara National Reserve, Narok side Narok County Government, 2025/26 schedule; per person, valid 6:00 to 18:00 on the day
non-resident adult	1 January to 30 June	USD 100
non-resident adult	1 July to 31 December	USD 200
non-resident child aged 9 to 17	all year	USD 50
non-resident student	all year	USD 50
Kenyan citizen adult	1 January to 30 June	KES 1,500 (about USD 12)
Kenyan citizen adult	1 July to 31 December	KES 3,000 (about USD 23)
Kenyan citizen child aged 9 to 17	1 January to 30 June	KES 300 (about USD 2.50)
Kenyan citizen child aged 9 to 17	1 July to 31 December	KES 500 (about USD 4.00)
Kenyan citizen student	1 January to 30 June	KES 300 (about USD 2.50)
Kenyan citizen student	1 July to 31 December	KES 500 (about USD 4.00)
East African resident adult	1 January to 30 June	KES 2,500 (about USD 19)
East African resident adult	1 July to 31 December	KES 5,000 (about USD 38)
East African resident child aged 9 to 17	1 January to 30 June	KES 1,000 (about USD 8)
East African resident child aged 9 to 17	1 July to 31 December	KES 2,000 (about USD 15)
East African resident student	all year	KES 1,000 (about USD 8)
Narok County resident adult	1 January to 30 June	KES 1,000 (about USD 8)
Narok County resident adult	1 July to 31 December	KES 2,000 (about USD 15)
Narok County resident child aged 9 to 17	1 January to 30 June	KES 200 (about USD 1.50)
Narok County resident child aged 9 to 17	1 July to 31 December	KES 500 (about USD 4.00)
child aged 8 or under	all year	free
Maasai Mara National Reserve, Mara Triangle Mara Conservancy, listed 12 November 2026; per person per day, valid 6:00 to 18:00 on the day
non-resident adult	1 January to 30 June	USD 100
non-resident adult	1 July to 31 December	USD 200
non-resident child aged 9 to 17	1 January to 30 June	USD 50
non-resident child aged 9 to 17	1 July to 31 December	USD 50
non-resident student in an organized group	1 January to 30 June	USD 50
non-resident student in an organized group	1 July to 31 December	USD 50
Kenyan citizen adult	1 January to 30 June	KES 1,500 (about USD 12)
Kenyan citizen adult	1 July to 31 December	KES 3,000 (about USD 23)
Kenyan citizen child aged 9 to 17	1 January to 30 June	KES 300 (about USD 2.50)
Kenyan citizen child aged 9 to 17	1 July to 31 December	KES 500 (about USD 4.00)
Kenyan citizen student in an organized group	1 January to 30 June	KES 300 (about USD 2.50)
Kenyan citizen student in an organized group	1 July to 31 December	KES 500 (about USD 4.00)
East African resident adult	1 January to 30 June	KES 2,500 (about USD 19)
East African resident adult	1 July to 31 December	KES 5,000 (about USD 38)
East African resident child aged 9 to 17	1 January to 30 June	KES 1,000 (about USD 8)
East African resident child aged 9 to 17	1 July to 31 December	KES 2,000 (about USD 15)
East African resident student in a certified conservation club	1 January to 30 June	free
East African resident student in a certified conservation club	1 July to 31 December	KES 300 (about USD 2.50)
Narok County resident adult	1 January to 30 June	KES 1,000 (about USD 8)
Narok County resident adult	1 July to 31 December	KES 2,000 (about USD 15)
Narok County resident child aged 9 to 17	1 January to 30 June	KES 200 (about USD 1.50)
Narok County resident child aged 9 to 17	1 July to 31 December	KES 500 (about USD 4.00)
Narok County student in an organized group	1 January to 30 June	free
Narok County student in an organized group	1 July to 31 December	KES 300 (about USD 2.50)
child aged 8 or under	all year	free
Nairobi National Park Kenya Wildlife Service, 2025 schedule; per person per 24 hours, single entry
non-resident adult	all year	USD 80
non-resident child or student	all year	USD 40
Kenya resident adult	all year	KES 1,350 (about USD 10)
Kenya resident child or student	all year	KES 675 (about USD 5)
East African citizen adult	all year	KES 1,000 (about USD 8)
East African citizen child or student	all year	KES 500 (about USD 4.00)
African citizen adult	all year	USD 40
African citizen child or student	all year	USD 20
Amboseli National Park Kenya Wildlife Service, 2025 schedule; per person per 24 hours, single entry
non-resident adult	all year	USD 90
non-resident child or student	all year	USD 45
Kenya resident adult	all year	KES 2,025 (about USD 16)
Kenya resident child or student	all year	KES 1,050 (about USD 8)
East African citizen adult	all year	KES 1,500 (about USD 12)
East African citizen child or student	all year	KES 750 (about USD 6)
African citizen adult	all year	USD 50
African citizen child or student	all year	USD 25
Lake Nakuru National Park Kenya Wildlife Service, 2025 schedule; per person per 24 hours, single entry
non-resident adult	all year	USD 90
non-resident child or student	all year	USD 45
Kenya resident adult	all year	KES 2,025 (about USD 16)
Kenya resident child or student	all year	KES 1,050 (about USD 8)
East African citizen adult	all year	KES 1,500 (about USD 12)
East African citizen child or student	all year	KES 750 (about USD 6)
African citizen adult	all year	USD 50
African citizen child or student	all year	USD 25

Vehicle and balloon landing feesPer vehicle per day, or per passenger per landing, as each body states it.
Vehicle or passenger	Basis	Amount
Vehicles: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Narok side Narok County Government
vehicle with fewer than 6 seats	per vehicle per day	KES 1,000 (about USD 8)
vehicle with 6 to 12 seats	per vehicle per day	KES 1,500 (about USD 12)
vehicle with 13 to 24 seats	per vehicle per day	KES 3,500 (about USD 27)
vehicle with 25 to 44 seats	per vehicle per day	KES 4,500 (about USD 35)
Vehicles: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Mara Triangle Mara Conservancy
vehicle with fewer than 6 seats	per vehicle per day	KES 1,000 (about USD 8)
vehicle with 6 to 12 seats	per vehicle per day	KES 1,500 (about USD 12)
vehicle with 13 to 24 seats	per vehicle per day	KES 3,500 (about USD 27)
vehicle with 25 to 44 seats	per vehicle per day	KES 4,500 (about USD 35)
vehicle with 45 or more seats	per vehicle per day	KES 5,000 (about USD 38)
Vehicles: Kenya Wildlife Service parks Kenya Wildlife Service
vehicle with fewer than 6 seats	per vehicle per day	KES 600 (about USD 4.50)
vehicle with 6 to 12 seats	per vehicle per day	KES 1,500 (about USD 12)
vehicle with 13 to 24 seats	per vehicle per day	KES 3,000 (about USD 23)
vehicle with 25 to 44 seats	per vehicle per day	KES 4,500 (about USD 35)
vehicle with 45 or more seats	per vehicle per day	KES 5,000 (about USD 38)
Balloon landings: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Narok side Narok County Government
balloon passenger, adult	per person per landing	USD 80
balloon passenger, child	per child per landing	USD 35
Balloon landings: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Mara Triangle Mara Conservancy
balloon passenger, adult	per adult per landing	USD 80
balloon passenger, child	per child per landing	USD 35

How it was compiled

Each row is one line of a published schedule, copied with the payer category, the season and the basis the body uses. Three bodies, three documents:

Narok County Government sets the fees for the reserve's Narok side in its 2025/26 Park Fees & Charges schedule; the schedule names months only, and the season dates (1 January to 30 June, 1 July to 31 December) and the 6:00 to 18:00 ticket come from the Narok County Finance Act 2023. The vehicle and balloon landing rows are the Finance Act's 2023/24 approved rates.
The Mara Conservancy sets the fees for the Mara Triangle on its conservation fees page; the file gives the date that page was read.
The Kenya Wildlife Service publishes one rate per category all year in its 2025 fee sheet, under Legal Notice No. 160 of 2025. Amboseli and Lake Nakuru share one rate; Nairobi National Park has its own.

Amounts are as published: USD stays USD and KES stays KES in the files. Camping fees, resident annual passes and conservancy fees are left out; the conservancies' own fees are on the Masai Mara conservancies page, and what a stay costs in tickets is on the Masai Mara entrance fee page, with whole trip totals on the safari cost page.

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The license covers the tables, the files and the summaries made here. The data they are built from keep their own terms: the Mara Conservancy's monthly reports, the CHIRPS rainfall data of the Climate Hazards Center at UC Santa Barbara, NASA POWER data, and the fee documents of Narok County Government, the Mara Conservancy and the Kenya Wildlife Service. Read those terms before you reuse their data beyond these tables.

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Questions about the data

Can I use these tables in a paid article or a commercial product?

Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, translation and adaptation, as long as you credit masaimara.info, link to this page and the license, and say what you changed. The underlying reports, rainfall grids and fee documents keep their own terms, so reuse of those originals beyond these tables is a matter between you and the body that publishes them.

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Name masaimara.info and the data set, give the license and link to this page, for example: "Source: masaimara.info, Masai Mara rain and temperature by month 1991 to 2020, CC BY 4.0". Add the date you downloaded the file. Each JSON file carries its own credit line, and the build date sits beside every download link above.

How often do the files change?

They are rebuilt with the site, so the build date moves even when no value does. A fee row changes when Narok County, the Mara Conservancy or the Kenya Wildlife Service publishes a new schedule. A migration season is added once the monthly reports cover it. The rain and temperature means cover a fixed 30-year period and stay as they are.

Why do the rain figures differ from a camp's own rain gauge?

The rain figures are CHIRPS estimates for a grid cell a few kilometers across, built from satellite readings and gauge records, averaged over 30 years. A gauge at one camp measures one spot in one year. The two often differ in a given month, which is why the table gives the range for 8 of 10 years beside the mean.

Why does the migration record come from the Mara Triangle?

The Mara Conservancy, which runs the Mara Triangle, has published a monthly report since 2001, and it is the only series that dates the herds month by month for that long. It describes the Triangle most closely and the Narok side less often, so a month without a record means none recorded, not none present.

Sources

Kenya Wildlife Service fee sheet defines the daily fee as the fee for a single access to a national park, national reserve or sanctuary, valid for not more than 24 hours. Kenya Wildlife Service: Conservation Fees 2025 (fee sheet PDF, file name 'KWS-Conservation-Fee-October-2025').
Kenya Wildlife Service conservation fee (2025 schedule) for Amboseli and Lake Nakuru National Parks: non-resident adult, per person per daily fee (single access, valid up to 24 hours), all year: USD 90. Kenya Wildlife Service: Conservation Fees 2025 (fee sheet PDF, file name 'KWS-Conservation-Fee-October-2025').
The Kenya park fees in force are set by the Wildlife Conservation and Management (Access, Entry and Conservation) (Fees) Regulations, 2025, Legal Notice No. 160 of 2025, made by the Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife (Rebecca Miano) on 19 September 2025. Republic of Kenya (Parliament of Kenya library copy): Legal Notice No. 160 of 2025, Wildlife Conservation and Management (Access, Entry and Conservation) (Fees) Regulations, 2025, Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 161, 2025-09-22.
Legal Notice No. 160 of 2025 (Kenya park fee regulations) was published in Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 161 of 22 September 2025. Republic of Kenya (Parliament of Kenya library copy): Legal Notice No. 160 of 2025, Wildlife Conservation and Management (Access, Entry and Conservation) (Fees) Regulations, 2025, Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 161, 2025-09-22.
Kenya Wildlife Service conservation fee (2025 schedule) for Nairobi National Park: non-resident adult, per person per daily fee (single access, valid up to 24 hours), all year: USD 80. Kenya Wildlife Service: Conservation Fees 2025 (fee sheet PDF, file name 'KWS-Conservation-Fee-October-2025').
Narok County's 2025/26 Park Fees & Charges schedule charges a non-resident adult a Maasai Mara National Reserve entry fee of USD 100 per person in the low season ('January - June'); the schedule gives months only and no validity period (the day boundaries 1 January to 30 June are in the Finance Act 2023, NRK-SEA-001; the 6:00 to 18:00 validity in NRK-TKT-001). Narok County / Maasai Mara National Reserve: 2025/26 Park Fees & Charges (PDF), 2025-02-26.
The Narok County Finance Act 2023 defines the Maasai Mara high season as 1 July to 31 December and the low season as 1 January to 30 June. Narok County Finance Act, 2023 (No. 3 of 2023), First Schedule: Maasai Mara National Reserve park fees and charges, 2023-10-13.
The Mara Conservancy charges a non-resident adult a Mara Triangle conservation (park entry) fee of USD 100 per person per day from 1 January to 30 June; the table heading for non-residents says it applies whether accommodated inside or outside the park. Mara Conservancy: Conservation Fees page (fee tables as images named *-2024).
Migration records. Mara Conservancy monthly reports (Mara Triangle), seasons 2001 to 2026, audited 12 November 2026: one definition per event (first small groups, first large herds, first Mara River crossing, departure of the large herds), counted by season
Climate 1991 to 2020. Rain: CHIRPS v2.0 daily rainfall, UCSB Climate Hazards Center, 1991 to 2020 (satellite and gauge grid); temperature: NASA POWER daily point data (MERRA-2 reanalysis), 1991 to 2020; monthly means and the 8-of-10-years range computed from the daily series
Exchange rate. Central Bank of Kenya, daily indicative exchange rate posted 12 November 2026 (average of major market participants' buying and selling rates at the open of trade)
Park, camping, vehicle and balloon fees. Narok County 2025/26 Park Fees & Charges and Narok County Finance Act 2023 (reserve, Narok side); Mara Conservancy conservation fees (Mara Triangle); Kenya Wildlife Service Conservation Fees 2025 (Nairobi, Amboseli, Lake Nakuru); Enonkishu Conservancy fee page