BeiPark fees in Masai Mara, Kenya
Masai Mara entrance fee: what your tickets cost
The Masai Mara entrance fee for a non-resident adult is USD 100 per person per day from 1 January to 30 June and USD 200 from 1 July to 31 December, on the Narok side and in the Mara Triangle alike, whether you sleep inside or outside the reserve. A ticket is valid 6:00 to 18:00 on its day, whatever time you enter. You need one for each day you are in the reserve, so two nights mean 2 or 3 ticket days.
Photo: Ninara / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
| Nights | Ticket days | 1 January to 30 June | 1 July to 31 December |
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| Day trip | 1 | USD 100 | USD 200 |
| 1 | 1 or 2 | USD 100 to 200 | USD 200 to 400 |
| 2 | 2 or 3 | USD 200 to 300 | USD 400 to 600 |
| 3 | 3 or 4 | USD 300 to 400 | USD 600 to 800 |
| 4 | 4 or 5 | USD 400 to 500 | USD 800 to 1,000 |
| 5 | 5 or 6 | USD 500 to 600 | USD 1,000 to 1,200 |
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Ticket, 6:00 to 18:00No ticketNight
On the Narok side the ticket system sells the reserve east of the Mara River as the Greater Mara area. One ticket for each day you are in the reserve; the ticket portal lists cash in USD or KES and card for this side.
The Mara Conservancy says Triangle fees are paid where you stay: if you drive in through Sekenani Gate on the Narok side, you pay at Purungat Bridge. Card or M-Pesa only, no cash.
Sleeping outside the reserve, the ticket is charged per day you spend inside it, at the same rate per adult; set how many days you will drive in, and ask your camp how it bills the others. A conservancy charges its own fee, through your camp. The reserve days are priced from your arrival date.
Narok County Finance Act 2023Entry is charged for 6:00 to 18:00, "time of entry notwithstanding".
Mara Conservancy ticket portal"A morning game drive on your checkout day needs a fresh full-day ticket." Overnight guests check out by 10:00.
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Count the calendar days you spend in the reserve. The day you arrive counts, because you enter that day. The day you leave counts only if you take a game drive before you go, which is what the Mara Conservancy's ticket portal says a checkout-day drive needs. A three-day, two-night safari is therefore 2 or 3 ticket days, and a stay across 30 June or 31 December is priced at both rates, each day by its own date. The fees are the same whichever side you sleep on; the budget finder adds them to every safari it lists, and the itineraries count them for trips of every length.
MsimuTwo seasons
The fee table
Per person per day, for the reserve on the Narok side (Narok County 2025/26 schedule) and the Mara Triangle (Mara Conservancy rates). The seasons are the Finance Act's: 1 July to 31 December and 1 January to 30 June.
| Who | 1 January to 30 June | 1 July to 31 December |
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| Non-resident adult | USD 100 | USD 200 |
| Non-resident child 9 to 17 | USD 50 | USD 50 |
| Child 8 or under | free | free |
Narok County lists a non-resident student at the child rate, USD 50; the Mara Conservancy gives student rates only to organized groups of 12 or more on a school trip or authorized research, booked two weeks ahead, not to students on holiday. Narok County has published no 2026/27 schedule as of 12 November 2026; the rate card on the ticket portal shows the same rates for guests inside and outside the park.
Kenyan citizens and East African residents
| Who | January to June | July to December |
|---|---|---|
| Kenyan citizen adult | KES 1,500 (about USD 12) | KES 3,000 (about USD 23) |
| Kenyan citizen child 9 to 17 | KES 300 (about USD 2.50) | KES 500 (about USD 4.00) |
| East African resident adult | KES 2,500 (about USD 19) | KES 5,000 (about USD 38) |
| East African resident child 9 to 17 | KES 1,000 (about USD 8) | KES 2,000 (about USD 15) |
| Narok County resident adult | KES 1,000 (about USD 8) | KES 2,000 (about USD 15) |
| Narok County resident child 9 to 17 | KES 200 (about USD 1.50) | KES 500 (about USD 4.00) |
In the Mara Triangle the Mara Conservancy charges Kenyan citizen adults KES 1,500 and KES 3,000, East African resident adults KES 2,500 and KES 5,000, by the same seasons. Resident rates there cover residents of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, with a National ID or a passport with a work permit or visa; without a passport, National ID or (for citizen children) a birth certificate you pay the non-resident rate, and a driver's license does not count. Dollar figures at KES 129.96 per US dollar, the Central Bank of Kenya rate posted 12 November 2026.
SaaOne ticket, one daylight day
The 12-hour rule
6:00 to 18:00
The Narok County Finance Act 2023 charges the entry fee for 6:00 to 18:00, "time of entry notwithstanding" (the Act). The Mara Conservancy says the same for the Mara Triangle: the ticket runs 6:00 to 18:00 whatever time you enter and does not carry over the night, and its portal says a day ticket expires at 18:00 whatever time you buy it.
So a ticket is a daylight day, not 12 hours from the moment you pass the gate. Enter at 15:00 and you have paid for the whole day. For the day you leave, the portal says overnight guests check out by 10:00 and that a morning game drive on the checkout day needs a fresh full-day ticket. Drive straight out after breakfast and that day needs none.
Kenya Wildlife Service parks count differently, per person per 24 hours, single entry: Nairobi National Park, Amboseli and Lake Nakuru follow that rule, not this one.
- Day oneArrivalTicketwhatever time you enter
- Day twoFull dayTicket6:00 to 18:00
- Day threeDrive outNew ticketmorning game drive
- or day threeStraight outNo ticketno game drive
2 or 3 ticket days, by what you do on the last morning
Ticket, 6:00 to 18:00Game driveNo ticket
Photo: Daniel Case / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Siku mojaOne day
Each ticket day ends at 18:00, wherever on the plains you are.
Mto MaraThe river between the two areas
Which side sells your ticket
The Mara River splits the Maasai Mara National Reserve. East of it is the Narok side, run by Narok County; west of it is the Mara Triangle, run by the Mara Conservancy. The private and community conservancies around the reserve are a third kind of land with their own fees.
The KAPS ticket form sells the two parts of the reserve as separate destinations, the Mara Triangle and the Greater Mara (the Narok side), and asks separately where you spend the night, so decide where to stay first. The Mara Conservancy says Triangle fees are paid where you stay: staying in the Triangle and driving in through Sekenani Gate, you pay at Purungat Bridge, not at Sekenani (Conservation fees page). Buy for the side you sleep on, and ask at the gate before you cross to the other side on the same day.
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West of the river
Mara Triangle
USD 100 / USD 200
per non-resident adult per day, Mara Conservancy
- Card or M-Pesa, no cash
- Oloololo Gate, Purungat Bridge, Serena Airstrip
East of the river
Narok side
USD 100 / USD 200
per non-resident adult per day, Narok County 2025/26
- Cash in USD or KES, or card, per the portal
- Sekenani, Talek, Musiara and other gates
Photo: Ninara / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
LangoOloololo Gate, Mara Triangle
Buy online with a card, or on arrival at Purungat Bridge, Oloololo Gate or Serena Airstrip.
MalipoCard, M-Pesa, cash
How to pay
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Mara Triangle
No cash: M-Pesa or credit card. Tickets are sold online through KAPS with a VISA card, or on arrival at the Triangle's three payment points.
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Narok side
The ticket portal lists cash in USD or KES, and card for the Greater Mara.
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Online
The KAPS portal takes a KAPS float account, M-Pesa or a credit or debit card; you show the e-ticket QR code at the gate (booking page).
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At the gate
The portal says every visitor's ID or passport is checked on arrival, and a vehicle is required at the entry gate: add it online or pay for it there.
The reserve's management plan requires every visitor to enter through an approved entry point with a valid reserve ticket. Many camps and tour operators buy the tickets for you and put them on the bill; ask whether the quote includes them. Driving in yourself on the road from Nairobi, you buy them online or at the gate.
SheriaGate rules
Gate hours
- 6:00Mara Triangle gates open
- 18:30No vehicle enters after this, on either side
- 19:00Gates close: be in your camp or lodge, or out of the reserve
Mara Triangle: gates open at 6:00 and close at 19:00 (Mara Conservancy; park rules). Narok side: the reserve's management plan bars entry after 18:30 and asks you to be out by 19:00 if you stay outside, or at your accommodation by 19:00 if you stay inside.
GharamaOther costs of a day in the reserve
Not on the park ticket
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KES 1,000 (about USD 8)
The vehicle
Per vehicle per day in the Mara Triangle for fewer than six seats, KES 1,500 (about USD 12) for six to twelve; the Narok side charges the same bands (Finance Act 2023, 2023/24 rate). A Triangle vehicle fee lasts 12 hours with unlimited exits and re-entries; vehicles crossing to another destination get two hours before it applies (Mara Conservancy).
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USD 80
A balloon flight
Landing fee per adult per landing in the Mara Triangle, USD 35 per child; the Narok side sets the same pair (Finance Act 2023). Ask whether a balloon price includes it.
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USD 40
A public campsite
Per non-resident adult per day in the Mara Triangle, USD 20 per child 9 to 17 or student. The Narok side's Finance Act sets the same adult figure for a public or special campsite.
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A conservancy stay
Own fee
Enonkishu Conservancy publishes USD 150 per non-resident adult and USD 85 per child 2 to 12, VAT included, without saying whether per day or per night (fee page). Mara Naboisho and Mara North publish no amount: their member camps collect the fee when you book, so your camp quotes it.
TiketiFees in or out
How to read a tour price
The same three-day, two-night trip is listed with and without park fees. Look for park fees or entrance fees among the inclusions before you compare totals, and add the fees yourself where a listing leaves them out. Lodging, transport and the rest of a stay are on the safari cost page.
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Viator · fees excluded
Three-day group joining safari with a Land Cruiser jeep
from USD 183 per person, listed 12 November 2026
For two adults with no date picked; the price varies by group size. "All Entrance Fees" sits under the exclusions, so add USD 200 to 300 per adult from January to June, or USD 400 to 600 from July to December.
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Viator · fees included
Masai Mara Interactive Safaris
from USD 750 per person, listed 12 November 2026
Three days, two nights, same basis. The listing includes "National park & game reserve entrance fees as per itinerary".
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GetYourGuide · fees included
Three-day, two-night group safari with park fees
from USD 815 per person, listed 12 November 2026
The listing names the park entrance fees among its inclusions.
MaswaliPark fee questions
Questions
The full schedules: Narok County's 2025/26 Park Fees and Charges and the Mara Conservancy's conservation fees. Narok County's public notices carry any new schedule. The fee schedules as tables.
What is the 12-hour rule for the Masai Mara?
A Masai Mara ticket is valid from 6:00 to 18:00 on its day, whatever time you enter, and it does not carry over the night. The Mara Conservancy's ticket portal adds that a morning game drive on your checkout day needs a fresh full-day ticket. So two nights mean 2 or 3 ticket days.
How much does it cost to visit the Masai Mara?
The park fee for a non-resident adult is USD 100 per person per day from 1 January to 30 June and USD 200 from 1 July to 31 December; children 9 to 17 pay USD 50. A three-day, two-night trip in August is USD 400 to 600 per adult in fees, on top of the safari itself. The full cost of a stay adds lodging and transport.
Why is the Masai Mara entrance fee so high?
Narok County says its seasonal rates are meant to spread visitors across the year, because the reserve has higher visitor densities than other Kenyan protected areas. The Finance Act 2023 raised the non-resident adult fee from USD 80 in both seasons in 2022/23 to USD 100 and USD 200 for 2023/24, rates the 2025/26 schedule keeps.
Do children pay the park fee?
Yes, from age 9. A non-resident child aged 9 to 17 pays USD 50 per person per day in both seasons, on the Narok side and in the Mara Triangle. Children aged 8 and under enter free in every category. The calculator counts the two age groups separately for your group total.
Is the fee the same if I stay outside the reserve?
Yes. The rate card co-branded by the Mara Conservancy and Narok County charges a non-resident adult the same USD 200 from July to December whether you sleep inside or outside the park. The ticket is charged per day inside the reserve; staying outside, ask your camp how it bills the days you do not enter. A conservancy adds its own fee, which your camp collects.
Can I pay the park fee in cash?
Not in the Mara Triangle: the Mara Conservancy takes M-Pesa or a credit card only. For the Narok side, the Mara Conservancy's ticket portal lists cash in US dollars or Kenya shillings, and card. Buying online through KAPS, you can pay by M-Pesa, card or a KAPS float account and show the e-ticket at the gate.
Sources
- Enonkishu Conservancy's online fee page charges a non-resident adult USD 150 and a non-resident child aged 2 to 12 USD 85 per person (period per day or night not stated), VAT included; children under 2 are free. Enonkishu Conservancy: fee payment page on DPO Pay My Bills.
- GetYourGuide listing '3-Day, 2-Night Group Safari to Maasai Mara with Park Fees' (operator EXCELLENT GAMESPOTTING ADVENTURES), read 12 November 2026: listed price from USD 815 per person, 3 days and 2 nights, group, park fees included. GetYourGuide: 3-Day, 2-Night Group Safari to Maasai Mara with Park Fees, 2026-11-12.
- Viator listing '3 days group joining safari to Maasai Mara with a Land Cruiser Jeep' (operator not shown on the page), read 12 November 2026: listed 'from' price USD 183 per person on the search page for 2 adults with no date picked (the page says the price varies by group size), 3 days and 2 nights, group joining, max 60 travelers (page), park fees excluded ('All Entrance Fees' under exclusions). Viator: 3 days group joining safari to Maasai Mara with a Land Cruiser Jeep, 2026-11-12.
- Viator listing 'Masai Mara Interactive Safaris' (operator not shown on the page), read 12 November 2026: listed 'from' price USD 750 per person on the search page for 2 adults with no date picked (the page says the price varies by group size), 3 days and 2 nights, group, max 12 travelers, park fees included ('National park & game reserve entrance fees as per itinerary'). Viator: Masai Mara Interactive Safaris, 2026-11-12.
- The Mara Conservancy / KAPS ticket rate card, co-branded with Narok County Government, charges a non-resident adult the same park fee whether accommodated inside or outside the park: USD 200 per person per day from July to December. Mara Conservancy / KAPS: Park Fees Itemization rate card (Nature Paas ticket portal).
- The same co-branded rate card charges a non-resident adult USD 100 per person per day from January to June, whether accommodated inside or outside the park; non-resident children aged 9 to 17 and students in organized groups pay USD 50 per person per day in both blocks. Mara Conservancy / KAPS: Park Fees Itemization rate card (Nature Paas ticket portal).
- 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.
- Narok County's 2025/26 Park Fees & Charges schedule charges a non-resident adult a Maasai Mara National Reserve entry fee of USD 200 per person in the high season ('July - December'); the schedule gives months only and no validity period (the day boundaries 1 July to 31 December 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.
- Narok County's 2025/26 schedule charges a non-resident child aged 9 to 17 USD 50 per person in both seasons, and a non-resident student USD 50 per person. Narok County / Maasai Mara National Reserve: 2025/26 Park Fees & Charges (PDF), 2025-02-26.
- Before the 2023/24 increase, the Narok County Finance Act 2023 lists the 2022/23 Maasai Mara non-resident adult fee as USD 80 per person in both seasons and the non-resident child (9 to 17) fee as USD 45; the 2023/24 approved rates are USD 200 (July to December), USD 100 (January to June) and USD 50. 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 balloon landing fee of USD 80 per adult per landing in the Mara Triangle. Mara Conservancy: Conservation Fees page (fee tables as images named *-2024).
- The Mara Conservancy charges a balloon landing fee of USD 35 per child per landing in the Mara Triangle. Mara Conservancy: Conservation Fees page (fee tables as images named *-2024).
- The Mara Conservancy charges a non-resident adult a camping fee of USD 40 per person per day in the Mara Triangle. Mara Conservancy: Conservation Fees page (fee tables as images named *-2024).
- The Mara Conservancy charges a non-resident child aged 9 to 17, or a student, a camping fee of USD 20 per person per day in the Mara Triangle. Mara Conservancy: Conservation Fees page (fee tables as images named *-2024).
- 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).
- The Mara Conservancy charges a non-resident adult a Mara Triangle conservation (park entry) fee of USD 200 per person per day from 1 July to 31 December; 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).
- The Mara Conservancy charges a non-resident child aged 9 to 17 a Mara Triangle conservation (park entry) fee of USD 50 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).
- The Mara Conservancy charges a non-resident child aged 9 to 17 a Mara Triangle conservation (park entry) fee of USD 50 per person per day from 1 July to 31 December; 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).
- The Mara Conservancy charges a Kenyan citizen adult a Mara Triangle conservation (park entry) fee of KSh 1,500 per person per day from 1 January to 30 June. Mara Conservancy: Conservation Fees page (fee tables as images named *-2024).
- The Mara Conservancy charges a Kenyan citizen adult a Mara Triangle conservation (park entry) fee of KSh 3,000 per person per day from 1 July to 31 December. Mara Conservancy: Conservation Fees page (fee tables as images named *-2024).
- The Mara Conservancy charges an East African resident adult a Mara Triangle conservation (park entry) fee of KSh 2,500 per person per day from 1 January to 30 June. Mara Conservancy: Conservation Fees page (fee tables as images named *-2024).
- The Mara Conservancy charges an East African resident adult a Mara Triangle conservation (park entry) fee of KSh 5,000 per person per day from 1 July to 31 December. Mara Conservancy: Conservation Fees page (fee tables as images named *-2024).
- Mara Triangle resident rates apply to residents of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi, who must show a National ID (Kenyan citizens) or a passport with a work permit or appropriate visa. Mara Conservancy: Conservation Fees page (fee tables as images named *-2024).
- Mara Triangle vehicle fees are valid for 12 hours and allow unlimited exits and re-entries in the Mara Triangle; vehicles transiting the Triangle to another destination get two hours before fees apply. Mara Conservancy: Driving to the Mara Triangle.
- Masai Mara park fees. Mara Conservancy and Narok County Government rate card, non-resident adult per day; ticket valid 6:00 to 18:00
- 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
- 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)