Porini Amboseli Camp
Small tented camp · Selenkay Conservancy, about 26 km north of the park · Gamewatchers Safaris
Top-end
Outside the gate
Safari company
Gamewatchers' small eco camp in the Selenkay Conservancy, 12,500 acres leased from the local Maasai community about 26 km north of the park. Porini says it is the only camp on the conservancy, with one tent to every 700 acres, so drives happen without other tourist vehicles. You get day and night drives, walks with Maasai warriors, a village visit and a full day in Amboseli National Park with a picnic. The rate covers more than most: conservancy fees, activities and drinks are in, and the two-night package also covers one day of park entry. Choose it for space and night drives; skip it from mid-April to the end of May, when it closes for the long rains.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Conservancy fees and activities included in the rate
- Only camp on its conservancy, with no other tourist vehicles
- Night drives and Maasai-guided walks
- Complimentary transfers from its own airstrip
- Family tent, for children over 8
Cons
- Closed 15 April to 31 May
- Children under 8 not accepted
- About 26 km from the park, so park days start with a drive
- Transfers from Amboseli airstrip cost extra
What's here
- Family rooms
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Guided walks
- Night drives
- Birding
- Community visits
Read from Porini Amboseli Camp'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. Amboseli National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryThe non-resident rate, per entry of up to 24 hours, flat all year since 1 October 2025.
- $90per person, per day
- VehicleKSh 600 a day for a car under six seats, about $4.60 at KSh 129.45 to the dollar.
- $5per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $555 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
Leaving the park and driving back in buys a new ticket, so a lodge outside the gate can mean more fee days than nights.
The full fee schedule for Amboseli National ParkRates at Porini Amboseli Camp
From $585 pppn. Extra-night rate per person sharing: $585 from 1 to 30 June 2026 and 1 November to 19 December 2026, $855 from 1 July to 31 October 2026, $880 from 20 December 2026 to 2 January 2027, $670 from 3 January to 31 March 2027 and $590 from 1 to 15 April 2027, inclusive of conservancy fees, activities and the wildlife habitat fee. Two-night packages start at $1,530 per person driving and $1,740 fly-in (June 2026) and include transfers, drinks, daily Selenkay fees and one day of Amboseli park entry. Further park days cost the KWS conservation fee of $90 per non-resident adult (October 2025 card).
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 4 October 2026 from each property's own website or rate card and from KWS's October 2025 conservation-fee card and 2025 Mbugani Homes rate card. Angama's 2026 rate comes from an archived copy of its rate page (captured August 2025), because the live site blocks automated reading. None of the figures is a reseller or agent rate; where a property publishes nothing, the entry says Rates on request, and the Budget, Mid-range or Top-end label then follows the style the property describes rather than a price. Booking.com was not checked for any property. Watch the basis: most camps quote per person sharing, the KWS units per unit and Kibo Villa per villa, and the KWS conservation fee of $90 per non-resident adult per day (October 2025 card) is extra almost everywhere, plus conservancy fees at the conservancy camps.
Questions about Porini Amboseli Camp
Is Porini Amboseli Camp inside the national park?
No. It stands in the Selenkay Conservancy, which Porini describes as a private wilderness area north of Amboseli National Park; its published GPS position is about 26 km north of the park boundary. Porini runs a full-day excursion with a picnic into the park.
Can children stay at Porini Amboseli?
Porini says children aged over 8 are welcome, and a child rate applies to ages 8 to 16 sharing with two adults. There is one family tent among the ten.
What does the Porini Amboseli rate include?
Extra nights include conservancy fees, activities and the wildlife habitat fee. The two-night package adds transfers, soft drinks, beer, house wine and spirits, daily Selenkay Conservancy fees, one day of Amboseli park entry, day and night drives, walks with Maasai warriors, a village visit and evacuation cover.