01 Step 01/03 Plan
Tell us your dates and what you want.
Our AI drafts an itinerary. Park by park. Lodge by lodge. Real prices, season-aware.
~ 5 min
Tours & travels in Kenya · Built by lodge owners
Kenya.
Planned properly.
By the team behind Mara Hilltop — one of the top-rated lodges in the Maasai Mara, perfect 5.0 on Google. Tell us what you want and see a real, priced itinerary in about a minute. Then the team 1,500+ guests have trusted makes sure it runs smoothly.
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5.0 Google
9.9 Booking.com
Lonely Planet 2026
Mara Hilltop ★ 5.0 Google
9.9 Booking.com · Mara Hilltop
Featured in Lonely Planet, 2026
40+ lodges · contracted rates
100% refundable to 30 days out
5.0★
Google rating · Mara Hilltop
1,500+
Guests hosted at our lodge — many of them repeat
100+
Tours operated end-to-end by this team
100%
Refundable to 30 days before travel
The trip planner
Five questions. A real, priced itinerary.
Not a quote form — the planner itself. Real lodges from our contracted tariffs, day by day, priced in about a minute. Refine everything in chat after.
How it works
Three steps. Your first priced draft in a minute.
No long forms. No back-and-forth over a week. Tell the planner what you want — a human handles the rest.
01 
02 Step 02/03 Refine
Talk to a human.
Anupam in Nairobi. WhatsApp. Reply within two hours. He'll have everything you discussed.
Reply within 2h
03 Step 03/03 Lock
Half holds it. Land in Kenya.
Balance on arrival. Cash USD, KES, or card. We'll be at JKIA holding a sign with your name.
Sign at JKIA
Curated trips
Eight trips. Priced live, right now.
The shapes our guests actually book — priced this minute from our contracted lodge tariffs, for the party shown. Open one and it lands in the planner ready to make yours: swap lodges, add days, change everything.
Most booked 01 
Classic Kenya
Rift lakes · Maasai Mara
From $— / person
02 
Mara Migration
Naivasha · Maasai Mara
From $— / person
Bush + beach 03 
Honeymoon
Rift · Maasai Mara · Diani
From $— / person
04 
Family Safari
Rift · Maasai Mara · Diani
From $— / person
05 
The Wild North
Aberdare · Ol Pejeta · Samburu
From $— / person
06 
The Big Ones, Properly
Rift · Mara (5 nights) · Amboseli
From $— / person
Short window 07 
The Long Weekend
Naivasha · Maasai Mara
From $— / person
08 
Photographer's Kenya
Rift lakes · Maasai Mara
From $— / person
Prices computed live from contracted tariffs · final quote confirmed by a human
Build a custom trip
Adventures
Off the safari script.
We're backpackers first — this company started as trips planned for friends. Motorcycles, hikes, camping: shaped directly with each traveler, not by the planner.
Motorcycle
Loita Hills by motorcycle
NJ rides his own 300cc to remote Maasai country beyond the park gates. We run the same routes with guests — machines, fuel stops, and a support plan sorted.
Hikes
Kenya on foot
Forest walks and proper day hikes with guides who know the trails — escarpment views, crater rims, quiet.
Camping
Camping along the route
Simple kit, good food, nights under canvas on the same routes we travel ourselves.
How we price
We'll show you the math.
Most operators give you one number and call it a day. We give you all five. Because pricing in Kenya is dynamic — park fees change, fuel changes, season changes — and you should see what you're paying for.
Classic Kenya, 7 days. Two of you sharing.
Real numbers from a trip we sent in March 2026. Park fees from KWS, lodge rates from inventory, fuel from current pump. Everything sourced.
01 LodgingMara Hilltop · Tortilis · Hemingways $2,100
02 Park feesMara $200/day · Amboseli $80/day $840
03 Guide & vehicleDay rate · fuel from pump $620
04 Internal flightsNairobi → Mara → Amboseli $640
05 Service fee5% of subtotal $180
Total · range For 2 people sharing $3,800 — $4,400
Updated 2026-04-25 · KWS rates Q2 View full breakdown →
The team
Built by people on the ground.
We're brothers. We built Mara Hilltop in 2025. Now we plan trips that include it — and the rest of Kenya.
NJ
Tech, pricing, the AI you'll talk to. Building the planner from the
data we already run.
Nikhil
Runs Mara Hilltop. On the ground every day. The reason the lodge is
5.0 on Google.
Anupam
Operations, suppliers, the human on the WhatsApp. Replies within
two hours, 7am–10pm EAT.
KARIBU
Why you can trust us
We own the lodge
We own the lodge
you'll sleep in.
Most operators ask for 100% upfront — and keep it. We don't, because we're not a website. We're the team behind Mara Hilltop, and when you land, you're our guest. Half holds your trip, fully refundable until 30 days before you fly. The balance? You settle it in Kenya — in person. And Mara Hilltop is our home, not a requirement: we hold contracted rates at 40+ lodges across Kenya and book you where it's right for you.
Half holds it
100% refundable until 30 days before travel
Half in Kenya
Cash USD · KES · card. Once you've landed.
0 surprises
Every line item itemized. No "service charges" at the end.
Reviews
What guests say about our lodge.
Real reviews from Mara Hilltop's Google profile. Names, dates, attribution. We don't run carousels. The work speaks for itself.
★★★★★
The infinity pool overlooks the entire reserve. We watched elephants from the deck at sunrise. Nikhil's team felt like family by day three.
Sarah & James Google
Mara Hilltop · Mar 2026
★★★★★
The view over the Mara from camp is something else. Game drives left at 6am — we saw a leopard kill on day two. Unreal.
Marcus W. Google
Mara Hilltop · Feb 2026
★★★★★
Tents 9 and 10 are the new ones — go for those. The bathroom alone is bigger than most hotel suites. The food was the best surprise.
Priya & Dev Google
Mara Hilltop · Dec 2025
★★★★★
Honeymoon, twelve days. They built it around us. The rooftop dinner Nikhil arranged on our last night — we still talk about it.
Olivia & Ben Google
Mara Hilltop · Nov 2025
★★★★★
I work remotely. Starlink at the lodge is faster than my London flat. Took meetings from a tent with elephants outside. Mind-bending.
David K. Google
Mara Hilltop · Oct 2025
5.0 on Google · 9.9 on Booking · From day one
See every review on Google Mara Hilltop · 5.0 Google●Lonely Planet 2026●100+ tours operated end-to-end●1,500+ guests hosted●Contracted rates at 40+ Kenya lodges●Never pay 100% upfront●Free cancellation to 30 days out●The team replies within 2 hours●Starlink at the lodge●We own the lodge you'll sleep in●