Beware - may not be what you expect. - I do not know how many Maasai villages there are in Amboseli but apparently there are more than one. I suppose it is possible that I was taken to a different one as I am sure they all look the same and I believe their "hook" is the same. I guess your opinion of this place depends upon your expectations. If you go there thinking it is a Disney world type of experience, you will be fine and they do tell you quite a bit about the history and customs of the Maasai people. If you think it is authentic, you will be very annoyed. I believe these "villages" have been constructed for the benefit of tourists. Our tour guide told us he was friends with the chief's son at this village and we would "stop by" on our way out to a game drive. I took $25 US with me with the thought I would offer a gratuity for them welcoming us into their village. When we got there, they were waiting with a pre-prepared dance and "show" in which the grabbed us by the arm and insisted that we dance with them. (Not the casual, stop by my friend's home that we were expecting). After an over ambitious welcome where they placed beaded necklaces around our necks, they then told us that they charged $30 per person to enter their gates and please come in and if we didn't have the cash, no worries, we could give it to the guide when we got back to hotel. At this point, our guide had gone back to car which was parked a good distance away. Not knowing how to get out of this, we said ok. They then did a Disney world type of show telling us how they made fire with sticks everyday ( unfortunately, they could not seem to get a fire started and had to go to get someone to help) and then tried to tell us that they lived in these pitch dark mud huts where you had to have a cell phone to light the way ( that clearly had never been lived in, there was no evidence of current habitation) and then they ushered us into this area with souvenirs that the "people of the village had made". These were the same souvenirs that were sold in all of the hotel gift shops and one even had a price tag on the back that said $US 21. I asked the chief again if they had made them and he confirmed that the section I was looking at was his work and that he had made everything. Once I told them I did not want anything, the separated me from my friend ( who was showing interest) and took me to show me the solar water well that an American had donated and implied how they appreciated donations ..and one of the boys was saying how much he would like an American penpal so that he could have an American friend and would I give him my "whats app" number. Once I did not show any interest in that, they asked for the beaded necklace that they had placed around my neck when I first arrive - they asked for it back. The chief had a hostile look on his face. Afterwards, we told the guide that we felt ambushed and misled and he said that yes, the price on this tribes "website" ( they were telling us that they lived in mud huts and made fire with sticks, yet they have a website) was $20 and he was surprised that they had asked $30 and he would get the $10 pp back...which he did. The whole experience left a very bad taste in our mouths.