Kilima Safari Camp
Large tented camp with rooms · Kimana Gate area; the operator does not say which side of the boundary · Mada Hotels
Mid-range
Boundary unconfirmed
Safari company
A large camp run by Mada Hotels, a group with hotels in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, with 60 deluxe tents of 50 square metres, 20 superior rooms and 12 standard rooms. It runs on full board, with a pool, massage, a central lookout tower and a newly rebuilt restaurant, plus game drives, nature walks with Maasai guides and bush breakfasts and dinners. Mada's page calls it 'Kilima Safari Camp, Amboseli' without saying where it stands relative to the park; OpenStreetMap places its nodes just outside the line near Kimana Gate, so it shows as boundary unconfirmed. The KWS link to its page is broken. Ignore the page's lines about Mara plains and river patios, which appear to belong to another Mada property.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Full board stated on the operator's page
- Choice of tents or solid rooms
- Maasai-guided nature walks
- Pool and a central lookout tower
Cons
- Operator gives no position relative to the park
- No published rates
- 92 units, so a big operation
- We found no published child policy
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Restaurant
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Guided walks
- Community visits
Read from Kilima Safari 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 Kilima Safari Camp
Rates on request. Mada Hotels publishes no rate for Kilima; its page states 'Meal Plan: Full Board'. Ask whether park entry is included: the KWS conservation fee is $90 per non-resident adult per day under the October 2025 card.
Full board. Meals are included; drinks, activities and park fees are not.
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 Kilima Safari Camp
Is Kilima Safari Camp inside Amboseli?
Mada Hotels does not say. Its page names the camp 'Kilima Safari Camp, Amboseli, Kenya' with no position relative to the park, and OpenStreetMap shows nodes tagged with Mada Hotels 0.2 to 0.5 km outside the boundary near Kimana Gate. Treat it as a Kimana-side camp and budget for daily park fees.
What meal plan does Kilima Safari Camp use?
Its page states 'Meal Plan: Full Board'. Drinks, game drives and park fees are not mentioned, so ask what the quote includes.
Why does the KWS link for Kilima Safari Camp not work?
KWS's Amboseli page links to madahotels.com/kilima-safari-camp-amboseli/, which returned a 404 error on 4 October 2026. The live page is madahotels.com/Kilima-safari-camp.html.