Kibo House (KWS)
Self-catering house · Inside the park, one of the five KWS Mbugani Homes units; exact site not published · Kenya Wildlife Service
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Budget
Inside the park
Park-run (KWS)
A four-person KWS house at $250 a night for non-residents and KSh 15,000 for citizens and residents on the 2025 Mbugani Homes card. The KWS booking page shows the non-resident price in shillings, KSh 33,000, so do not be thrown if your quote is not in dollars. Four sharing pay about $63 each, more than at the Kilimanjaro Annex for the same number of beds, so book Kibo House when the Annex is taken. As with all five KWS units, KWS lists it under the park's own accommodation, with a caretaker, but does not publish its exact position or a room-by-room description, and you cook for yourselves. It has no connection with Kibo Villa or Kibo Safari Camp.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Whole house for four inside the park
- Booked direct with KWS, so the money goes to the park
- About $63 each with four sharing
- No gate to clear for early drives
Cons
- Costs more than the Annex for the same four beds
- Self-catering: bring all your own food
- Easily confused with the unrelated Kibo Villa and Kibo Safari Camp
- Conservation fee of $90 per adult per day extra
What's here
- Self-catering
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
Read from Kibo House (KWS)'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 Kibo House (KWS)
From $250 per house. KWS Mbugani Homes 2025 rate card, per house per night, not per person: $250 for non-residents and KSh 15,000 for citizens and residents, for a house sleeping four. KWS's own booking page shows the non-resident price in shillings as KSh 33,000 a night. Self-catering. The KWS conservation fee of $90 per non-resident adult per day (October 2025 card) is extra.
Self-catering. You cook. Nothing else is included unless the entry says so.
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 Kibo House (KWS)
How much does Kibo House in Amboseli cost?
$250 per night for the house for non-residents and KSh 15,000 for citizens and residents, on KWS's 2025 Mbugani Homes rate card. KWS's booking page shows the non-resident price as KSh 33,000, which is the same figure in shillings. Conservation fees are charged separately.
Is Kibo House the same as Kibo Villa?
No. Kibo House is a KWS self-catering house booked through KWS reservations. Kibo Villa is a private, all-inclusive villa run alongside Ol Tukai Lodge, and Kibo Safari Camp is a large tented camp outside Kimana Gate.
Is there a child policy at Kibo House?
We found no published child policy for the KWS Mbugani Homes. The house sleeps four, and non-resident children pay a conservation fee of $45 a day under the October 2025 card.