Kilimanjaro Guest House (KWS)
Self-catering guest house · Inside the park, the largest 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)
The largest of KWS's five Amboseli units: three bedrooms (two doubles and one with three single beds), a sitting room with satellite TV, a kitchen with a gas stove and fridge, bedding, toiletries, electricity and a caretaker. It sleeps seven for $300 a night for non-residents or KSh 20,000 for citizens and residents on the 2025 Mbugani Homes card, which works out at about $43 each when full, the lowest per-person price for a roof inside the park. KWS's reservation page promises views of Kilimanjaro and of elephants in their swamp habitat from an observation point. For a family or a group with its own vehicle, this is the KWS booking to make first.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Lowest per-person roof inside the park when full
- Three bedrooms, sitting room and full kitchen
- Bedding, toiletries and electricity supplied
- Caretaker on site, booked direct with KWS
Cons
- Self-catering: bring all your own food
- Exact position inside the park not published
- Conservation fee of $90 per adult per day extra
- Priced for the whole house, so poor value for two
What's here
- Solar or 24h power
- Self-catering
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
Read from Kilimanjaro Guest 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 Kilimanjaro Guest House (KWS)
From $300 per house. KWS Mbugani Homes 2025 rate card, per house per night, not per person: $300 for non-residents and KSh 20,000 for citizens and residents, for a house sleeping seven. That is about $43 each when full. 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 Kilimanjaro Guest House (KWS)
How many people does the KWS Kilimanjaro Guest House sleep?
Seven, according to KWS's 2025 rate card: two double bedrooms and one with three single beds. The whole house costs $300 a night for non-residents and KSh 20,000 for citizens and residents.
What is supplied at the Kilimanjaro Guest House?
KWS's listing describes a sitting room with satellite TV, a kitchen with a gas stove and fridge, bedding, toiletries, electricity and a caretaker. You bring and cook your own food.
Is the Kilimanjaro Guest House good for families?
Its three bedrooms suit a family or two, but we found no published child policy for the KWS Mbugani Homes. Non-resident children pay a conservation fee of $45 a day under the October 2025 card.