Galdessa Camp
Exclusive-use tented camp · Tsavo East, on the Galana River facing the Yatta Plateau · Sheldrick Lodges, Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
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Inside the park
Owner/family-run
The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust took Galdessa over and runs it as a whole-camp booking for ten people, on a stretch of the Galana that faces the Yatta Plateau. Guests get private access to the Trust's Voi orphan unit, which no commercial camp can offer, and the money goes back into the conservation work.
Why you'd pick it
- Infinity pool over the Galana River
- Looks straight across at the world's longest lava flow
- Private access to the Trust's Voi unit for orphaned elephants
What's here
- Swimming pool
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
Read from Galdessa 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. Tsavo National Parks charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryThe non-resident rate, and East and West are ticketed separately.
- $80per person, per day
- VehicleKSh 600 a day for a typical hire car, roughly $5.
- $5per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $495 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
A combination ticket covering both parks saves about $35 over two single tickets.
The full fee schedule for Tsavo National ParksRates
On request. Exclusive use only: you book the entire camp, so the quote is per camp per night rather than per person. Conservation fees extra.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Indicative 2026 rates gathered in July 2026 from operators' own rate cards and the official KWS tariffs. Watch the pricing basis: most Tsavo camps quote per person per night sharing, while Serena, the KWS guest houses and the self-catering bandas quote per room or per unit, so two sets of numbers are not directly comparable. KWS conservation fees are extra almost everywhere at $80 per adult per park per day, plus KSh 600 for a car under six seats.