Goss House
Self-catering guest house · Tsavo West, KWS self-catering house · Kenya Wildlife Service
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Budget
Inside the park
Park-run (KWS)
The second of the two KWS self-catering houses in Tsavo West, taking four people for a flat nightly rate. There is nothing like it in Tsavo East, where KWS runs campsites only, so if you want a government-run roof it has to be the western park.
Why you'd pick it
- The smaller of the two KWS Mbugani Homes in Tsavo West
- Whole-house booking for four, no strangers
- No equivalent exists anywhere in Tsavo East
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
From $250 per house. KSh 20,000 or USD 250 per night for the whole house, not per person, sleeping four. Self-catering, conservation fees extra. The USD figure was reconstructed from a two-column KWS rate card, so confirm with reservations@kws.go.ke.
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.