Lions Bluff Lodge
Clifftop lodge and bandas · Between the parks, Lumo Community Wildlife Sanctuary · Soroi Safari Lodges
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Safari company
A clifftop lodge in the Lumo Community Wildlife Sanctuary, the corridor of community land between Tsavo West and Tsavo East. It is run by a safari company but the land is the community's, and drives here fall outside KWS ticketing entirely.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Eleven suites linked by raised walkways along the bluff
- Heated infinity pool and in-room spa treatments
- Night game drives allowed on community land
- Stone hide offers overnight stays at eye level
- Profits fund anti-poaching patrols and habitat restoration
Cons
- From $1,075 a person, even in shoulder season
- No published minimum age or child policy
- Peak season rises to $1,235 per person
- Honeymoon packages are seasonal specials, not a standing offer
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Restaurant
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
Read from Lions Bluff Lodge'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 at Lions Bluff Lodge
From $1,075 pppn. Non-resident Ground Package, per person per night, 4 January 2026 to 3 January 2027: $1,075 in shoulder season (4 January to 30 June, 1 November to 19 December) and $1,235 in peak season (1 July to 31 October, 20 December to 3 January). The Ground Package includes meals and twice-daily shared game drives. Resident rates on request. The lodge sits on community land in a sanctuary rather than inside a national park, so no KWS conservation fee applies to game drives there. Rates confirmed by Soroi on 24 September 2026. Full board without game drives is $875 in shoulder season and $1,035 in peak, with a scheduled game drive bookable at $115 per adult and $70 per child under 12, or a private vehicle at $335 (shoulder) or $400 (peak) per day. On top of every rate comes a mandatory fee and levy of $57 per adult and $39 per child per night. A minimum of two adults applies to all activities and transfers.
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.
Questions about Lions Bluff Lodge
Is Lions Bluff Lodge good for families?
Lions Bluff does not publish a minimum age or a child policy. With just eleven suites, each with a king-size bed, it reads as a couples-and-small-group lodge rather than one built around family facilities, so ask Soroi directly before booking with children.
How much does it cost to stay at Lions Bluff Lodge?
Soroi confirmed, on 24 September 2026, a non-resident Ground Package of $1,075 a person a night in shoulder season and $1,235 in peak season, running 4 January 2026 to 3 January 2027. The Ground Package includes meals and twice-daily shared game drives. Because the lodge sits on community land rather than inside a national park, no KWS conservation fee applies.
Does Lions Bluff Lodge do night game drives?
Yes. Night game drives are listed among Lions Bluff's facilities, which is possible because the lodge sits in the Lumo Community Wildlife Sanctuary, community land between Tsavo East and Tsavo West rather than inside either national park. The lodge also runs a stone photographic hide with overnight facilities at the waterhole.
What does the Ground Package at Lions Bluff Lodge include?
The Ground Package covers meals and two shared game drives a day, priced per person per night: $1,075 in shoulder season and $1,235 in peak season, confirmed by Soroi on 24 September 2026. The lodge adds a heated infinity pool, complimentary wifi, laundry and in-room spa treatments, and its Gold Eco Rating funds anti-poaching patrols and habitat restoration on Lumo land.