Red Elephant Safari Lodge
Lodge with bush houses · Tsavo East, 700 m from Voi Gate · Independent
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Mid-range
Outside the gate
Locally owned
Seven hundred metres from Voi Gate, which makes it the nearest bed to the busiest entrance in Tsavo East and an easy base if you want to be through the gate at six. Nineteen units, a waterhole in front of the verandas, and Kenyan ownership.
Why you'd pick it
- The closest property to Voi Gate, 700 metres away
- Verandas face an on-site waterhole
- Campfire evenings with local music and food
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. Rates are quoted per person and are not published. Book by phone or through an agent: the domain that looks like the lodge's official site is a parked advertising page and should not be trusted.
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.