Marafiki Safari Lodge
Safari tents and cottages · Kasenyi, above Lake George · Not named on the lodge's own site
Mid-range
Outside the gate
Owner/family-run
Marafiki sits on the park boundary above Lake George on the Kasenyi side, outside the line by its own description, which keeps the plains close without a nightly entry ticket. The morning lion drives on Kasenyi leave from nearby and the channel cruise at Mweya is a manageable early start. No rate is published anywhere on the lodge's site, so everything goes through email.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Outside the boundary above Lake George, no nightly entry fee
- Family cottage for four with park and lake views
- Four categories, from safari tents to a dedicated family cottage
Cons
- No rates published anywhere; everything goes through email
- No numbers published for any of the four room categories
- No numeric minimum age found for the family cottage
- Watch the domain: marafikilodge.com is an unrelated business
What's here
- Family rooms
Read from Marafiki Safari 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. Queen Elizabeth National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryCharged per 24 hours rather than per night.
- $40per person, per day
- VehicleA Ugandan-registered 4x4, the usual hire car, at UGX 30,000; a foreign-registered 4x4 pays $150.
- $8per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $264 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
Entry is sold in 24-hour blocks that begin when you pass the gate, so a trip that starts at midday and ends at 16:00 two days later is charged as three days, not two.
The full fee schedule for Queen Elizabeth National ParkRates at Marafiki Safari Lodge
On request. There is no rates page and no rate card on the lodge's own site, and no figure appears anywhere on it. One warning: marafikilodge.com is an unrelated South African business, so check the address bar before you send a deposit.
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, read in September 2026 from each property's own website, rate card or factsheet. Twenty-three of the forty-two publish a rack rate of their own. The other nineteen say on request, and no agent or tour operator figure has been used to fill a gap. Watch the basis, because it decides whether two numbers can be compared at all: some quote per person per night sharing, others per room, per tent or per cottage, and meals sit inside some rates and outside others. Park entry is extra almost everywhere at $40 per foreign non-resident adult per 24 hours, plus the vehicle, and the Kazinga Channel cruise is $30 on top.
Questions about Marafiki Safari Lodge
How much does it cost to stay at Marafiki Safari Lodge?
No rate is published anywhere on the lodge's own site, not even a from-price, so everything has to be asked for by email. Write to info@marafikisafaris.com or call +256 788 466830 for a current quote, and double-check the domain, since marafikilodge.com is an unrelated South African business with no connection to this lodge.
Is Marafiki Safari Lodge inside Queen Elizabeth National Park?
No. The lodge describes itself as sitting on the park boundary above Lake George on the Kasenyi side, outside the line, which means no nightly entry fee for staying here. The morning lion drives on the Kasenyi plains leave from nearby, and the Kazinga Channel cruise at Mweya is a manageable early start.
Is Marafiki Safari Lodge good for families?
It has a dedicated family cottage sleeping four, with a mezzanine deck the lodge markets as a kids' hideaway, double and twin bed configurations, en-suite bathrooms and park and lake views. We found no numeric minimum age on the site, so ask about that directly when you book the family cottage.
Can you self-drive to Marafiki Safari Lodge?
The lodge's own site gives no self-drive directions, confirming only that it sits on the park boundary above Lake George on the Kasenyi side. Email or call ahead for the exact route, since no map or turning is published, and ask at the same time whether a vehicle transfer from Kasese is offered.