Mkombe's House Lamai
Exclusive-use private house · Kogakuria Kopje, Lamai Wedge, northern Serengeti · Nomad Tanzania
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Safari company
Mkombe's House is Nomad Tanzania's exclusive-use house on the Kogakuria Kopje in the Lamai Wedge, next to Lamai Serengeti. It has two open-fronted bedrooms and two enclosed ones, which Nomad designed "for families with smaller children", a private pool and a star bed. Children over 12 can join longer walks. It is one of several private-use options in the park, alongside Lamai Private on the same kopje and Asilia's Retreats. No rate is published. Choose it for a family or group who want the north to themselves; skip it if there are only two of you.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Enclosed bedrooms suit young children
- Private pool
- Sole use for one group
- Longer walks for children over 12
Cons
- No published rate
- Built for groups, so poor value for a couple
- No airstrip named on the pages read
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Family rooms
- En-suite bathrooms
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Guided walks
Read from Mkombe's House Lamai'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. Serengeti National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entry$70 plus 18% VAT, so $82.60, per 24 hours from 16 May to 14 March; $70.80 from 15 March to 15 May.
- $83per person, per day
- Vehicle$40 plus VAT, so $47.20, for a foreign-registered vehicle up to 2,000 kg; a Tanzanian-registered safari vehicle pays TSh 20,000, about $8 at TANAPA's TSh 2,555 to the dollar.
- $47per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $639 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
A lodge or camp inside the park adds TANAPA's concession fee on top: $70.80 per adult per night from July to September and $59 from October to June, VAT included. Arriving by road from Arusha adds the Ngorongoro permit of $70.80 per adult each way.
The full fee schedule for Serengeti National ParkRates at Mkombe's House Lamai
Rates on request. Nomad publishes no rate. TANAPA fees come on top unless Nomad says otherwise: $82.60 conservation per adult per 24 hours (16 May to 14 March) and $70.80 (July to September) or $59.00 (October to June) concession per adult per night, VAT included. Whether VAT is in the house rate is not stated.
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.
Rates checked on 6 October 2026 against each operator's own website or rate sheet, in US dollars per person per night sharing unless the entry says otherwise. Two figures are per room, not per person: Serengeti Serena's $728 and Serengeti Explorer's $750 (a January 2025 opening offer). One figure is a reseller's, not the owner's: Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma's $154 a night on Priceline (6 Oct 2026, basis not stated). Ndutu Safari Lodge's figures come from a rate sheet that ran to 15 December 2025, the newest on its site. Unless the entry says otherwise, TANAPA fees come on top of every rate inside the park: the conservation fee of $70 plus 18% VAT ($82.60) per adult per 24 hours from 16 May to 14 March, $70.80 from 15 March to 15 May, and the hotel concession fee of $70.80 per adult per night from July to September or $59.00 from October to June, VAT included. Camps at Ndutu and Lake Masek pay the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority instead: $70.80 entry per 24 hours and $59.00 concession per adult per night. Wilderness Usawa is the one rate we found that includes park fees.
Questions about Mkombe's House Lamai
Is Mkombe's House good for young children?
Nomad designed it for families with smaller children: two of the four bedrooms are enclosed. Children over 12 can join longer safari walks.
Does Mkombe's House have a pool?
Yes, a private pool, plus a star bed for sleeping out.
How much is Mkombe's House?
Nomad publishes no rate; ask at info@nomad-tanzania.com.