Greystoke Mahale
Open-fronted timber-and-thatch beach bandas · White-sand beach below the Mahale mountains, backed by rainforest · Nomad Tanzania
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Inside the park
Safari company
The most famous camp in western Tanzania and the most expensive in either western park, frequently described in the safari trade as the best camp in Tanzania. Six bandas of reclaimed dhow timber open onto the sand, the bar is built into the boulders above the beach, and the arrival is by wooden dhow with a drink in hand. You pay heavily for it, but nothing else on this lake looks like this.
Why you'd pick it
- Bandas built from reclaimed dhow wood, open to the lake with upper sleeping decks
- The traditional wooden dhow for sundowner cruises on Lake Tanganyika
- Treks to the M group chimpanzees straight from the beach
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Mahale Mountains National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entry$80 plus 18% VAT per 24 hours, and that fee is the chimpanzee trekking cost.
- $94.4per person, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults pay $566.4 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
No vehicles here.
The full fee schedule for Mahale Mountains National ParkRates
From $1,125 pppn. About $1,125 in early June and February, $2,170 in shoulder weeks, and $2,365 from July to September. Fully Inclusive Plus: meals, select drinks, activities, and park entry fees are included in the packaged rates. Usually sold on a minimum 3 to 4 night basis.
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 2026/27 rates from operators' published rate sheets, gathered July 2026. Always confirm with the lodge. One thing to watch when comparing: Greystoke's packaged rates include park fees, while at the TANAPA bandas and campsites the $80 daily conservation fee and $20 group guide fee come on top of the bed price.