Serengeti Safari Camp travels within the Serengeti National Park and surrounding area, where densities of animals are mostly higher, and the chance of seeing large predators is much greater. It's the base for exciting game drives - conquering the landscapes and absorbing the sheer hugeness of it all. Daily adventures are yours to plan with your own guide to take you into the midst.

Serengeti Safari Camp is semi-nomadic - it won't move while you're there - but it's actually on a wide orbit, shadowing the Migration: so you, your own Tanzanian driver/guide and private 4WD vehicle are as close to a million wildebeest as possible.

Migration Update
Though the Serengeti park boundaries officially define the Serengeti, the ecosystem goes way beyond these limits; we call it the Greater Serengeti. It's a giant picture of wild Tanzania - masses of animals, contrasting landforms, and tribal peoples. They roam around the lot in true nomad fashion.

Accommodation
Whilst you can head off from dawn to dusk on your own expeditions with private guide and 4WD vehicle, the small camp is sociable because it's shared - with just 12 guests staying in classic East African bush style, in fabulous campsites chosen for their close proximity to the migration.

Each of the six tents are light in their footprint, but with all that anyone might need in their own bush home: spacious tents with deeply comfortable beds, a roomy dressing area, and then an en suite bathroom with long drop toilet, and traditional safari style bucket showers with hot and cold water on demand.

Only a short stroll away is the candlelit mess/library and dining tent for some evening safari bonhomie. The safari chefs are absolute wizards at preparing the best meals in the midst of this bush paradise.

Location
Serengeti Safari Camp changes location every few weeks, but not during your stay. The camp movements are pre-planned in an effort to be within reach of the wildebeest migration.

December to April: The camp is on the southern Serengeti Plains with access to the main herds as they calve through February. Birding is excellent during this time, as is general game viewing.

May to Early July: The camp moves to the Moru Kopjes area, central Serengeti Plains, and to the Western Corridor as the mass of the migration moves west and north. The migration patterns can be unpredictable at this time of year, but the wildebeest rut (May) and the crossing of the Grumeti River (June/July) are spectacular if caught.

Mid-July to November: The camp moves to the quieter northern Serengeti close to either the Mara or Bologonja Rivers, offering great general game viewing and crossings of either of the two rivers. Towards late November the camp starts to head south again, arriving on the southern Serengeti Plains around mid-December.

Activities
Every day, one of Tanzania's finest safari guides will take you out into the midst of this incredible wilderness.  The guides have traveled the length and breadth of the Serengeti eco-system and they take pride in finding the more remote areas that are off the beaten track, the out of the way special spots that others often miss.

As every couple, or group, have their own private 4WD vehicle and guide, the days are yours to plan, with lunch in camp, or 'on the hoof' if you prefer. As well as the migration, the Serengeti is teeming with resident game. This is the classic east African safari.

The Serengeti ecosystem has a vast array of amazing habitats, ranging from open grassland plains to acacia strewn savannahs and rocky outcrops. It sustains more than thirty species of large herbivores and over five hundred varieties of birds. And it is said that the annual wildebeest migration is the largest movement of animals on the planet.

Facts in Brief
Location - This 12 bed camp has had a complete upgrade to the tents and furnishings. The tents are bigger with a new dressing room area separating the beds from the long drop toilets and bucket showers. They have also added a brand new library and lounge tent, as well as a new dining tent.

The camp changes location every 2 weeks but not during your stay. Camp movements are pre-planned in an effort to be within reach of the wildebeest migration, but this cannot always be guaranteed given the unpredictability of nature according to weather conditions.

Activities - Game drives in private 4WD vehicles with your own private guide, daily game viewing, great birding. Opportunities to see the great wildebeest and zebra migration, large herds of plains game and the highest concentration of predators in Africa.

Seasons - December to April: the camp is on the southern Serengeti Plains with access to the main herds as they calve through February. Birding is excellent during this time, as is general game viewing. May to Early July: the camps moves to the Moru Kopjes area, central Serengeti Plains, and to the Western Corridor as the mass of the migration moves west and north. The migration patterns can be unpredictable at this time of year, but the wildebeest rut (May) and the crossing of the Grumeti River (June/July) are spectacular if caught. Mid-July to November: the camp moves to the quieter northern Serengeti close to either the Mara or Bologonja Rivers, offering great game viewing and crossings of either of the rivers. Towards late November the camp starts to head south again, arriving on the southern Serengeti Plains around mid-December.

How to Get There - fly by private charter, or scheduled flights, or drive in 4WD safari vehicles. Nearest airstrips vary according to the seasons.

Child Policy - They accept children of 8 and over at Serengeti Safari Camp. Please note however, there is a restriction of 12 and over for any walking or fly camping activities.

Gratuities – Most people will leave around $10 per person per day, which then gets split amongst the general staff, with the guides being tipped separately. Obviously tipping is not taken for granted, but if you've had a fantastic safari and would like to leave something for the guys, then great. The Lodge asks however, that any tips should be left in cash.

Payments – Serengeti Safari Camp does  not have credit card facilities, and is unable to deal with any check payments. In Tanzania, any staff tip payments made through the bank accounts will likely be charged VAT and the staff will certainly be charged income tax. Thank you for your understanding.

Open - all year around.

We would recommend combining a safari at Serengeti Safari Camp with Nduara Loliondo in the nearby Loliondo. Loliondo is big game country, and it's right next door. This means that most of the game to be found in the Serengeti, can also be found in Loliondo (the migration can sometimes pass through the area, but it's not always guaranteed). What's so great about Loliondo is that because it's outside of the park, there is so much more freedom; you can drive off-road, walk anywhere you want, stay out till late on night game drives, have bush picnics and sundowners. It is also a private concession so it is quieter, with less people. Serengeti Safari Camp and Nduara Loliondo will give you the best of both of these amazing areas.

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