Legendary Songa Migrational Camp - North

Songa Migrational Camp does not stay in one place. It relocates twice a year — north and south — to track the Great Migration as the herds move through the Serengeti ecosystem. In its northern configuration, the camp occupies the Kogatende area, a region of hills and rocky outcrops where the herds converge before and during the Mara River crossings.

The crossings are the draw. Between July and October, the herds push to the Mara's edge at multiple points, cross — or retreat and try again — in numbers that make the riverbanks loud and churned. The timing of any individual crossing is unpredictable, which is why proximity matters: Kogatende puts you close enough to reach the river quickly when movement begins.

The camp holds ten tented units, positioned each season for access to the herds rather than fixed to a single site. When the short rains arrive in November and the animals begin moving south again, the camp follows — passing back through the Mara corridor before relocating to the southern Serengeti for the calving season, where over half a million calves are born across a few concentrated weeks.

Access to the northern camp is by light aircraft to an airstrip serving the Kogatende area.