Serengeti Wilderness Camp

Serengeti Wilderness Camp sits on a ridge above a valley in Tanzania's Mara Region. Below the camp, a permanent waterhole draws game year-round — lion, leopard, cheetah, buffalo, baboon, gazelle and impala among them — and the wildebeest migration passes through the camp itself when it moves through this part of the Serengeti. Pygmy falcon and other birds are regular in the area.

The camp holds ten canvas tents, each nine metres by six metres with a nine-metre verandah. They are spaced well apart for privacy, and each faces the valley. Floor-to-ceiling canvas panels fold open, and mesh screens on all sides keep air moving through; the en-suite bathroom has a basin, gravity-fed shower and toilet. The verandah carries a wicker sitting area — a useful place to watch game move below without going anywhere.

The central area has a dining tent and a separate lounge tent with a small bar, a reference library, and a camera-charging station. Wi-Fi runs throughout the camp. The site is set away from other lodges, so there is no ambient light or noise from neighbours after dark.

Morning tea or coffee is brought to your verandah before the day's activities begin.