Lining the banks of the famous Grumeti river, home to pods of grunting and wallowing hippos, Serengeti Migration Camp perfectly encapsulates the luxury camp experience. It has become synonymous with low-impact high-action game viewing in a landscape that is untouched since the dawn of time. Serengeti Migration Camp is in central Northern Serengeti. This is a quieter, less visited part of the Serengeti. The area feels wonderfully private. Serengeti Migration Camp has easy access to the Mara River during the northern migration season.
Overlooking a kopje and sweeping plains across the river, the camp’s main areas are designed for the enjoyment of the expansive view of the colors of a spectacular Serengeti sunset. The main ‘tent’ has a split-level lounge, a swimming pool, a restaurant, and viewing platforms that offer views across the river and the rugged landscape beyond. But it is the drama and proximity of the wild, which take the experience of this camp to an altogether higher level. A large swimming pool invites guests for a refreshing swim during the heat of the day.
The dining experience at Serengeti Migration Camp is on a separate deck overlooking the Ndasiata Hills and the Grumeti River. Dine under canvas or al-fresco under the brilliant African skies.
20 x luxurious elevated tents, each with spacious and richly furnished bedrooms, blend seamlessly into the environment. Serengeti Migration Camp Tents are designed with the guest’s comfort in mind. Each tent has an en suite shower room with a flushing toilet, shower, and twin vanity basin. The latter of which receives hot (solar-generated) and cold running water 24 hours a day.
They include luxuriant soft furnishings, a writing desk, and stationery set, and a room fan. The tents have a wooden floor, fixed bathroom walls, and fixed wooden doors but all combine with the all-enveloping canvas.
Each of the tents is surrounded by its own 360-degree verandah deck. Which in turn creates your very own private sanctuary to enjoy the constant game sightings and the ever-present sounds of the bush.
Serengeti Migration Camp tents have the feel of a stately hotel room, but with canvas walls to let the sounds of the African bush remind you of your truly wild location.
Tent Interior
One of the tents is used for honeymooners or special occasions. This tent has a small jacuzzi bath on the deck – for the ultimate Serengeti romance.
Tent with Jacuzzi for honeymooners or special occasions
Serengeti Family Safari information ↓
Family Safaris at Serengeti Migration Camp
Serengeti Pioneer Camp has 4 x Double/twin rooms that have a sleeper couch and room for an extra bed to sleep 2 x children (so 4 people in the tent).
Child Policy
Rate
Children aged 12-17 in their own room
75% of the Adult Sharing Rate
Child(ren) aged 12-17 sharing with 1 adult
50% of the Adult Sharing Rate
Child aged 12-17 sharing with 2 adults
Triple rate applies
Child(ren) under 12 sharing with adult(s)
Child(ren) free of charge
Family safari
Children’s Activities
Guided camp nature walks – short walks looking at the trees, flowers, grasses, insects, birds and bird calls, mammals, tracks, and droppings. Swimming pool Mask, card, and jewelry making – using feathers, seeds, and beads Roasting marshmallows over the fire. Flexible meal times and a children’s menu are available.
Serengeti Migration Camp Activities
Whether it is walking safaris with experienced and highly knowledgeable guides or the sensation of being as close to nature’s daily fight for survival, the sensory feast that accompanies any visit to Serengeti Migration Camp will no doubt rival anything experienced before.
The Wildebeest Migration
Serengeti Migration Camp is situated right on the path of the annual Great Wildebeest Migration. During the months of April through to June and again in late October to December, guests to the camp are treated to the spectacular view of a landscape dotted with wildebeest from horizon to horizon. Sitting in a quiet and pristine corner of the world-famous Serengeti, guests will enjoy year-round viewing of incredible wildlife, including the opportunity to experience the Big Five.
The migration has recently been coined as The 8th wonder of the world. There is no better place to view this spectacle of monumental proportions. Nowhere else on earth is there a movement of wildlife on such a grand scale. This experience will change the traveler forever, and is an absolute must-do!
More information on safari activities ↓
Game Drives
Full-day game drives are the most rewarding in the Serengeti. You can set off early with a champagne picnic breakfast and stay out all day. Carrying your delectable picnic lunch. You will be delighted and awed by the sheer number of wildlife. Including the big five as well as abundant other wildlife. An easy hours game drive from the camp to the Mara River is one of the sites of the famed frenetic migration river crossings. For birders, there are over 500 species of birds in the area. These range from the outsized ostrich and bizarre secretary bird of the open grassland. To the black eagles that soar effortlessly above the Lobo Hills.
Lions in tree
Balloon Safaris
Arrange for the timeless and inimitable Serengeti Balloon Safari. This is the experience of a lifetime and another must-do. Please make sure you request it when booking your safari to Serengeti Migration Camp.
Walking Safari
A great way to explore the stunning diversity of the Serengeti is on foot. You will be accompanied by a professional walking Safari Guide whose knowledge of local flora, fauna, culture, and history is unmatched. Near to camp, along the Grumeti River, are numerous pools with resident hippos. The hippos can even be heard from camp. And also viewed on a guided bush walk along the river.*
*Note: Age restrictions apply to children under 16 yrs. All bush walks are subject to the discretion of the lead guide due to the nature of the activity.
Walking safari
How to get to Serengeti Migration Camp
Lobo Airstrip is a 1hr flight from Arusha Airport and a 40min drive away from the lodge. Daily flights departing Arusha take approximately 1hrs 20min (depending on the number of stops en route). Private charters from anywhere
Best time to visit Serengeti Migration Camp
As the great migration is a key attraction for many visitors to East Africa, from April through June and again from late October through December is when guests can witness this spectacle first-hand. Bear in mind, this is a natural phenomenon so times may fluctuate slightly.
Yet even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers arguably the most scintillating game-viewing in Africa: great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands upon thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala, and Grant’s gazelle.
The spectacle of predator versus prey dominates Tanzania’s greatest park. Golden-maned lion prides feast on the abundance of plain grazers. Solitary leopards haunt the acacia trees lining the Seronera River, while a high density of cheetahs prowls the southeastern plains. Almost uniquely, all three African jackal species occur here, alongside the spotted hyena and a host of more elusive small predators, ranging from the insectivorous aardwolf to the beautiful serval cat.
This area of the Serengeti offers fantastic game viewing year-round.
Serengeti Migration Camp Accommodation Rates
Rates at Serengeti Migration Camp are either on a full-board basis or the game package.
The Full Board (FB) Rates
Full board rates include accommodation, all meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner), soft drinks, beer, house wines, selected spirits, teas, coffees, refreshments (on the property), and laundry services.
The Game Package (GP) Rates
Game package rates include the full-board package, PLUS Scheduled and shared day and night game drives, guided walking safari, bush sun downers, and transfers to and from designated airstrips.
2024 Safari Tent Indicative Rates in US$
Full Board
Game Package
Mid Season: 4th January to 31st March 2024, 1st to 30th June 2024, 1st November until 19th December 2024
Per person sharing
$691
$882
Single room
$1,037
$1,325
Triple room
$1,552
$1,980
Green Season: 1st April to 31st May 2024
Per person sharing
$494
$675
Single room
$741
$1,014
Triple room
$1,109
$1,515
High Season: 1st July to 31st October 2024, 20th December 2024 to 3rd January 2025
Per person sharing
$882
$1,055
Single room
$1,326
$1,584
Triple room
$1,984
$2,368
All rates are in U.S. Dollars and include the service charges, VAT, and Tourism Development Levy. The rates exclude applicable park/camping fees, champagne, private cellar wines, and premium spirits.
Serengeti Migration Camp Accommodation Special Offers
Serengeti Migration Camp is part of the Elewana Collection. A collection of luxury boutique lodges, camps and hotels in iconic locations across Kenya and Tanzania. Stay longer at any combination of these properties and get great discounts in 2023 and 2024: 6+ nights: 10% 9+ nights: 15% 12+ nights: 20%
Valid in mid and low season at Arusha Coffee Lodge until 31st May 2024* but all year at all other Elewana properties.
*1st November 2023 until 19th December 2024 and 4th January to 31st May 2024.
Get an extra 5% discount when you return to any Elewana property. Plus a 20% discount on Spa treatments*. *Spa services not available in Masai Mara and Serengeti
andBeyond Grumeti Serengeti River Lodge; western reaches of the Serengeti is ideally positioned for dramatic migration river crossings. Best rates and offers
