Discover the Magic of Serengeti National Park.
Usawa Serengeti Camp, situated within the expansive Serengeti National Park, stands as a premier destination for wildlife enthusiasts and nature lovers alike. Spanning an impressive 15,000 square kilometres (1.5 million hectares), the Serengeti is renowned as one of the seven natural wonders of Africa and a crucial habitat for the Great Migration. Witness the spectacle of two million wildebeest, zebras, and other plains game traversing the savannah in search of grazing grounds and water, navigating through the perils of predators like lions, hyenas, and crocodiles. Usawa Serengeti Camp offers access to nine key migration sites across the Serengeti, making it a truly mobile experience that follows the ever-moving mega-herds throughout the year. This flexibility allows guests to be in close proximity to the action, away from the crowded tourist hotspots, making it an ideal base for an immersive and authentic safari adventure.
Usawa Serengeti Camp boasts a unique and flexible accommodation setup, ensuring guests are always near the heart of the action while enjoying luxurious amenities. The camp, though completely mobile, maintains a commitment to opulence, with no compromise on comfort. With a variety of options, including three Deluxe Doubles and one Deluxe Twin Room, the camp accommodates guests in style. Each Banda provides mosquito nets, 240v lighting, charging stations, and a private balcony, offering a serene retreat after days filled with adventure.
The camp’s highlights include access to prime migration sites, ensuring an up-close and unparalleled experience of the Great Migration. Guests can choose from a range of activities, including early morning and afternoon game drives with opportunities for golden light photography and sundowners. For the avid explorer, full-day drives with packed picnic lunches can be arranged, allowing them to witness the vast beauty of the Serengeti.
Usawa Serengeti Camp stands out for more than just its safari experiences. Guided walks led by highly trained Wilderness guides, knowledgeable about the area, provide an alternative way to explore the Serengeti’s designated walking areas. The guiding experience is tailored to individual guest interests, offering a layered and immersive understanding of the environment.
As part of its purpose, Wilderness, the organisation behind the camp, engages in formal training programmes for underprivileged children and community education and upskilling initiatives. This commitment contributes to reducing reliance on harmful activities such as poaching and deforestation. The Serengeti’s exceptional biodiversity, including the legendary prides of lions, elephants, buffaloes, rhinos, and diverse bird species, is a testament to the success of conservation efforts in this remarkable natural habitat.
Meaning ‘balance’ in Swahili, Usawa offers the perfect balance between the action and drama of the migration, and exclusivity, with the camps set up in the quieter, more remote areas of the park. Guests are completely immersed in the unfiltered nature experience, whether witnessing herds of migrating wildebeest or enjoying a quiet bush picnic and sundowners afterwards.
Though the camp moves several times throughout the year, Wilderness Usawa Serengeti is intimate, with no comfort or luxury overlooked, and the set-up is complete with high-end touches and exceptional service.
Wilderness Usawa Serengeti is a sustainable operation: solar-powered, locally sourced and built with an impressively light footprint that does not compromise the precious Serengeti environment.
The camp will be configured in whichever way is best for the environment, with a central dining area and social fire pit, and the rooms extending out on either side of that.
At any given time, mobile camps are set up as close to the herds as possible.
Wilderness Usawa Serengeti moves with the herd as the animals travel throughout the year across the length and breadth of the national park, with camps set up in various key locations on the migration route. The camps comprise beautiful open-plan tents with view-facing beds, offering an intimate, authentic tented camp, and the thrill of an immersive tented experience with all comforts and luxury that Wilderness guests are accustomed to.
The in-tent experience draws on the out-of-camp environment: the golden grasses of the savannah. With 360° mesh-sided surrounds, guests are immersed in the wild landscape. With luxurious linens, view-facing beds and an en-suite bathroom, the camp celebrates the best of a tented experience with all the luxurious touches Wilderness guests are accustomed to.
Wilderness Usawa Serengeti offers a spacious, open-plan, family unit with view-facing beds to cater for adventurous families travelling to Tanzania. As Wilderness’ first luxury mobile tented camp operation following Serengeti National Park’s legendary Great Migration, Usawa offers the thrill of an immersive luxury tented experience in pristine wilderness settings. The perfect balance between adventure and exclusivity.
The family offering doubles the space available to families by offering two luxurious tents joined together with an external passage between them, making one family unit. This creates an open yet protected space to enjoy together with the comfort of family members nearby.
Usawa’s family unit can accommodate up to three children (a maximum of five people). Wilderness’ expert Tanzanian team has years of experience hosting family safaris in the region, and will offer numerous exciting adventures for children from 6 years of age, as well as delicious child-friendly meals.
Wilderness Usawa Serengeti tailors game drives to suit the guest. Peaceful early-morning or afternoon drives during golden light for best photography opportunities, or all-day excursions with a packed picnic lunch for those who don’t want to miss a thing.
Wilderness Usawa Serengeti camps have a privileged position within designated walking areas of the Serengeti. This means walks can begin right from camp, under the supervision of experienced Wilderness guides.
Beyond the magnificent volume of game, the Serengeti is home to an impressive variety of birds.
While sitting around the campfire, appreciate the vastness and clarity of the Serengeti night sky.
Take to the skies in style and soar over the rich ecosystem of the Serengeti in a hot air balloon. Gaze over the ‘endless plains’ and their scenic splendour, marvelling at the unfolding drama of the ever-moving mega-herds. Champagne and snacks are served at the end of the flight.
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