Nomad's six-tent mobile camp, moved four or five times a year to stay within reach of the wildebeest herds.
This is the camp for people who want the old way of doing the Serengeti. Six Meru tents, bucket showers with hot water brought on request, a flushing loo, a mess tent and a fire. The camp is moved four or five times a year to follow the herds, from the calving plains in the south early in the year to the Mara River in the dry season, and it never moves while you are in it.
What you are paying for is position and guiding. The team has been following the migration for more than 20 years and knows that the herds rarely stick to the neat maps, so the camp goes where the grass is rather than where a brochure says. February on the southern plains, when calves are born by the thousand, is our favourite time.
It is simple by design. The comforts are those of a proper camp rather than a lodge, with canvas walls and a bucket shower, so it will not suit anyone who wants a solid room or sleeps badly with lions calling. Children from eight are welcome, and there is one family tent. For a first safari we often pair it with Lamai or a lodge in the Ngorongoro highlands.
An open-plan canvas tent with an en suite bathroom, enclosed bucket shower and flushing toilet. Can be set up as a double or a twin.
Two full-size en suite tents linked by a shared living area, the only one of its kind in camp. Suits parents with two children.
Breakfast is taken in the open-plan mess as the sun comes up, lunch is home cooked and served back in camp, and there is a well-stocked bar in the lounge. Food is fresh, homemade and locally sourced.
Wellness here is the bush itself: a light, mobile camp where the middle of the day is spent in the lounge tent or on your own veranda between drives.
Children aged eight and over are welcome, and there is one interconnected family tent. Guides are used to exploring kopjes and insects with young guests.
| Tents | 6 Meru canvas tents, including 1 family tent |
|---|---|
| Bathrooms | En suite, bucket showers and flushing toilets |
| Open | All year |
| Moves | Four to five times a year with the migration |
| Children | Aged 8 and over |
| Calving season | Southern Serengeti, around February |
Serengeti National Park, moving with the migration, Tanzania
A few of the things we plan for guests in Tanzania.
From about January to March the herds gather on the short-grass plains around Ndutu, on the border with the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and give birth in their hundreds of thousands. Lions, cheetahs and hyenas follow. Mobile camps move with the herds, and the plains are green and bright between showers.
From July to October the herds reach the far north around Kogatende and cross the Mara River back and forth. It is quieter than the Kenyan side, with fewer vehicles at each crossing. Stay at least four nights and bring patience: herds can gather for hours before a single animal commits.
The Ngorongoro Crater is a collapsed volcano whose floor holds lions, hyenas, flamingos on the soda lake and one of the few places in Tanzania to see black rhino. Descend at dawn with a picnic breakfast to beat the vehicles. Rim lodges look straight into the caldera and are cold at night.
A northern Tanzania safari paced for families with children aged eight and over: baobabs and elephants near Tarangire, a crater rim lodge above Ngorongoro, a mobile camp in the Serengeti, then four nights on a Zanzibar beach.
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