The Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
See the famous migration of the wildebeest in ultimate luxury
Olakira Camp is a luxury mobile tented safari camp that moves through the Serengeti, attempting to stay close to the patterns of the annual migration of the wildebeest. The camp is pitched in Ndutu from mid December until the end of March. This is usually the magical period during which the migration takes over the Ndutu plains to give birth to the next generation of wildebeest. This seasonal safari camp then moves up to the central Serengeti for the months of June and July.
During these months, a stay at Olakira Camp can be combined with a balloon flight in the central Serengeti.
• Ndutu (southern Serengeti): wildebeest migration mid December until March wildebeest migration June 1 to July 31
• North-eastern Serengeti (Soit Sambu concession just outside the Serengeti in northern Loliondo): wildebeest migration August 1 to mid December.
The Olakira luxury safari camp offers:
• 6 luxury mobile safari tents with en-suite bathroom facilities
• Intimate mess tent serving top quality safari food and drinks
• Lounge tent and fire place for drinks and relaxation
• Game driving in prime Serengeti areas from Ndutu and Central Serengeti locations.
The Serengeti, whose Maasai name ‘Siringet' translates as ‘the endless plains', offers unparalleled ornithological opportunities and an unrivalled natural arena wherein the glory and harmony of nature can be appreciated as nowhere else on earth.
About luxury tented safari camps in Tanzania
When on safari in Tanzania, the traditional luxury safari camp offers a selection of canvas-sided safari tents, usually with thatched rooves, often raised on a timber platform with private verandah. Usually, the luxury safari tents feature comfortable double or single beds with mosquito netting, electric lighting (generator or solar powered) and luxury en-suite safari bathrooms (flushed WC, hot and cold running water, shower and vanity unit).
Tanzania safari Location
The Serengeti is 200 km west of Arusha, Tanzania, while the park's northern boundary abuts with the Kenya border, its western boundary reaches Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
The Background to your Tanzania safari
The vast and sensational Serengeti, covering 14,763 sq km of endlessly rolling savannah plains, is Tanzania's first-established, largest and most famous park wherein tens of thousands of hoofed animals roam in a constant and unremitting search for the fresh grasslands upon which their survival depends.
The million-plus wildebeest are the predominant herbivore and also the main prey of a huge cast of large carnivores, principally lion and hyena. Whilst the annual wildebeest migration is the Serengeti's most famous attraction, the Park is also renowned for its lion, many of which have been fitted with radio-transmitter collars so that their movements may be tracked, and additionally for its wealth of cheetah, zebra, giraffe, Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, eland, impala, klipspringer, hippo and warthog.
Olakira Serengeti Safari wildlife highlights: wildebeest, zebra, Thomson's gazelle, lion, spotted hyena, hunting dog, cheetah, black rhino, elephant, giraffe, buffalo, topi, eland, jackal and otter. Birds: over 350 recorded species including 34 raptors.
Olakira safari Camp Accommodation
Olakira Camp is an intimate mobile tented safari camp, which offers 6 luxury guest tents and a communal mess and lounge tent. The safari guest tents are spacious and comfortable with either king-size or twin beds. All of the rooms are en-suite. The luxury safari bathrooms offer a shower, a wash basin and an environmentally friendly safari toilet, using water and environmentally friendly chemicals. All the luxury tents have private verandahs with panoramic views over the Serengeti and, during the season, the chance to catch a glimpse of the world famous migration of the wildebeest.
Olakira Safari Camp: dining and bars
As is traditional in a luxury Tanzanian safari camp, most meals are served in the central mess tent, which also features a safari bar and deck with panoramic views across the Serengeti. Typically the safari menus will feature both Tanzania and international choices, with plenty of emphasis on fresh salads, fruits and vegetables.
Child-friendly safari
The Olakira camp welcomes children and luxury family safari tents are available.
What to see and do on your Tanzania safari
The annual wildebeest migration
The migration of the wildebeest is perhaps one of Tanzania's most famous natural events. Twice a year, propelled by the rains, 1.3 million wildebeest, 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson's gazelle gather to undertake an 800 km migration trek to new grazing lands. The precise timing of the wildebeest migration varies but generally the Serengeti herbivores congregate and move out at the end of May, sometimes over a period of weeks, sometimes over a period of as little as three or four days. The wildebeest then head west on the first leg of a roughly triangular 800-km circuit that takes approximately 3-4 months and ends in the Masai Mara National Reserve of Kenya. When the grazing here is exhausted the tide of wildebeest turns and reverses its progress returning to the short grass plains of the Serengeti in Tanzania.
Olakira Camp - Serengeti • Tanzania Tented Camps, Safari Lodges & City Hotels
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