Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
See the famous migration of the wildebeest in ultimate luxury
Sayari Camp (Sayari is Kiswahili for universe/planet) is located on the Mara River, in the northern part of the Serengeti. This is where the Migration typically stays from mid July/August until November. Outside the Migration season, however, there is also an abundance of residential wildlife. At this time, Sayari Camp is the only permanent camp on the Tanzanian side of the Mara River area. Sayari Camp is an intimate seasonal tented camp, with only nine safari tents.
Sayari Camp - key facts
• Located in the Mara River area in the northern Serengeti
• Can be visited year round except for April and May
• 9 luxury tents with twin or king sized beds, stylish furniture and excellent bathroom facilities
• Each tent having a private verandah overlooking wonderful landscapes
• Intimate restaurant tent serving top food and drinks
• Lounge tent, dining tent, cosy camp fire place and shop
• Activities: (open vehicle) game driving in the wonderful area of the Mara River for superb wildlife and bird watching, bush breakfasts and lunches, star gazing, relaxing
The Serengeti National Park
Venue of the world famous migration of the wildebeest
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. The vast and rolling Serengeti is also the venue for ‘the greatest wildlife show on earth' the annual migration of over one million wildebeest and their attendant cast of herbivores and predators.
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 roofs, often raised on a timber platform with private veranda. 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).
The safari camp location
The Serengeti is 200 km west of Arusha, Tanzania: the park's northern boundary abuts with the Kenya border, its western boundary reaches Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
Your Tanzania luxury camp 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 wildebeest and other 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.
Wildlife highlights around Sayari Camp: This luxury Serengeti safari showcases 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.
Accommodation: Luxury safari tented camp
Sayari Camp's tents are designed to be spacious and are equipped with fully en-suite bathroom facilities. Each tent has its own private veranda with a reclining couch and chairs, positioned to overlook the vast Serengeti. Inside the tent, king-size beds and contemporary furniture give the tent a stylish yet homely feel. Lighting in the tent can be made both atmospheric and at reading strength. The spacious bathroom has a shower, double sinks and a ceramic flush toilet that is environmentally friendly. The showers, sinks and flush toilets are linked to an outside bucketing system. Warm showers can be requested with your tent attendant at any moment of the day; water for toilet flushing and for the sinks are available continuously.
Dining and bars: Tanzania luxury safari camp style
Central to the Sayari Camp are two stylish communal safari tents: the intimate and welcoming lounge, with soft lanterns, plush sofas and floor cushions and a library of safari books; and the dining tent. Meals are typically served in the dining tent, but can also be enjoyed privately under the millions of stars in the Serengeti sky. Sundowners are traditionally served around the campfire before dinner. Menus feature both Tanzanian and international choices.
A Child-friendly safari camp
Sayari Camp welcomes children.
What to see and do on your Tanzania luxury camp safari
The Lamai Wedge area and the banks of the Mara River offer some of the best and undisturbed game driving in the Serengeti. During the Migration season (mid July to November), guests have a very good chance of seeing famous Mara River wildebeest crossings, especially since the camp's guides have an in-depth knowledge of the surrounding ecosystem. Sayari Camp operates in the remotest areas of the Serengeti eco-system, thus allowing for long-range game drives, which are undisturbed by other vehicles and afford private and unique game sightings.
The annual wildebeest migration in the Serengeti
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.
Where and when to see the migration while at Sayari Camp
The migration runs according to its own rules, but in general a large column of wildebeest passes west to Lake Victoria while another moves north past Lobo. While on the hoof (May to June) the rut commences and the wildebeests mate. The migration herds usually reach the north, and eventually cross into Kenya's Masai Mara NR, during July to October. In November the herds begin to reform for the return journey and by December the migration is complete and they are usually to be found grazing the southern grasslands; wildebeest calving starts in February.
Tanzania luxury camp safari experiences in the Serengeti
Typical Tanzania safari experiences at Sayari Camp include: safari game drives in especially adapted 4WD safari vehicles (with professionally trained Tanzania safari guides), safari bush breakfasts, lunches and dinners; cocktails around the camp safari campfire and guided safari walks through the bush. Sayari Camp also offers ornithological tours, cultural performances and visits to the local Maasai people of Tanzania.
In the Serengeti, a particular highlight is a hot air balloon ride, which typically ascends from its launch site at dawn and travels for around an hour across the plains before descending in a controlled landing to a cooked safari breakfast in the bush.
Sayari Camp - Serengeti • Tanzania Luxury Safari Tented Camps
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