FARU FARU

Faru Faru: Our View

For a truly luxurious safari, Faru Faru is a destination in itself.  The reserve is one of the only private concessions in the park, making it rare to see another vehicle.  This is the most exclusive Serengeti experience on the market.  Absolutely superb in the migration months, but as with all the Grumeti Reserve camps has good resident game.  If utter comfort is your thing and budget is not an issue, then there is nowhere better!  It's a tough choice between here and Sabora.  Faru is certainly more luxurious, whereas Sabora has the plains and a unique camp style.  Faru Faru is the best of the best; and even finer, dare we say it, than it's big brother Sasakwa, which is more expensive!

There is no doubt that Faru Faru gets 5 paws. If we had a 6 paw rating it would be in that category.

Faru Faru: The Detail

Faru Faru is located in the private Grumeti reserve in the Western Corridor area of the Serengei National Park. There are only 3 properties in this reserve the two sister lodges being Sasakwa and Sabora. You must fly here on light aircraft from Arusha or other location in Northern Tanzania.
 
The central lodge areas are fabulously constructed out of local stone and cleverly designed to take advantage of the terraced side of the hill.  Faru Faru is built on a gentle sloping hill above a beautiful waterhole and overlooking the Grumeti River. The main area has two beautiful swimming pools set into the stone with an alfresco dinging area as well as a covered breakfast and lounge area. The small camp size gives it a truly intimate feel.
 
With 9 super-luxury tented rooms, complete with virtually everything you could ever need this place is the most luxurious of any camp in the Serengeti with a stylish, contemporary design. The walls are canvas with the front glassed with electric windows that you can open with a switch to take in the view of the Gruemti River and plains beyond.
 
Throughout the migration months of June, July and August the camp can literally teem with game.  In the dry season, after the great herds have departed for greener pastures in the north, the Grumeti draws in large concentrations of resident wildlife.  Elephant, Cape Buffalo, giraffe, zebra, gazelle, impala and topi all seek life-sustaining water from the river.

You can game drive in the Grumeti Reserves in open sided vehicles.

Faru Faru: Client Reviews

As for Faru Faru, I’m really glad that we did fly in the end – thanks so much for re-fixing it at short notice.  We had seen huge herds of wildebeest and the rain enroute ensured that the driving that we did do to the airstrip was mainly sideways - so a longer journey could have been difficult.  Anyway, we didn’t want to miss a moment of Faru Faru, it totally lived up to your description 5*******!  The lodge was amazing, the food was absolutely superb, even better than the top vineyard meals that we had had in South Africa.  Also Aloyce was totally on our wave length, even more enthusiastic than me!  We had a fantastic time discussing every bird and animal; my bird list was pages long, he really made a huge effort.  Lunch at Sasakwa was quite an experience; they showed us round the whole lodge after lunch including the cottages.  It was all quite amazing but, you judged it correctly, totally over the top for us to stay there.
C+D Summers 2012

Faru, Faru in Tanzania was a perfect end to a dream trip. What could be better than cantering on the plains of the Serengeti up to a dazzle of zebra and herd of Topi? We had a guide to ourselves during our stay. Elephants were in camp when we left to go on a game ride one morning (sometimes I wondered why we ever bothered to leave these camps as animals constantly came around) and provided a bit of excitement. The plains were glorious and we saw a leopard and a cheetah as well as herds of Cape buffalo, and huge amounts of animals of every kind. And lunch up at Sasakwa Lodge was like a dream. The view of the Serengeti stretches for literally miles. The food was amazing (club sandwich of my life) and the setting; we ate outside, perhaps the best ever. And for those who love to ride, I can’t imagine a more perfect place. 18 horses, the wonderful staff helps outfit you with boots, chaps, helmets, whatever you need and want. And so long as you are able to ride and handle a horse, off you go with at least one in staff (I had two all to myself) to guide you. Be still my heart.
C Lazare 2011

Regarding our visit, overall the entire trip was amazing and very memorable. Faru Faru was absolutely amazing and words can't even describe the experience we had.  The service, food, people, animals were all just amazing and beyond 5 stars.  Our guide Eugen, was amazing knowledgeable and nice. We had even recommended him to our friends who are going again. It is maybe nice to even spend a day or two at one of Singita's other lodges if possible.  
T Chan 2011

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