LEMALA SERENGETI CAMP

Lemala Serengeti Camp: Our View

Lemala Ndutu/Serengeti is a great mobile camp and offers some of the best value of all the mobile camps in the Serengeti. The company is quite new to the whole Tanzanian safari game. However, so far so good! The location in the North is stunning and the tents really are very good. The downside is the competition, of Nomads and Asilia and Serian which are better.

Lemala camps are in good locations and good for game. But they are relatively new to the game and for a similar price you can get better value. For this reason we give Lemala 3 paws.

Lemala Serengeti Camp: The Detail

Between December and April, Lemala Serengeti is based in the Ndutu area and tucked away in an acacia grove on the brow of a gentle hill with lovely views of a permanent marsh in front. The marsh's resident wildlife of giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, lion, hyena are regular visitors to the camp and, at migration time, are joined by thousands of zebra and wildebeest. Game viewing literally starts at the camp during the migration season. The camp offers optional walks for the more intrepid guests.

From mid-April to May the use of Lemala Ewanjan Camp is best but surrounded by loads of other hotels and camps. The mobile camp relocates to the scenic northern Serengeti near the Mara River between June and November. It is set up at the base of a large kopje in Wogakuria and offers superb views of the rolling grasslands that are a magnet for the big herds of wildebeest, buffalo and elephant. Every now and then off-road game drives are permitted in northern Serengeti thus guests are able to enjoy exceptional game viewing and river crossings without the traffic jams of Masai Mara. During the migration, which starts arriving from June onwards, large numbers of wildebeest and zebra herds remain on the Serengeti side even when the migration spills into the Masai Mara and guests continue to enjoy excellent game viewing up to November. Private vehicles are available at extra cost and must be booked in advance.

The camp is small with only 9 spacious and stylishly decorated tents (including 1 family tent). Each tent has either 2 large single beds or a king-size double bed, a wooden floor, and a private bathroom that contains a dressing area, flush loo, shower and basin with running water. The mess has a cozy sitting room with large comfy sofas and a dining room where all guests sit together with the naturalists. House drinks, camp fires, sundowners and bush meals are included.