Nomad Tanzania

TO GET AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE MIGRATION IS OUR SOLE OBSESSION. 

A million and a half wildebeest and zebra can’t be wrong, and this camp never settles for less. This canvas home-from-home and its indomitable crew are on the move year-in, year-out from one sweet Serengeti site to another, guided by the mass movements of the wildebeest migration and their quest for ever greener grass. Along with it come our highly trained naturalist guides and all the trimmings of a classic safari.

LAMAI SERENGETI

STANDING PROUD ABOVE THE PLAINS, AROUND A TUMBLE OF GIANT BOULDERS.

You can see from this outcrop, the Kogakuria Kopje, for miles and miles. Over a million wildebeest cross these plains on their way to dodge the jaws of death in the Mara River, just down the track.  On the Lamai Wedge, bristling with mammals all year round, there’s never a dull moment. Above it all, our beautiful kopje is a sacred wildlife haven – and our mission is to act as its faithful guardians.

 Lamai Serengeti’s little sister, exclusively for private groups.

Strung around the bottom of our boulder-bound Serengeti base, this camp communes completely privately with the bristling plains of the north - annual site of the Migration crossings of the Mara River, gateway to the Lamai Wedge and a year-round arena of spectacular resident big game.

A WONDERFULLY PRIVATE HIDEAWAY IN THE HEART OF THE SELOUS.

Decades of exploring Tanzania have shown us that one of the greatest privileges here is to be on your own in the bush, when your experience of the wild can change from plain spectacular to transcendent. Kiba Point offers private groups of grown-up families and friends the unrestrained freedom of one of the world’s biggest reserves, with exclusive guides and vehicles and a camp full of guilty, natural pleasures.

OUR HANDSOME LIGHT-FILLED LODGE WITH WIDE-SCREEN TECHNICOLOUR VIEWS ACROSS AN ICONIC AFRICAN RIVERBANK.

Our lodge is so much part of the Rufiji’s ebb and flow that it seems almost moored on the banks, with one side entirely open to the river. Views across its brown, swirling waters call to mind adventure movies from another time. Indeed, in the early days, we pioneered legendary foot safaris here, and we still make life in and around the lodge  as action-packed and exciting as the fizzing natural world around it.

A CLASSIC EXPEDITIONARY CAMP IN A MILLION ACRES OF MAMMALS.

When we first pushed into Katavi way back, no one had signed the park guestbook for a decade; camp was three bedrolls and a fire. We went feral in the freedom of being amongst such concentrations of beasts. Though weve upgraded since then, with comparative luxuries like showers and silverware - we stay faithful to how that felt, and our outpost still sits amongst the elephants, bellowing hippos and tamarind trees.

IN OUR FAMOUS JUNGLE-CHIC LODGE BY A GIN-CLEAR LAKE, WE LIVE AND BREATHE CHIMPANZEES.

Come on a legendary journey to meet the most privileged primates on the planet: the wild chimpanzees of Mahale - and us, the trackers, guides and helpers who share their leafy Nirvana. In the forest’s dappled sunlight, chimpanzees romp and commune around us. At the lakeshore, on a white beach, Greystoke opens its shaggy arms, hewn from vintage dhows, proffering yet another level of pleasure to all our intrepid guests.  

THIS ORGANIC, LIGHT-FOOTED CAMP HIDDEN AWAY IN THE PARK, IS PROBABLY CLOSER TO OUR HEARTS’ CORE THAN ANY OTHER.

Tarangire country is big and bold: our camp is the opposite...a little gem. Full of heart and soul, and  tucked into a grove of secluded riverside bush, it is so much at one with the wild that animals hardly look up as they do their thing around us. Elephants often pass right through camp, and we can be completely absorbed into their secret lives, from the sweet comfort of our sun-slatted living space.

THE ONLY SELF-CONTAINED PRIVATE HOUSE IN THE SERENGETI.

Set plum in the middle of one of the richest game areas in the Serengeti, this bush home from home is designed specifically with little children in mind, as well as being  a great place for  groups of friends. Mkombe was a guide who cherished this area and connected strongly with children – and their parents. He would have seriously loved it here, as will anyone who stays in the house we named after him.

YOUR PRIVATE HIGHLAND RETREAT OVERLOOKING THE NGORONGORO CRATER

There is surely no truer way to appreciate the magnitude and wonder of the Ngorongoro Crater, than from Entamanu Private where its done entirely on your own terms and schedules. A highland retreat designed to be entirely removable with minimal impact on this precious place, this is your exclusive Crater experience. 

NATURALLY, OUR TAKE ON THIS WILDLIFE SHANGRI LA IS WILDER, WOOLIER AND SO MUCH MORE ABSORBED.

Here, we define our own Ngorongoro, off the beaten track, in Maasai territory.  Following one of the world’s most stunning private drives, we bring you up to a dizzying edge of elemental Africa with panoramic views spinning forward into the Crater and back to the Serengeti plains. This is much more than a great vantage point for visiting the Crater, this is where we live the Ngorongoro life.

NATURE IS A DRINK BEST TAKEN NEAT. BEING OUT THERE IN THE IMMENSITY OF A CHADA NIGHT, GIVES YOU GALLONS OF THIS INTOXICATING LIQUOR.

It’s a deeply respected tradition at Chada to escape from main camp and sleep out in the real middle of nowhere. It’s what we LOVE doing. There is no place in the world that feels like Katavi and nothing gets you quite as close to that feeling than fly camping.

We send an advance party out to pitch camp and walk you in for couple of hours, to arrive just before sunset.  The trick is to leave as much as possible behind: stuff, other people, current affairs. This is your chance to see Katavi like we did before we had a “proper” camp. (Some may argue this is the "proper" camp.)

There’s a million wild acres of Katavi to head into, where humans hardly ever venture. Part of our skill is keeping you safe in such a wild place, the other is picking the perfect campsite, beside open floodplains, under the shadiest trees, for the widest stretch of night-sky. 

NIGHTS OUT OF CAMP AND UNDER THE STARS ARE OUR MOST COMPLETE EXPRESSION OF HOW NOMAD RELATES TO WILDERNESS.

It’s very simple. If you really want to connect with the African bush, just put yourself right out there. Because we know the bush, and we know what’s safe and what’s comfortable, we can make this happen. We desert the lodge and walk with you into the big beyond. The further we go, the deeper the wilderness, the bigger it feels.

At some point, we come upon our camp-out spot and home for one night. There’s a murmur of voices, the fire is lit. It feels secure and cosy, though we know that only the finest line is drawn between us and wild Africa. 

In our fly-camps we strip away all but the basic neccessities to get you as close to the Africa wilderness as you’ll ever want to be. We give you safety and comfort, a proper, sweet sleep under the stars, and a major bucket-list experience. 

IMAGINE, WITH AN EAGLE’S EYE, ONE MINIATURE ENCAMPMENT OF TENTS IN RUAHAS LANDSCAPE OF GIANTS.

Our understated little bush-camp has been in the beating eastern heart of the park for years, where the wildlife is most concentrated. Sorties from here, encountering the great mammals of Africa, can be thrilling and hard to tear yourself away from. So, in camp we retreat - but with Nature up very close - a quiet, canvas refuge, only disturbed by our elephant visitors.  They just don’t make them like this anymore.