Lodges & partnersSeronera Central Serengeti
Ten tented suites under acacia in the middle of the Serengeti, six kilometres from the Seronera airstrip, where the cats stay all year.
About
Siringit Serengeti Camp stands in the Seronera area, the geographic middle of the Serengeti, about six kilometres east of the airstrip and under a canopy of acacia. Seronera is the part of the park that holds game through the year, because the river courses here keep water when the plains dry out. The camp is unfenced and sits on a wildlife corridor, so what walks past your veranda in the morning is whatever came through overnight.
The argument for the central Serengeti is that the resident game does not leave. Lion live around the kopjes and along the Seronera valley, leopard use the big trees by the water, and cheetah hunt the shorter grass. The herds pass through on their way north, the camp puts that at around April to June, and again coming south later in the year, but a stay here does not depend on them. For a first safari, or for anyone who wants cats rather than a single event, that is the point.
There are ten tents, one of them a two bedroom family tent. Each runs to about forty five square metres including the veranda, on a raised wooden platform with polished hardwood floors, a fireplace, a sitting area and a bathroom with two basins, a walk in shower and a flush toilet. Power and hot water are solar, with a quiet standby generator, and there is wireless internet across camp. There is a main lounge and dining tent, a library of books and board games, a fire outside and a small shop. Menus are built for the collection by a chef with a Michelin background, and dinner is often laid under a tree rather than under canvas.
It suits couples, honeymooners and repeat safari travellers who would rather be in a camp of ten tents than a lodge of eighty, and photographers who want the Seronera valley at first light. The family tent and the child sharing policy make it workable for families. It is less suited to anyone who wants a pool, a spa or a gym, because the camp has none of those. The collection keeps those at its villa near Arusha.
Most guests fly to Seronera airstrip and drive in from there. The road from Arusha takes most of a day through Lake Manyara, Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, with the camp about an hour north of the Naabi Hill gate.
Signature experiences
An early start into the river courses where the resident cats hunt. This is why people stay in the central Serengeti rather than following the herds.
When the weather allows the camp lays a table outside and serves dinner in the open, with the fire going and the plains dark beyond it.
The camp is unfenced and sits on a corridor the animals already use. A chair, a pair of binoculars and an hour before breakfast is a real part of the day here.
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Room types
About forty five square metres of canvas on a raised platform under acacia, with polished hardwood floors, a fireplace, a sitting area and a private veranda. The bathroom is en suite, with two basins, a walk in shower and a flush toilet. Made up as a double or a twin, and the camp publishes its own rate for one guest in a tent. One of the ten tents has two bedrooms and is kept for families.
At a glance
Best time to visit
Best months: June to March.
Location & access
Seronera Central Serengeti
About 3 hours in total. Roughly 45 minutes by road from Kilimanjaro International Airport to Arusha Airport, about 1 hour 30 minutes in a light aircraft to Seronera airstrip, then a short game drive of about 15 to 30 minutes east to camp. Bush flights carry a soft bag limit of around 15 kg.
About 8 to 9 hours in total from Kilimanjaro International Airport. Roughly 1 hour to Arusha, about 2 hours on to Mto wa Mbu below the Lake Manyara escarpment, about 1 hour 45 minutes up through Karatu to the Lodoare gate, around 2 hours 30 minutes across the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to the Naabi Hill gate, then about an hour north to Seronera and a short drive east to camp.
On the map
2.456° S, 34.861° E
What's included
Frequently asked
Ten, all en suite and all to the same standard. One of them is a two bedroom family tent. Each tent runs to about forty five square metres including its veranda.
In the Seronera area, the central part of the Serengeti National Park, about six kilometres east of the Seronera airstrip and under acacia on a wildlife corridor.
All year. The camp prints no closed dates on its 2027 contract, and the seasons here change what you see rather than whether you can come.
Most fly to Seronera airstrip and drive the last stretch as a game drive. By road from Arusha it is most of a day through Lake Manyara, Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, with the camp about an hour north of the Naabi Hill gate.
The resident lion, leopard and cheetah are here through the year, which is the main reason to choose Seronera. The camp puts the migration passing north at around April to June. The long rains fall in April and May, when the park is green and much quieter.
Yes. Children of all ages are welcome under their parents supervision. Children from six to seventeen pay half the adult rate sharing with an adult, children under six sharing with adults are accommodated in a cot at no charge, and a child in their own tent pays seventy five percent of the adult sharing rate. One tent has two bedrooms.
Full board, which is breakfast, lunch and dinner, along with laundry, wireless internet, the one percent Tourism Development Levy and VAT. Camping fees and park entry fees are paid at the gate, and game drives and transport are itemised separately in your trip price.
No. The camp has a lounge, a library, a fire and a small shop, and that is close to the whole list. The collection keeps its spa and gym at its villa near Arusha.
Power is 220 volt solar with battery storage and a quiet standby generator, hot water is solar and available through the day, and there is wireless internet across camp.
Unfenced, with game moving through. A member of staff walks you between your tent and the dining tent once it is dark, and most guests hear lion from bed at some point in a stay.
No. A tent takes two adults, and one child may share with them. The camp prints no rate for a third adult, so we do not sell that shape rather than guess at a price.
What's nearby
Under an hour from camp. The water holds game all year and this stretch carries the densest cat population in the park.
A short drive from camp, where the Seronera and Orangi rivers meet and the hippo lie up in numbers.
About two hours south. Granite outcrops with Maasai rock paintings and a resident rhino population.
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Opens for stays from 1 Jan 2027
