By day, the plains in front of Ewanjan Tented Camp stay empty of other vehicles. The camp is pitched at the closed end of a blind valley on Makoma Hill, in central Serengeti’s Seronera area, so nobody drives through. Seronera airstrip is half an hour away by road. At sunset the view runs west across open grass, with no electric light anywhere on the horizon.
Lion prides and cheetahs hunt here in every month of the year.
Seronera is where the southern grasslands give way to the northern woodlands, and its rivers keep water through the dry months. The water keeps the herds resident, and where the herds stay, the cats follow. Lion prides and cheetahs hunt here in every month of the year. The migration passes through twice, usually between April and June and again around November to January, never on a fixed date.
Inside the tents, wooden floors carry two queen beds with warm duvets, wooden cabinets and a writing desk. Hot water for the bucket shower is carried up by staff on request, and solar panels keep the lights on through the night. Each tent opens onto a deck with loungers facing the plains.
Around the fire, the sounds of the bush carry up the valley.
Evenings begin in the open, as the light leaves the plains. Around the fire, the sounds of the bush carry up the valley. Dinner is served in the mess tent, after a drink at the colonial-style bar among leather sofas and chandeliers. For families, two tents have two bedrooms each, and children under twelve have their own programme of tracking and bow-making.
Year-round game makes Seronera one of the busier corners of the Serengeti, and a good lion sighting near its rivers soon draws a ring of other vehicles. Guides from camp answer with distance. Drives go out in open 4×4 vehicles in the morning and again in the late afternoon. Full days with a picnic lunch reach across the central, southern and western Serengeti, following the herds and the big cats wherever that month has put them. The return each evening is to a quiet valley that no other vehicle has reason to enter. By then the crowds at the rivers feel a long way off.
An optional balloon flight leaves before sunrise and drifts for around an hour over the Seronera plains, coming down to a breakfast laid out in the grass. Phones charge in the main area, not beside the bed. Wi-Fi reaches the lounge and bar, and little else. After dark, Maasai askaris keep watch over the camp.
The return each evening is to a quiet valley that no other vehicle has reason to enter.
Stays are full board, with most drinks included, and the day’s eating follows the day’s plans. Lunch is either a light meal in camp or a packed picnic for the full days out. Before dinner, sundowners are taken around the campfire in front of the lounge as the sun sets over the plains. The camp offers work and training to people from the surrounding communities, and the staff are friendly and quick to help.
Because the cats stay all year, the camp earns a place at almost any point in a Serengeti National Park itinerary. Between December and March it pairs with a stay on the Ndutu plains in the south. From July to October the better partner is a camp near the Mara River in the far north, and Ewanjan Tented Camp holds the central ground between the two. Three or four nights here allow time for a balloon morning and a couple of long days out west or south. The evenings belong to the fire and the sound of the valley after dark.
accommodation
The canvas tents stand on the hillside on wooden floors, most with two queen beds and two with two bedrooms and a shared sitting area for families or friends, all with en-suite bathrooms. Each has a flush toilet, running water at the basin, a bucket shower filled hot on request, solar lighting and a deck with loungers.
activities
Game drives in open 4x4 vehicles run morning and late afternoon across the central, southern and western Serengeti, with full days out and a picnic lunch. An optional dawn balloon flight ends with breakfast on the plains. Birdwatching and sundowners fill the gaps, and children under twelve have their own programme of tracking with the guides and bow-making with the Maasai.
conservation
The camp supports the Serengeti De-snaring Programme, which clears wire snares across the Serengeti and frees trapped animals alive. The biodegradable picnic boxes are made by a women's group in Mto wa Mbu. Power is solar and water is filtered on site.
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