The camp sits in the Lamai Wedge, the triangle of northern Serengeti squeezed between the Mara River and the Kenyan border. From June, this stretch of riverbank puts guests within short reach of the crossing points. Here wildebeest, zebra and gazelle gather on the banks before braving the crocodile-filled water. As the migration turns south later in the year, the camp simply follows. Its name is Swahili for grass, for the plains that run out in every direction.
There is no watching the same drama from the back of a queue
The Lamai Wedge is a quieter corner, set apart from the busy crossing sites near Kogatende. That distance is the whole point. It means fewer vehicles at a sighting, and time to stay with a herd as it gathers, hesitates and finally plunges into the current. There is no watching the same drama from the back of a queue, only the slow unfolding of it in front of you.
Eight en-suite tents and one family tent make up the camp, kept small on purpose. Every booking comes with its own vehicle and guide, and the day is built entirely around the people in the car. That might mean a long stop at the riverbank, a slow morning beside a lion pride, or breakfast laid out wherever the game happens to lead. Few migration camps at this scale offer a private vehicle as standard.
Eight en-suite tents and one family tent make up the camp
The tents take their palette from the grassland outside, natural linens and earthy tones, with bedside lighting, a wardrobe and an en-suite bathroom reached through a zipped opening. A canvas mess tent and an open-air lounge form the social heart of the camp. A short walk away, a firepit draws everyone together once the light goes, under a sky with nothing to dim it.
Nyasi sits inside Serengeti National Park rather than a private concession, and that setting decides the rhythm of the day. Game drives run on designated tracks in the early morning and late afternoon, with full-day outings when a crossing looks imminent. Guest stays feed back into the wider ecosystem, supporting anti-poaching patrols and wildlife monitoring, community education and livelihood work across the greater Serengeti. The days spent watching the herds also help keep them coming.
Through the northern season the Mara River is the stage, wildebeest massing on the banks for crossings that pull in lions, leopards, cheetahs and spotted hyenas. When the herds move to the southern short-grass plains, the camp goes with them, keeping guests close to the calving grounds and the predators that shadow them. This is a camp that never quite stands still, always positioned where the drama is about to happen. Timing here follows the herds rather than the calendar.
Those who prefer the ground can join a guided walking safari, reading tracks and flora on foot.
Coffee arrives at the tent before first light, and the mornings run long on the plains, shaped by whatever the private vehicle allows rather than a fixed schedule. Lunch might be spread in the shade of an acacia, and sundowners come with a firepit as the day fades. Those who prefer the ground can join a guided walking safari, reading tracks and flora on foot. For a wider view, hot-air balloon flights lift over the grasslands and the herds below, and visits to nearby communities can be arranged.
The kitchen leans on fresh, locally sourced ingredients, served in the mess tent, on a private veranda or out in the bush, with breakfasts and picnic lunches folded into the game drives themselves. Evenings often begin with drinks at the fire before dinner. The family tent takes two adults and two children, and while the focus stays on serious wildlife watching, the private guide makes it easy to shape a day around younger travellers.
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Eight en-suite tents plus one family tent, nine in total. Configurable as king or twin with an extra bed possible, finished in natural linens and earthy tones, with double beds, mosquito nets, bedside lighting, seating and a wardrobe. Bathrooms hold a toilet, washbasins and a classic bucket shower. The family tent suits two adults and two children.
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Daily private-vehicle game drives on Serengeti National Park tracks, morning and afternoon, focused on Mara River crossings and resident predators. Guided walking safaris cover flora and tracking. Hot-air balloon flights over the grasslands and visits to local communities can be arranged, alongside bush breakfasts and sundowners.
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Guest stays contribute to conservation, supporting anti-poaching patrols, wildlife monitoring, community education and livelihood projects across the greater Serengeti ecosystem. Visits to nearby communities can be arranged, connecting guests with local people beyond the game drives.
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In the northern months you fly from Arusha toward the Mara River country, landing at Kogatende or the Lamai strip depending on schedules and where exactly the camp is pitched, a flight of roughly two hours with en-route stops. A game drive carries you the last stretch into the Lamai Wedge. When the camp follows the herds south for the calving, the airstrip changes with it, and we confirm the routing when we book your season.
We can also arrange a private charter, a Cessna Caravan or Pilatus PC-12, timed to your day rather than the schedule's. The scheduled aircraft take soft bags of about fifteen kilograms per person, hand luggage included.
Yes. Every position the camp occupies through the year sits below 1,800 metres, and beneath that height the whole of mainland Tanzania is rated high risk for malaria by the UK's official travel health service and by the CDC, so antimalarial tablets are the normal advice for this trip in any month.
Guidance gets reviewed, so have a travel clinic or your doctor confirm the current course before departure, and let long sleeves and repellent handle the hours after sundown.
For the river, come between June and November, when the camp holds its quiet corner of the Lamai Wedge and the crossings run their July to October peak. For the calving, come in the deep southern months around January to March, when the camp has moved to the far south of the ecosystem and the predators work the newborn herds.
In between there are short spells when the camp is down and travelling, so some weeks simply are not bookable, and we will tell you plainly if yours is one. Wherever it stands, allow three nights or more; the migration pays out to people who give it time.
From four years old, which is younger than almost any serious migration camp accepts, and the reason it works is the private vehicle: with no strangers aboard, a drive can be forty-five bright minutes or a full day, nap included, at nobody's cost but your own.
The family tent keeps four together comfortably. Tell us the ages when we plan and we will be honest about which season, north or south, will hold their attention best.
Yes, and better than a mobile camp has any right to offer: wifi runs in the main areas and reaches the tents, comfortably up to messages, email and photographs. It rides on satellite, so weather can dent it, and streaming is optimistic.
Phone signal out on the Wedge itself is patchy, which most guests come to regard as a feature. If you need guaranteed contact for something specific, tell us and we will check the current setup for your dates.
It is a genuinely inclusive rate: all meals, house wines, beers, spirits and soft drinks, daily laundry, and the transfers between camp and its current airstrip, on top of the guiding the camp is really about. Champagne-level bottles and hot-air balloon flights are the separately priced items, the balloon well worth booking ahead in crossing season.
Serengeti park fees are charged per person for each 24 hours, a little over 80 US dollars for an adult in peak months, and we build them into your quote so the arithmetic is done before you say yes.
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