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  • Location: Tanzania, Serengeti
  • Type of Accommodation: Tented Camp
  • Comfort Level: Mid-range

overview

Experience an intimate tented camp that follows the wildebeest migration across the Serengeti plains: Olakira Camp spends several months in two different locations to ensure ringside seats for all the drama of Nature's biggest show. Head south to the Ndutu region to witness the wildebeest birthing season or try the camp's northern location and watch the herds cross the crocodile-filled Mara River.

Spend your time on morning and afternoon game drives in search of the Serengeti's remarkable wildlife before unwinding after a day of adventure and sharing your stories about the day's sightings around a campfire.

highlights

  • Intimate & personal camp experience
  • Excellent game viewing all year round
  • Perfect for migration sightings
  • Moves between two popular locations
  • See spectacular river crossings or catch the dramatic Wildebeest calving season

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Facilities

After a day of Big 5 and migration game viewing on exciting 4X4 drives, head back to the central Olakira Camp where you can enjoy board games, swap stories with fellow travellers or curl up with a book.

If a large private group is staying at Olakira Camp, an additional tent may be reserved as an exclusive dining tent or lounge.

General Facilities

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    Laundry service

Dining

All meals are prepared and served in the comfortable Olakira Camp dining tent, one side of which is open. Tasty pre-dinner snacks are served before the buffet-style main meal, a combination of Western and African cuisine that uses the freshest available ingredients and is paired with excellent South African wines.

Dine in a communal family style or, if you choose, you can take your dinner in a private location, be it your own veranda or under the Serengeti stars.

Standard Tent

Olakira Camp offers guests nine classic walk-in safari tents that are spacious and eminently comfortable and feature a king-size or twin bed plus an en suite bathroom with a shower, wash basin and toilet.

Standard Tent AMENITIES

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    En-suite bath and shower
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    Outside area
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    Twin bed available

Activities

  • Full-day safari
  • Game drives
  • Picnics
  • Specialist guides
  • Star-gazing
 
  • dates rates from board basis
  • 01 Jun 2013 - 30 Jun 2013 $620 Fully Inclusive
  • 01 Jul 2013 - 31 Oct 2013 $700 Fully Inclusive
  • 01 Nov 2013 - 15 Nov 2013 $620 Fully Inclusive
  • 01 Dec 2013 - 19 Dec 2013 $620 Fully Inclusive
  • 20 Dec 2013 - 31 Dec 2013 $700 Fully Inclusive

All rates are quoted per person sharing per night unless otherwise stipulated

Please note, additional room types are also available. Request a quote for rate detail

Pricing is meant as a guide only.

Go2Africa contracts rates that are significantly below accommodation general public rack rates. Due to contract confidentiality we are often not able to publish our best rate.

Contact us – via Request a Quote – for an accurate, market best rate.

All prices are subject to availability, change or increase without notice and seasonality.

Single supplements are often applicable. Options and rates vary from supplier to supplier.

Traveller Reviews

  • Olakira Camp: The staff here works very hard, simple food, but good. For camping, we still had a full proper bed. We were impressed that they have "running" water in the tents, but some customers were unhappy with the bucket showers. For us the change in accommodations was great, gave us a taste of all

    Katherine Ryan, March 2013
  • Olakira was by far the best experience of our whole trip. The staff were spectacular, the accommodations great, the atmosphere family-like and the food and drinks were amazing.

    Daniel Thys, April 2012
  • Jambo! In a word, the trip was fantastic. The driver-guide was extremely knowledgeable, personable, and certainly added a lot of value to the trip. The Olakira tented camps were fantastic, the quality of the accomodation far exceeded our expectations and the staff could not do enough for us.

    Shannon Cole, March 2011
  • Every overnight accommodation was at least very good and all the way to a the safari tent experience of my dreams. The Olakari camp was more rustic, but so close to nature and the animals and it was difficult to imagine you were in mobile tents.

    Dana Staib, February 2011
  • My expectations were completely met with the Olakira Lodge. That WAS the highlight for me. No fences and real tents but with bathrooms that worked!!! The staff was amazing as was the food (actually the best food on the whole trip was from Olakira). Each safari from there left us in awe and the best part; the vehicle was not restricted to following tracks. It felt like a safari of "old", at least the safari of old from my imagination. And Yes, we did have animals around our tents at night!!!

    Kenice Short, October 2010
  • This camp has definitely been our favorite one! It was managed in a very good way by Pascal and the tents were the best ones we have ever experienced.

    Stefania Pelloni, August 2010
  • TANZANIA WAS SUPER!!! We really had a great time. The tented camps and lodges you chose were very nice with good service, the parks we went to were a great choice. Great mixture too! Taking our own jeep and guide was good advice! We had quite some rain, but it never bothered us except that it spoiled our Fly Camp. A pity, but this was quickly forgotten thanks to the fact that we saw lots of animals. Great safaris, honestly.

    Dominique Poissonnier, January 2010
  • Very Positive experiences. The manager was good. Staff very friendly. Nice sunrise and distant views of wild life from the window of our tent. Easy to get adjusted to the toilets and shower routines. Coffee at the tent in the morning was a nice touch. Group Campfire was memorable.

    Bill Kang, January 2010
  • In truth, we really enjoyed the camping experience, because of the happy hours around the campfire before dinner. The happy hour gave us a chance to meet with other tourists, exchange stories with each other and enjoy a dinner together. All of the campsites and lodges had their own charm, and we thought that the staff in each place were very friendly and helpful to us.

    Kathy Knaggs, January 2010
  • I was completely blown away by the Serengeti, the camp at Olakira and the staff, and East Africa in general. I've definitely "caught the Africa travel bug" and correct people when they tell me it's a once in a lifetime experience - it will be more than once for me - I'd go back anytime! Or, perhaps once the credit card is paid off :)

    Sarah Crowhurst, December 2009

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Maureen Stover

Maureen Stover

Africa Safari Expert

"With it being a small mobile migratory tented camp it is always close to the wildebeest migration. Fantastic staff, a homely feel and amazing food makes this camp a highlight!"

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Olakira was by far the best experience of our whole trip. The staff were spectacular, the accommodations great, the atmosphere family-like and the food and drinks were amazing.

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