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Overview

The award-winning Sayari Camp provides exclusive tented accommodation within the remote Northern Serengeti. The spacious and luxurious tented suites offer panoramic views of the vast Serengeti plains and the wildlife that inhabit the area, especially during the Migration season.

Sayari Camp is in close proximity to the Mara River and offers guests easy access to multiple Wildebeest Migration crossing points. In the evening, guests can relax in the comfort of one of the common tents and enjoy a drink and a good book, or simply sit around the fire and share stories of the day’s sightings.

Highlights

  • Close to the Mara River for Migration river crossings (between June and October)
  • Year-round game viewing with knowledgeable guides
  • Relax in the infinity pool after game drives
  • Lovely tents with huge bathtubs and separate showers
  • Perfect for family safari holidays
  • Solar-powered microbrewery in the bush

Activities

  • 4x4 Drives
  • Bird watching
  • Bush dining
  • Full-day safaris
  • Game drives
  • Guided walking safaris
  • Guided walks
  • Local village visits
  • Nature drives
  • Night drives
  • Picnics
  • Shopping
  • Spa treatments
  • Specialist guides
  • Star gazing
  • Sundowners
Sayari Camp is a great option for the Northern Serengeti both during the year and for the annual migration. The tents are large and beautiful and bathtubs face the open plains. I just sat on my veranda in the morning with a cup of coffee and watched the sunrise over the plains - amazing!
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Rooms

Luxury Tent

Sayari Camp blends excellently into the surrounding landscape. The spacious tents feature comfortable beds with romantically-drapped netting, wide verandas, and en suite bathrooms with flush-toilets, a double basin, shower, and a gorgeous bathtub that looks out onto the vast beautiful Serengeti plains.

The camp is divided into two wings - each has its own facilities such as a dining tent, while both share a dazzling swimming pool.

Facilities

When you are not out seeing wildlife on game drives, relax beside the infinity pool or, in cooler weather, curl up in front of the fire place.

Curl up with a book in the library or relax with a glass of delicious wine in the bar or lounge area.

Children can spend time with local Askaris who will teach them about life in the African bush and provide archery lessons.

Dining

Sayari Camp's chef will prepare a unique blend of European and African cuisine, ensuring top class dining in the middle of the African bush. Meals at the camp are a social affair, and are served communally in the camp’s intimate dining area. Alternatively, guests can choose to dine in the bush beneath the starry African sky. There is also an open bar where you can enjoy pre- or post-dinner drinks.

General facilities

  • Curio or Gift shop
  • Fireplace
  • Laundry service
  • Library
  • Private balcony or deck
  • Private guide
  • Safe
  • Solar power
  • Spa
  • Swimming Pool
  • Bar
  • Beauty or wellness therapist

Rates

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Dates Board Price
2022-07-01 — 2022-09-30 Game Package (Meals, Select Transfers/Activities) $1,470
2022-10-01 — 2022-10-31 Game Package (Meals, Select Transfers/Activities) $1,390
2022-11-01 — 2022-12-19 Game Package (Meals, Select Transfers/Activities) $835
2022-12-20 — 2023-01-05 Game Package (Meals, Select Transfers/Activities) $1,390
2023-01-06 — 2023-03-31 Game Package (Meals, Select Transfers/Activities) $760
2023-06-01 — 2023-06-30 Game Package (Meals, Select Transfers/Activities) $960
2023-07-01 — 2023-09-30 Game Package (Meals, Select Transfers/Activities) $1,690
2023-10-01 — 2023-10-31 Game Package (Meals, Select Transfers/Activities) $1,600
2023-11-01 — 2023-12-19 Game Package (Meals, Select Transfers/Activities) $960
2023-12-20 — 2024-01-05 Game Package (Meals, Select Transfers/Activities) $1,600
2024-01-06 — 2024-03-31 Game Package (Meals, Select Transfers/Activities) $870

Our rates are per person sharing unless we note differently. Please treat all pricing as a guide only:

  • All rates are subject to availability and may change without notice.
  • Single supplements may apply.
  • Request a quote or speak to one of our African Safari Experts for the best, most current rates available.
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Traveller Reviews

Sayari Camp
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William Lambert Main

"Sayari Camp was wonderful, friendly staff, great food, loved the tents. The scenery at and around the camp was stunning, we loved staying in the park and having animals right on your doorstep!"
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Travis McDermott

"We also greatly enjoyed the Sayari lodge, we had a very good guide who is very passionate about the animals and the Serengeti, the lodge was extremely well done, the food and service were both amazing."
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Dave Ferguson

The only reason we spent big money at Sayari was to see the Great Migration and a river crossing and we were not disappointed. One day we found ourselves in the middle of 100-150 thousand wildebeests and we saw 4 river crossings one of which lasted f or over an hour. Our guide, Godson, was probably the best guide we have ever had and the staff at Sayari was wonderful.
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Dave Camilleri

Sayari Tented Camp, was great, we seemed to arrive in the Northern Serengeti at the right time of year though, we missed a crossing but the rest of the game drives and walks were great. Many animals and we were able to get quite close to most of the wildlife. The Accommodation was very sheik. Both comfortable and luxurious. All the staff and the camp managers were Awesome. Very personable, knowledgeable and helpful. A great experience all round.
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Cavan Copeland

"The trip was great. We loved Oliver's, Dunia, Sayari, and Matemwe."
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Beth Herriman

We loved our stay at the Sayari Lodge. From arriving at the airstrip and being greeted with drinks and delicious homemade cookies, to the warm greeting by Barbara, Joe, Maggie and others with towels to freshen up with, we knew this would be special. The "lodge" is a series of specially designed "tents". They are canvas, 2 layers, so that windows and large sliding glass doors could be integrated, to see outside without the netting if you want. The lobby is spacious and lovely, truly a comfortable place to sit around in, my kids camped and played Monopoly there...The tents where we stayed were fabulous. A large sleeping area with comfortable king size bed, mirror, place to hang clothing etc. and then a partitioned bathroom area, separate toilet area, large shower room with downpour 'head', and a designer tub in front of a big sliding window/door. The sinks are carved rocks, very modern all of it but done with natural materials, beautiful-and everything works! Water is heated by solar and the tanks are large enough to not run out of hot water. The tents were far enough away from each other that there wasn't noise from anything but the animals who were in fact in the camp at night, we saw a hippo, lioness and in the morning zebras, impalas among others...(hippos are noisy at night and lion's roar can shake the tent, gently.) We were walked to our tents nightly by local guides hired for just this purpose-I liked that the local villagers were hired and the jobs rotated so that more people from the village could participate. Also, there is a foundation Honeyproject, which is helping through things like providing seeds to grow food and then sell to the camp(s) that was for us, nice to hear about.
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Fabris Jahel

The absolute highlight of the trip was without any doubt the stay in the Northern Serengeti and at Sayari Camp. It was top class. While we enjoyed the excellent facilities and food at the camp, even more important to us was the fact that this part of the Serengeti is quite remote and not very crowded. I remember that we once went onto an extended morning drive and during more than two hours of driving we only saw another car once or twice during all that time.
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Anthony Williams

The trip up to Sayari in the small plane was extremely exciting but at no point did we ever feel out of touch or unsure of the next move. The "camp" has to be one of the most amazing places we have stayed in our lives with tremendous luxury accom modation, first class food, the best vibe, and of course the must stunning scenery you could imagine.
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Debbie Ross

Sayari Camp is located in a secluded area in the Serengeti. It was here that we saw the least number of jeeps and the most lions. Our camp provided our guide, Frank, for the next three days. With him we saw great game, and had some thrills with a lioness and real excitement crossing the Mara River over a bridge with no sides and overflowing with water hurrying to see a cheetah and her cubs. Frank was a safe driver and an excellent guide and tried to make sure we had a great game viewing experience.
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Robert England

Sayari was a lovely and deluxe camp that no one could possibly fault. I will say that for our taste it's a little too contemporary and over the top, but it certainly had a great location. I liked that they used local people to escort us to our tent. The manager (we spoke most often with Barb) was really on the ball. The dinner outside was great. The food was a little too fancy - chicken liver for appetizers, really.
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Gonzalo Zurita

"The Sayari Camp was really luxury, the guides were excellent the car fantastic, the food excellent, and the services really good."
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Wim Beekhuis

Everything went like clockwork - all flights, transfers etc. were always on time and there were no hitches. The accommodation was excellent, the camps remote and quiet and so comfortable. And of course, the game viewing was stunning. Comments: O ur guide at Oliver's camp was excellent and I would like to recommend him. He has already established his own company which is Rafiki Expeditions and he is Akihiro K. Mdoe. Also the newly established Sayari Camp which is run by a South African couple. The whole set-up is five star with the most beautiful furnishings. Barbara and Joe are so hospitable and their guide Albert is one of the best. This was the most luxurious of the camps.
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Jana Gabrysova

The camps were great. We are very low key and had more comfort that we expected, but we loved it! The staff at the Sayari camp was absolutely amazing and food was excellent (the food in general - YUM! Who would ever think you would gain weight in Afr ica!)
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Donald Peele

The choice of Olivers, Olikari, and Sayari was exactly what I wanted in tented camps. They were definitely as good as advertised and provided the "Out of Africa" experience that I was hoping for. The accommodations provided us more than enough co mfort and space. Each camps tents, as well as the central dining and reception areas was configured in different ways so that we felt we were having a unique experience at each one. At each of these camps the service was outstanding and available at all times.
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Donald Peele

At Sayari, the game drive leading up to sunset was a special experience. Wining and dining off the hood of a land rover as the sun was setting and surrounded by all these animals was especially memorable. We didn't know if our timing was going to wo rk out for the Wildebeest migration but as it turned out they were there in the thousands and we saw a water crossing. Also saw a herd of elephants crossing the Mara River. Still can hear that incessant grunting of the Wildebeest, especially outside our tent one night.
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Phil Lewis

Sayari was very good situated as it is overlooking the Mara River. The wildebeest were confused because it had rained quite frequently in that area so they were crossing and recrossing the Mara River. We saw 4 crossings in just over a day including 2 unsuccessful croc attacks and 1 successful one.
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Anthony Ferrari

"We really loved all the places that we stayed at but Sayari Camp was by far the best."

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