Serian Serengeti Lamai

some of the best safari guiding in the area

Serian Serengeti Lamai Camp is located in the Serengeti Mara area of northern Tanzania.

This property is part of the Serian Collection, a family of extremely authentic and high quality camps in the greater Serengeti area.

This is a high specification permanent tented camp which is located in a remote location in the extreme north of the Serengeti.

It is actually comprised of two mini-camps, each of which is centred on a large stone and canvas mess containing the lounge and dining areas, leading out to a campfire.

Rooms

Guest accommodation at Serian Serengeti Lamai Camp is in a total of nine units, four to each of the main buildings.

The ninth unit is a two bedroom Family Suite, which has a private lounge and dining area, so can function independently of the rest of the property.

Activities

Serian Serengeti Lamai Camp provides the following guided activities, not all of which are usually included in the price …

• Vehicle safari
• Walking safari
• Bush meals
• Balloon safari : not included

Very unusually, all of Alex Walker’s Serian camps offer private vehicles and guides to all groups of guests. From the moment you are met at the airstrip to the moment you leave, you will be guided by the same pair of guides, even when you move from one camp to the other. This greatly enhances the safari experience, since the guides can really get to know you and tune your safari to suit.

The Serengeti Mara area tends to feature in a very high proportion of trips, it is definitely worth considering at any time of year.

The usual stay duration is 3-4 nights.

Seasonality

The Serengeti region has to be one of the most seasonal locations in Africa.

Although there is literally no bad time to visit this part of the world, the annual cycle of weather, wildlife movements and visitor traffic flows combine to have an incredibly dramatic effect on trip planning during every single month of the year.

In this Serengeti Mara area, the most popular period to visit is the Jul-Oct dry season, when the best weather happens to coincide with the presence of the migration herds.

During the migration calving season, which takes place far off to the south during the Dec-Mar green season, the Serengeti Mara area becomes a wonderful peaceful backwater, although the weather can be less reliable.

The two low season periods of Nov-Dec and Mar-May may be much less dependable for weather, but they remain really strong for wildlife viewing and benefit from dramatically lower visitor numbers.

Getting there

The majority of people visiting Serengeti Mara do so as part of a guided overland safari, so they travel to their camp and around the area in their private vehicles.

A few people visit Serengeti Mara in isolation, flying in and out of the airstrip here. In this case they travel around the reserve with a vehicle and guide from their camp.

probably our favourite part of the Serengeti