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Safari Accommodations

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Introduction

The Essence of Safari Living

Explore a variety of exceptional accommodations designed to enhance your safari experience. From luxurious lodges to exclusive Nyumba camps, carefully selected options ensure comfort, style, and an authentic connection to the stunning landscapes and wildlife of Tanzania. Enjoy the perfect blend of adventure and relaxation.

Nyumba Camps

Rustic Luxury

Each Nyumba camp blends seamlessly with its surroundings, rotating seasonally to keep you close to wildlife. Expect tracks from warthogs, dik-diks, and grazers right through camp. The highly trained chefs create delicious meals with a Western palate in mind, featuring East African flavors that guests rave about and request recipes for every year.

Camp Activities

Always Something to Do

Enjoy a variety of camp activities. Wake up with a morning jog with a Maasai warrior. Explore a private nature reserve by foot and sit down to a secluded picnic on the plains. Find your center on a camp yoga platform or reserve it for a romantic evening dinner.

All camps include:

  • checkmark icon Dining and lounge tents
  • checkmark icon Extraordinary camp crew service
  • checkmark icon Cash bar
  • checkmark icon Delicious meals
  • checkmark icon Device charging stations
  • checkmark icon Fire pit
  • checkmark icon Yoga platforms (limited locations)

The Nyumba Camps

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Eastern Serengeti

Your camp on Moruga Hill offers views of grazing wildlife and fiery sunsets. Enjoy great service, exquisite meals, and comfortable amenities. Sit back with a cocktail or a book in the lounge tent, by the campfire or while watching wildlife flock to the waterhole right in front of you!

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Serengeti

Thomson’s Serengeti Nyumba camps move seasonally to follow the Great Migration, keeping you close to wildlife. Enjoy top-notch service, delicious meals, and comfortable amenities. Relax with a cocktail or book in the lounge tent, by the campfire or on the verandah of your Nyumba tent.

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Ngorongoro

Your camp is nestled in a forest of umbrella acacia trees, perfectly situated on the crater rim, offering easy access to the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater. Enjoy exceptional service from the camp staff and cozy up by the campfire in the evenings.

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tarangire nyumba tent under baobab
Tarangire

Your camp is set amongst an array of baobab trees near the Tarangire River. Enjoy top-notch service from the camp staff, delicious meals in the dining tent, and comfortable amenities in your tent. Sit back with a cocktail or a book in the lounge tent, by the campfire or on the verandah of your Nyumba tent.

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Nyumba Tents

Your Safari Home

Nyumba means “home” in Swahili, and that’s how camp feels. This safari experience offers close access to landscapes and wildlife. Nyumba tents, exclusive to Thomson Safaris, provide both proximity to Tanzania’s wilderness and generous Western-style amenities.

Each tent is outfitted with:
  • checkmark icon A queen-sized bed with fine linens (twin-sized beds available upon request)
  • checkmark icon Private en suite bathrooms
  • checkmark icon Safari-style en suite showers with hot water
  • checkmark icon Solar LED lighting

Customized Tents

Putting Your Comfort First

Part 1: Exterior

Take a behind-the-scenes video tour and see how Thomson’s tents are designed for comfort and aesthetic appeal.

Part 2: Interior

Follow as Rick explores the interior of a Thomson tent, pointing out thoughtful features and details.

    Gibb’s Farm

    A Sanctuary for the Senses

    Named the #1 Safari Lodge in Africa and one of the Best Hotels in the World by Travel + Leisure and Condé Nast respectively, Gibb’s Farm is an unrivaled sanctuary for the soul. Thomson enjoys unmatched access to this eco-lodge in the Ngorongoro Highlands, which offers farm-to-table meals, relaxing spa treatments, walking and biking tours, and luxurious accommodations.

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