Lemala Camps

Lemala Camps

A collection of intimate tented camps across Tanzania’s Northern Circuit, spanning the Ngorongoro Crater rim, the Serengeti, and Tarangire National Park, with ten properties following the wildlife year-round.

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At a Glance

Lemala Camps is a Tanzania-owned collection of authentic tented camps and lodges operating across the country’s Northern Circuit. Properties sit within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti National Park, Tarangire National Park, and the Arusha area, covering the full range of Tanzania’s flagship wildlife destinations in a single operator.

The collection runs on a full-board basis throughout, with all meals, a selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, and game drives included as standard. Open-sided game-drive vehicles and professional guides are consistent features across every camp. Kilimanjaro International Airport at Arusha is the primary arrival point for the circuit, with internal flights connecting to airstrips at Ndutu, Kogatende, and Tarangire depending on the itinerary.

The headline draw of the collection is its mobile camp, which operates under two names in two locations: Lemala Ndutu in the southern Ngorongoro Conservation Area between December and March and Lemala Mara in the northern Serengeti between June and October. Both positions are calibrated to the annual movement of the Great Migration. The permanent camps at Ngorongoro and in the Serengeti cover the year-round wildlife offer.

Get in touch with the Do Not Disturb team to discuss how a Lemala stay fits into a wider Tanzania itinerary. Our experts can advise on the best camp for your travel dates, whether that’s the crater rim at Ngorongoro, the calving plains at Ndutu, or the river crossings in the north.

Lemala Camps

In detail

  • Food & Drink

    Food & Drink

    All meals are included across the collection. Each camp runs a communal mess tent furnished with leather sofas, chandeliers, rugs, and bookshelves, with a bar and separate dining area. Meals are freshly prepared at camp, with picnic breakfasts and full-day drive lunches available for guests who want to stay out in the field. Pre-dinner drinks and canapés are served at the campfire before guests move to the dining area for the evening meal.

    The mobile Mara and Ndutu camp keeps the same food and drinks inclusion as the permanent properties. Communal dinners are the standard format across the collection, with the campfire serving as the gathering point each evening before dinner.

  • Wellbeing

    Wellbeing

    Lemala camps are bush camps, and the wellness offer reflects that. The emphasis is on physical activity, rest between drives, and the quietness of the surrounding wilderness rather than formal spa programming. Hot bucket showers are filled by tent attendants each evening, and the Ngorongoro camp adds gas heaters and hot water bottles given the cooler temperatures on the crater rim at night.

    Guests wanting recovery time between drives will find the communal lounge areas well set up for it, with books, board games, and sofas across all camps. For guests with specific spa requirements, our team can advise on pairing a Lemala stay with a property that carries a full treatment offer.

  • Activities

    Activities

    Game drives in open-sided vehicles are the core activity across the collection, led by professional guides with strong knowledge of their respective areas. At Lemala Ngorongoro, drives can begin at 6.15am, putting guests on the crater floor within 10 to 15 minutes via the eastern Lemala access road — around an hour ahead of traffic descending via the busier Seneto road on the western rim. The crater floor holds lion, elephant, buffalo, black rhino, hippo, and the highest concentration of predators in Africa.

    The mobile camp is positioned to track the Great Migration through both its southern (Ndutu, December to March) and northern (Mara, June to October) phases. The Ndutu position covers the calving season, when tens of thousands of wildebeest give birth on the short-grass plains of the southern Serengeti. The Mara position covers the river crossings, with the camp set within reach of the Mara River in the northern Serengeti. Bush walks with an armed ranger and Maasai guide are available from the Ngorongoro camp, extending into the surrounding acacia forest and along the crater rim, as well as into the nearby Ol Moti and Empakaai craters.

Room Types

Lemala Ngorongoro Tented Camp

Ten spacious canvas tents positioned among red-thorn acacia trees on the eastern rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, each with two queen-size beds, an en-suite bathroom with dressing area and shower, gas heaters, and hot water bottles for cool crater-rim nights. The camp sits next to the Lemala access road, giving guests faster access to the crater floor than most other properties in the area. Buffalo and elephant move through camp at night.

The strongest choice in the collection for dedicated Ngorongoro Crater game viewing.

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Lemala Ngorongoro Tented Camp

Lemala Mara / Lemala Ndutu (Mobile Migration Camp)

One camp in two seasonal locations: nine tents set on the edge of a permanent marsh in the Ndutu area of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area between December and March, and twelve tents under large Euclea trees in the northern Serengeti between June and October. Each tent holds two queen-size beds and a full en-suite bathroom. The camp moves with the Great Migration, placing guests at the calving grounds in the south and the Mara River crossing grounds in the north.

The right choice for guests whose primary objective is the Great Migration.

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Lemala Ewanjan

A permanent tented camp at the quieter southern end of the Seronera Valley in the central Serengeti, in one of the most reliably consistent year-round game-viewing areas in the park. Suited to guests wanting Serengeti access outside the migration season or those combining central and northern Serengeti in a single itinerary.

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Lemala Nanyukie

A tented camp in the central Serengeti set among rocky kopjes and giant acacia trees, with strong game-on-foot opportunities. Walking safaris and the ability to track game outside of the vehicle are the headline activity here, alongside game drives across the surrounding grasslands.

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