Sayari Camp is a luxury safari tented camp situated at a fantastic site on the Mara River in the remote northern Serengeti Tanzania one of Africa’s best kept secrets. Camp Sayari is ideally located to witness the Annual Great Wildebeest Migration between June and November.

The Luxury safari camp moves to be sighted for the best migration movements and in the early part of the year are in the Ndutu area of southern Serengeti. Sayari Campis an exclusive mobile camp that affords guests the most amazing experience the Serengeti National Park has to offer.  

The Serengeti is renowned for its huge variety of wildlife and is world-famous for the Great Migration – a magnificent spectacle unlike any other.  The mobile nature of Sayari Hotel enables it to follow migratory patterns so guests can enjoy the optimum game viewing opportunities.  The Sayari Camp will not move during your actual

stay, it will already be in the best position for wildlife observation at that time. The mobility of Sayari Camp ensures that it is the ideal holiday destination for guests who want to completely immerse themselves in African nature – a truly authentic Africa safari experience. Sayari Camp itself is a simple tented camp, though it has been well designed and thought out. All of the camps nine fairly Large Tents are well spread out and equipped – all with proper beds and en-suite bathrooms including a flushing toilet and a shower.

A tour during the animal migration is simply amazing. It's certainly worth timing your trip to see this if you can. The staffs are charming and very welcoming. Whilst we were there, guests wanted to witness a crossing, and so the camp stationed a team member with a radio on the river bank during lunchtime, to alert dining guests in case of a crossing. However, don't dismiss the idea of coming to Sayari camp when the migration is not here, as you'll find plenty of game.

Fly camping is a wonderful way to sleep under the stars and enjoy the pure tranquility and raw excitement of the bush; the ten foot square tents made of heavy duty mosquito mesh ensure that you are close to nature but apart from only bugs. Fly camping in the Serengeti eco-system is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The freedom of movement, the intimacy of the light camp and the thrill of being so close to nature is the pinnacle of many guests' safaris.

The camp is light enough to move easily and strike quickly, but still retains the everyday luxuries that characterize Asilia's tented Camps - hot showers, comfortable bedding and cold drinks served with gourmet food. Sayari Camp is a seasonal camp that follows the migration.

It is located in Piaya, in the southern plains from January to April, moves to the Mara River area (northwestern Serengeti) for June to September and is based in Soit Sambu in the northeastern part of the Serengeti from October to mid-January (the camp is closed during April and May, the season of the long rains).

The locations of the camp are all located near the border of the national park. Mara is just inside the park while Piaya and Soit Sambu are just outside the park, to allow for the superior combination of premier wildlife viewing, walking safaris, and interaction with local Masai culture.

The lounge tent welcomes guests to completely relax, sipping on drinks while looking out over the Serengeti, reading a book or discussing the adventures of the day. A sea of cushions, a wide range of quality drinks and snacks and a wealth of books on nature and wildlife in the area make this lodge a place where you can easily lose track of time. At night, be overwhelmed by the many stars while sitting next to the campfire. Sayari's shop offers local artifacts and camp gadgets; presents for the ones staying behind or reminders for an unforgettable time in the middle of one of the world's natural wonders.

Sayari Camp is designed to strike the perfect balance between luxury and immersion into the Serengeti ecosystem. The spacious tents are designed to blend into the landscape with traditional art and furniture. Far away from any other sign of human life, the Sayari camp crew ensures that every guest feels at home in this remote location. Sayari's chef prepares a fusion of European cuisine with authentic African elements.

The camp's naturalist guides offer a wealth of knowledge on the surrounding landscape, habitats and wildlife. There is a spectacular concentration of wildlife year-round at the Sayari Camp and the Great Migration passes through annually. The remote, vast lands of the northern Serengeti offer undisturbed wildlife watching that stuns even the most experienced Africa travelers. Spectacular Mara River crossings, off-road driving and endless landscapes overflowing with animals, and no humans to be seen, are some of the specialties of this remote and wild paradise. A bush breakfast observing thousands of migrating wildebeest and zebra is a most memorable experience.

This is currently the only mobile permanent camp in the area, although there are some excellent seasonal ones, including Nomad's Serengeti Mara camp which, whilst simpler by design, is much smaller at 12 beds and guarantees private cars & guides. Having itself been seasonal for its first two years of operation, Sayari camp has just undergone a major renovation and is now a properly established presence in the area.

Strung along a fairly open ridge, the huge tents all have long views towards the Mara River about a kilometer to the north. The sleeping tents are all stylish and contemporary in design, perched on wooden platforms and all with king sized beds and small private balconies.

The en suite bathrooms have standing baths so one assumes there's a huge and reliable water supply somewhere close by. This area still has relatively little traffic

and remains largely unspoilt. It changes character quite dramatically from the increasingly hectic dry season, when the wildebeest herds are almost certainly going to be within reach of the camp. With luck there will be a good chance of seeing them crossing the Mara River, with the attendant croc and vulture action that follows on from that. Sayari's remote location means game drives without meeting other vehicles and there's a genuine wilderness atmosphere here.

Depending on your Tanzania safari itinerary you can transfer here by road, or there is an airstrip a 5-minute drive away. Sayari Camp offers special honeymoon packages with all that honeymooners could wish for. Private weddings can be arranged at breathtaking locations in the Serengeti. Honeymoon packages can include other Asilia destinations to create an unforgettable honeymoon in Tanzania, combining an exclusive and intimate safari with a romantic stay at Matemwe Bungalows, enjoying Zanzibar's most beautiful beaches. 

Sayari Camp Hotel Accommodation
Sayari Camp is an intimate seasonal tented camp of 9 guest tents. Sayari is Kiswahili for universe or planet, capturing the vast plains and endless skies in which the camp is immersed. The guest tents are very originally designed, spacious and are equipped with fully en-suite bathroom facilities. Each tent has its own spacious private verandah with a very comfortable couch and chairs, overlooking the vast Serengeti Plains that is spread out before you.  Inside the tent, very comfortable king-size beds with beautiful cloth and contemporary furniture give the tent a very stylish yet homely feel. Lighting in the tent can be made both atmospheric and at reading strength.

The spacious bathroom has a shower, double sinks and a ceramic flush toilet that is environmentally friendly.
For Weddings and honeymooners, private, candle lit bush dinners under the African skies, overlooking the migration from your private fly camping spot in the Serengeti Champagne breakfasts, a luxury honeymoon tent with only the views and sounds of the bush. Private weddings can be arranged at breathtaking locations in the Serengeti National Park Sayari Camp is mobile in two locations in the Serengeti eco-system, following the Serengeti migration:

Sayari Camp Restaurant
Breakfast at Sayari can be eaten before or after a morning game drive. You can choose from a cold buffet – fresh fruit, cereals, and yoghurts etc, followed by a cooked breakfast – scrambled eggs, sausages, bacon, toast….all washed down with fresh fruit juices, tea or coffee.

Lunch is a very relaxed buffet. A choice of ham, salads, quiche and bread. This was simple, fresh and well presented.

Dinner is a three course meal and again very relaxed, then a drink around the campfire, and served a hot aubergine and cheese stack as our starter. The main course is bush barbeque – pork chops, chicken, kebabs, beef…accompanied by salads and vegetables. There is plenty of choice and plenty of food. Again this was simple but very tasty and all very fresh.

At each meal, there is always a vegetarian option and plenty of food for everyone. As people choose their own timetable, with their own driver/guide, there is a relaxed feel at meal times and clients eat pretty much at their leisure. Dining style: Individual Tables Dining locations: Indoor Dining Room service: Yes Cost of meal e.g. lunch: Included Drinks included: Most drinks are included at Sayari, except for champagne and premium wines and spirits.

Sayari Camp Activities
Walking Safari: Walking in the bush is an unforgettable safari experience that brings you the feeling of really being part of the nature around you. Wildlife is frequently encountered, but the sheer beauty of the nature or true interaction with local cultures can be just as rewarding!  Walking safaris can differ in length and pace according to you choice; the emphasis can be on taking it slowly and having time to smell flowers or on chasing animal trails into the unknown.

Walking safaris can be combined with fly camping to give guests the ultimate safari experience: walking into your own private camp where food and drinks await you - after a day of walking through majestic Serengeti Plains. Walking safaris are professionally guided. Vehicle pick-up and drop off if required. Walkie-talkie radios allow contact with vehicles and camps.