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Wilderness Usawa, Northern Serengeti
Northern Serengeti
Tanzania
Wilderness Usawa Camp is a mobile camp that follows the migration moving across different locations within the Serengeti, depending on the season.
We love their northern locations, offering an exceptional, up-close migration experience ( if you get the timing right).
The game viewing here is fabulous and this is a great place from which to see predators. The camp accommodates 12 guests in six en-suite tents with mesh sides designed to make the most of the landscape. The tents have solar power, luxurious linens, view-facing beds and an en-suite bathroom. You can enjoy early morning game drives, with hot coffee and breakfast on the rocky kopjes, and afternoon game drives and sundowners; there is walking available in some locations. Full-day drives – with a packed picnic lunch so as not to miss any of the action – can also be arranged, before returning to camp at sunset.
About This Area
The Serengeti National Park in Tanzania is a vast expanse of sprawling grasslands crisscrossed with the green veins of seasonal watercourses and dotted with grazing herds of game. An area of roughly 15,000 km sq, it is a jewel within the Greater Serengeti ecosystem and a haven for wildlife. In this vast wilderness you feel you can explore forever and never tire of it.
The northern Serengeti is home to good numbers of local resident wildlife throughout the year; it is a fantastic location for predators and the river is a permanent home for hippos and crocodiles. From mid-July to November, it hosts the great herds migrating between Kenya and Tanzania. An estimated two million wildebeest, half a million zebras, and countless other herbivores traverse the ecosystem during this time.
Choosing the right location within the ecosystem and the right season are of utmost importance, possibly more important than any other factors when planning your trip. We feel that the wildlife is phenomenal year-round in the northern Serengeti, with an incredible variety of different animals and good numbers of predators. However, during the few months of the peak tourist season the area can suffer terribly from overcrowding, which can detract from your experience. Our favourite time here is the low season when the migration isn’t in the area but all the resident wildlife is still spectacular and there are far fewer tourists.
Wilderness Usawa, Northern Serengeti
