The 5 Best Luxury Hotels in the Serengeti
From the Meliá Serengeti Lodge Tanzania to the Mapito Safari Camp: the finest luxury addresses in the Serengeti, hand-picked by our travel experts. Every suitespot booking comes with free breakfast for 2, a room upgrade subject to availability, hotel credit and VIP service – benefits worth over €500.
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The top hotels in the Serengeti at a glance
From legendary grand hotels to intimate design addresses: these properties lead our ranking for the Serengeti. See at a glance where each hotel is located, which loyalty program earns you points and where nightly rates begin. "From" prices are current entry rates and may include limited-time promotional rates.
| Hotel | Location | Hotel program | suitespot score | Price from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meliá Serengeti Lodge Tanzania | – | Melia Rewards | – | 520 € |
| Mapito Safari Camp Serengeti | Region Ikoma | Marriott Bonvoy | – | 2110 € |
| Siringit Serengeti Camp | Serengeti | – | – | 1320 € |
| Siringit Migration Camp Serengeti National Park | Mara-Region | – | – | 1520 € |
| Singita Grumeti Serengeti | Region Mara | – | – | 1910 € |
Current offers & deals for luxury hotels in the Serengeti
Many of our partner hotels in the Serengeti offer special conditions bookable via suitespot – from free nights to discounts on longer stays. Your suitespot benefits (breakfast, upgrade chance, hotel credit) apply on top.
| Hotel | Offer | Bookable until |
|---|---|---|
| Mapito Safari Camp Serengeti | Up to 25% discount for stays of three nights or more | December 27, 2026 |
| Singita Grumeti Serengeti | Available on request only | December 31, 2027 |
Luxury lodges and safari camps in the Serengeti National Park
Meliá Serengeti Lodge TanzaniaEntry rates run from 523 € to 2,111 € per night. Unlike the neighbouring Masai Mara, every one of the five carries a price here – so you can compare all five directly, without waiting for a quote.The median sits at 1,522 € – which is also the entry rate of the Siringit Migration Camp, putting it exactly in the middle of the field. Between the cheapest and the dearest lies rather more than a factor of four.
The real difference, however, is not the price but the construction – and the question of which part of the park you want to sleep in. The national park measures some 150 kilometres across; two of our properties lie 62 kilometres apart.
Lodge or tented camp – the choice that matters more than the rate
The Meliá Serengeti Lodge Tanzania in the Nyamuma Hills is the only permanent building in our selection. It lists rooms and suites – the entry category is the Lagoon View Room, with Savannah Panoramic rooms and a Junior Suite above it. At 523 € it is also by some distance the least expensive address.
Mapito Safari Camp Serengeti · Region IkomaThe other four are tented camps, and that is meant literally. At Mapito Safari Camp Serengeti it starts with the 1 Bedroom Tent at 155 square metres; above that sit a Deluxe Tent at 94 and a two-bedroom tent at 170, and at the top a villa of 654 square metres. At the Siringit Migration Camp the entry is the Standard Park View Tent with Terrace (45 m²), joined by two family categories of 90 square metres each. The Siringit Serengeti Camp lists the same two sizes: a Standard Tent with Terrace (45 m²) and a family tent of 90 square metres, both looking onto the national park.Personal luxury travel adviceOur travel advisors personally accompany your booking – 365 days a year, from the first offer to late check-out. Reach the suitespot VIP service via email or WhatsApp.Phone: +49 30 81452346 · hotel@suitespot.comFor Singita Grumeti we deliberately give no category at all: our data holds not a single room category for this property. What is available will be established by our travel advisors for your dates – the property is booked on request in any case.
What our travel advisors suggest
If this is your first Serengeti trip, the construction is the more consequential decision. A permanent lodge offers more retreat in heat and rain and is the obvious choice if you are travelling with older guests. A tented camp puts you closer to the animals – and the square metres above show that the word tent says nothing about comfort here: 155 square metres is more than most city-hotel suites measure.
The second point is the season. The Serengeti is not a place where every location is equivalent – the herds move through the park over the year, and where they stand decides what a location is worth. Tell us your travel dates before you settle on a property; here that matters more than the difference in price.
The five properties in detail
Five properties, two hotel programmes and three with none at all. At rates of this order the benefits repay a closer look than usual – they differ unusually widely here, and no two properties carry the same package.
Siringit Serengeti Camp · SerengetiSorted by entry rate, from the dearest down.
Mapito Safari Camp Serengeti – 2,111 €
The dearest property in the selection at around 2,111 € per night, at Robanda in the Ikoma Region on the northern edge of the park. It belongs to the Autograph Collection and therefore to Marriott Bonvoy – the only property here where Bonvoy status can be used.
It is also the only one with All Inclusive for two guests. Added to that are a welcome gift, complimentary WiFi and expressly no minimum stay. Its categories run from the 1 Bedroom Tent at 155 square metres to a villa of 654.
Singita Grumeti Serengeti – 1,913 €
In the Grumeti Reserve in the west of the park, some 62 kilometres from the Meliá Serengeti Lodge – the widest gap between two properties in our selection whose position we know precisely. The entry rate is 1,913 €.
The property is booked on request only; our travel advisors will establish availability for your dates. It takes part in no hotel programme. On benefits, though, it is the only one with a complimentary spa treatment for two once per stay, alongside 100 USD hotel credit and a welcome gift.
Siringit Migration Camp Serengeti National Park – 1,522 €
At 1,522 € per night, the third camp of the selection. Its address and administrative region place it at Kogatende in the Mara Region, in the north of the park near the Kenyan border. We deliberately give no distance to the others here: two of its four categories are called Kogatende Family and Ndutu Family – areas at the northern and the southern end of the park. That is the pattern of a camp following the migration, and no fixed point can be derived from it.
The entry category is the Standard Park View Tent with Terrace (45 m²); the two family tents measure 90 each. It takes part in no hotel programme but carries 50 USD hotel credit and complimentary WiFi – along with a two-night minimum stay.
Siringit Serengeti Camp – 1,323 €
At 1,323 € per night, the least expensive of the four tented camps and the second Siringit property in our selection. Its address places it in the Seronera area in the centre of the park – the stretch the Serengeti is best known for.
It lists two categories: a Standard Tent with Terrace (45 m²) and a family tent of 90 square metres, both looking onto the national park. Like the Migration Camp it takes part in no hotel programme and carries 50 USD hotel credit and complimentary WiFi – along with a two-night minimum stay.
Meliá Serengeti Lodge Tanzania – 523 €
The lowest entry rate of the selection at around 523 € per night – a good quarter of what Mapito Safari Camp costs. The lodge stands in the Nyamuma Hills, some 36 kilometres from Mapito Safari Camp, and belongs to Melia Rewards.
It is the only permanent building in our selection – the entry category is the Lagoon View Room. On credits it is at the same time the richest property here: 100 USD hotel credit (or comparable), a further 50 USD hotel credit and a 50 USD spa credit – the last of which no other property in the selection carries.
What a safari property in the Serengeti costs
All five properties carry an entry rate: the Meliá Serengeti Lodge Tanzania around 523 €, the Siringit Serengeti Camp 1,323 €, the Siringit Migration Camp 1,522 €, Singita Grumeti 1,913 € and Mapito Safari Camp Serengeti 2,111 € per night. The median sits at 1,522 € – the rate of the Siringit Migration Camp.
Siringit Migration Camp Serengeti National Park · Mara-RegionIn East African terms that is a price level of its own. In the neighbouring Masai Mara in Kenya we feature five camps, of which three carry a price; their middle value is 1,399 €. On Zanzibar the median entry rate is 492 € across four properties, in Arusha 316 € – though there across a single property – and in Nairobi 213 € across nine. A Serengeti safari therefore begins roughly where a beach stay on Zanzibar ends.
Benefits – no two packages alike
Breakfast for two, a room upgrade subject to availability and early check-in and late check-out apply at all five properties. After that they diverge, and at these rates that is worth reading closely.
All Inclusive for two guests is carried only by Mapito Safari Camp – on safari the weightiest item of all, because catering and game drives make up the larger part of the bill. 100 USD hotel credit (or comparable) is carried by the Meliá Serengeti Lodge and Singita Grumeti; 50 USD credit by the Meliá Serengeti Lodge and both Siringit camps. The Meliá alone adds a 50 USD spa credit, and the Singita alone a complimentary spa treatment for two once per stay. Complimentary WiFi is carried by Mapito Safari Camp and both Siringit camps, a welcome gift by Mapito Safari Camp and Singita Grumeti.
With every booking through suitespot you receive a comprehensive package of suitespot benefits:
- Complimentary breakfast for two
- Room upgrade subject to availability
- Up to 100 USD hotel credit per stay
- Early check-in and late check-out subject to availability
- Standard points and status benefits in the hotel programmes
Which property suits whom – and what to know first
If price decides, it is the Meliá Serengeti Lodge Tanzania – at 523 € not merely the least expensive address but decisively so: the next one up costs almost three times as much. If you want to use Marriott Bonvoy status, only Mapito Safari Camp Serengeti qualifies; for Melia Rewards, only the Meliá Serengeti Lodge. The other three take part in no hotel programme – the suitespot benefits apply there all the same.Personal luxury travel adviceOur travel advisors personally accompany your booking – 365 days a year, from the first offer to late check-out. Reach the suitespot VIP service via email or WhatsApp.Phone: +49 30 81452346 · hotel@suitespot.comIf you are travelling with children, the family tents at the two Siringit camps and the large tents at Mapito Safari Camp are the obvious addresses. If you would rather settle as little as possible separately, it is Mapito Safari Camp with its All Inclusive.
Three practical notes to close. First: Singita Grumeti is booked on request only – the entry rate shown is an orientation, and the binding offer is put together by our travel advisors. Second: for the Siringit Migration Camp, ask us where it stands on your dates, because its categories point to a seasonal move between the northern and southern Serengeti.
And third: besides these five properties, in Tanzania we also feature addresses at the Ngorongoro Crater, in Arusha and on Zanzibar. The classic combination of crater, Serengeti and coast is put together by our travel advisors as a single booking.
Earn points & use your status in the Serengeti
suitespot rates are genuine direct rates: you keep earning regular points and elite nights in the hotel's loyalty program and retain your status benefits – on top of your suitespot benefits. These programs are represented in the Serengeti:
| Program | Hotels | Examples in the Serengeti |
|---|---|---|
| Marriott Bonvoy | 1 hotel | Mapito Safari Camp Serengeti |
| Melia Rewards | 1 hotel | Meliá Serengeti Lodge Tanzania |
Frequently asked questions about luxury hotels in the Serengeti
How much does a luxury lodge in the Serengeti cost?
Our five properties start at 523 € per night (Meliá Serengeti Lodge Tanzania) and reach 2,111 € (Mapito Safari Camp Serengeti). Between them sit the Siringit Serengeti Camp at 1,323 €, the Siringit Migration Camp at 1,522 € and Singita Grumeti at 1,913 €.
The median is 1,522 € – the entry rate of the Siringit Migration Camp. Unlike the Masai Mara, every property here carries a price, so you can compare all five directly.
Lodge or tented camp – what is the difference?
The Meliá Serengeti Lodge Tanzania is the only permanent building in our selection, with rooms and suites. The other four are tented camps, where even the largest categories sit under canvas.
That says little about comfort: the entry tent at Mapito Safari Camp measures 155 square metres, its largest category 654. A permanent lodge offers more retreat in heat and rain and is the obvious choice if you are travelling with older guests.
Where exactly are the five properties?
The Meliá Serengeti Lodge Tanzania stands in the Nyamuma Hills, Mapito Safari Camp Serengeti at Robanda in the Ikoma Region, and Singita Grumeti in the Grumeti Reserve to the west. Between the Meliá and Mapito lie 36 kilometres, between the Meliá and the Singita 62 – the widest gap of these three. The Siringit Serengeti Camp sits, by its address, in the Seronera area at the centre of the park.
For the Siringit Migration Camp we deliberately give no distance. Its address and region place it at Kogatende in the north, yet two of its categories are called Kogatende Family and Ndutu Family – areas at the northern and southern ends of the park. Ask us where it stands on your dates.
At which property can I earn points and use my status?
At two of the five. Mapito Safari Camp Serengeti belongs to the Autograph Collection and therefore to Marriott Bonvoy; the Meliá Serengeti Lodge Tanzania to Melia Rewards.
Singita Grumeti, the Siringit Migration Camp and the Siringit Serengeti Camp take part in no hotel programme, so there are no points or status benefits there. The suitespot benefits – breakfast, upgrade and early check-in with late check-out – apply at all five.
Which property is All Inclusive?
Only Mapito Safari Camp Serengeti. It is the only one of our five properties carrying All Inclusive for two guests.
On safari that is the weightiest item there is, because catering and game drives make up the larger part of the bill. At the other four, our travel advisors establish in advance what is included in the rate and what is charged separately.
Is there a minimum stay?
For three of our properties our data says something. The Siringit Migration Camp and the Siringit Serengeti Camp carry a two-night minimum stay. For Mapito Safari Camp Serengeti, no minimum stay is recorded at all.
For the Meliá Serengeti Lodge Tanzania and Singita Grumeti we hold no entry – which means neither that there is one nor that there is not. Our travel advisors will confirm it for your dates.
Why is Singita Grumeti bookable on request only?
Singita Grumeti Serengeti does not take online bookings – that is not a display fault but the property's booking mode.
The entry rate shown, 1,913 €, serves as an orientation; the binding offer is obtained by our travel advisors for your dates. The suitespot benefits apply exactly as they would on an online booking.
What other destinations do you feature in Tanzania?
Besides these five properties we feature addresses at the Ngorongoro Crater, in Arusha and on Zanzibar. On Zanzibar that means four properties with a median entry rate of 492 €, in Arusha a single property at 316 €.
At the Ngorongoro Crater we feature two properties, only one of which carries a price – so no middle figure can be formed there. The classic combination of crater, Serengeti and coast is put together by our travel advisors as a single booking.
