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Whoa! There's A Camp More Expensive Than The New Four Seasons Serengeti

wakeandwander — 2012-12-04T18:33:29-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/36985/Singitabedroom.jpg" class="top"> The opening of the behemoth 77-room <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/7/10/172827/468/hotels/Four_Seasons_Is_Going_on_Permanent_Safari_in_The_Serengeti_National_Park"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/5192">Four Seasons Serengeti</a></a> dominated the African safari headlines yesterday, with <a href="http://press.fourseasons.com/serengeti/hotel-news/four-seasons-arrives-in-tanzania-four-seasons-safari-lodge-serengeti-now-open/">much of the talk surrounding its three restaurants, wine bar, spa, fitness center, and outdoor infinity pool overlooking the wilderness</a>. The price? Expedia shows rooms for two starting at about $1,200 a night. When you add in the cost of the food and a few select African wines, you're probably looking at around $1,500 a night. Albeit more quietly, the smaller six-tent <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/5193">Singita Mara River Tent Camp</a> also recently opened for business in the Lamai Triangle, a six-tent East African safari camp run entirely on solar power. The cost of a night there? $1,200 per person.

Four Seasons Is Going on Permanent Safari in The Serengeti National Park

juliana — 2012-07-10T17:38:25-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fourseasonserengeti.jpg" class="top">For all the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/four seasons hotels">Four Seasons Hotels</a> loyalists out there (you know who you are, especially you <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/josh flagg">Josh Flagg</a>) in search of a Four Seasons in the wild, you'll be thrilled to know that the posh hotel brand now has a hotel in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.Four Seasons has just signed a management agreement with the owners of the existing Bilila Lodge (previously a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/kempinski hotels">Kempinski.</a>) The resort will be upgraded and rebranded the Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti in fall 2012. This marks the first Four Seasons in Sub-Saharan Africa, although the brand is planning a luxury tented safari camp in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and a beach resort on

Serena Safari Lodges Have Killer Views at Lake Manyara and the Ngorongoro Crater

JasonD — 2012-06-12T11:53:26-05:00

Today we have not one, but two killer views for you, which happen to be from two properties belonging to the same group: Serena Hotels. If the name doesn't ring a bell, this might be because you'll have to make your way to East Africa or Southeast Asia (Pakistan, Afghanistan) to find one.

Safari in Style at the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania

JasonD — 2012-06-05T11:17:43-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Selous_tent.jpg" class="top"> Last week we tempted you with the outdoor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/5/28/172553/567/hotels/Shower_Outdoors_While_Elephants_and_Giraffes_Peek_In_at_The_Selous_Safari_Camp">shower</a> at Selous Safari Camp in Tanzania; today we'll take you on a little tour of one of the luxurious tents (if you can still call them that) these showers are part of, as well as some of the things we saw while out and about in the reserve. Selous Game Reserve lies about 200km southwest of Dar Es Salaam, the commercial capital of Tanzania (the state capital is Dodoma). Much less known than the famous Serengeti or Ngorongoro Crater, it's nearly twice the size of Belgium and actually four times as large as the Serengeti. We spent some time here following a journey through the northern

Only While Glamping Can You See Lions and Get Spa Treatments

Jennifer Kester — 2011-04-26T14:42:44-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/34094/Anantara_Spa.jpg" class="top"> If you've always wanted to go on an African safari, but aren't really that into roughing it, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Bilila+Kempinski/ian/327426">Bilila Lodge Kempinski</a> in Tanzania can help you out with a three-night glamping package that will let you see the animals in the Serengeti and get pampered at the same time. As part of the Beauty and the Beast package, you get to stay in a roomno tents hereoverlooking the plains of the national park, giving you a chance to observe the wildlife from your sun deck. Your days will be spent out in the bush, alongside veteran guides on game drives in search of the elusive Big Fivelions, leopards, rhinos, buffaloes and elephantsor floating overhead in a