
Situated in the north of the national park, about 20 km from Lobo along a cul-de-sac heading west from the main Seronera road, this plush tented camp in the Ndasiata Hills has changed hands several times since it was founded in the early 1990s. It has also undergone several substantial renovations, most recently in 2004 after having been acquired by Elewana, an upmarket subsidiary of the highly regarded Sopa lodge chain.
The reception area is spacious and stylish, decorated with elements of Maasai ethnicity and Edwardian safari chic. Here, newcomers are offered a welcome cold drink and shown around the other public areas, which include a curio shop, a large partitioned bar and an airy,
white linen restaurant serving set menus combining Continental and Africa cuisines. The bar and restaurant are divided from each other by a varnished wooden deck and swimming pool with views across the riparian forest fringing a tributary of the Grumeti River (complete with permanent hippo pool) to a rocky hill on the opposite bank.
Migration Camp offers bush dinners and sundowner cocktails upon request, and it conducts its own guided game drives for fly-in guests. The immediate vicinity of the lodge hosts variable wildlife numbers, though serval and other small predators are often seen along the road around dusk and dawn. Better for game drives is the circuit of roads around the Lobo Hills,
20 km distant, which often yields good sightings of lion, cheetah, elephant and buffalo. There is little tourist traffic except when the southward migration passes through during September-November, which is also the best time to visit.
Following the most recent renovations, the word "tent" barely does justice to the quality of accommodation, which consists of 20 individual canvas and varnished wood structures, each set on a stilted platform and discretely tucked away into the thick vegetation. The spacious interiors have elegant dark wood furnishings, including king-size beds, as well as well-lit sitting areas, private balconies with views, and en suite hot showers. There is one honeymoon suite with a bath, and although the lodge is not ideal for wheelchair users, it has successfully hosted them in the past.
This is a superior tented camp, with attentive professional staff, an attractive location, and fine attention to detail demonstrated by the quality of furnishing and finishes. It is larger and offers a less overt wilderness experience than the more exclusive and in-your-face likes of Grumeti, Sayari and Kusini Camps, but—like its western counterpart Kirawira Camp—it possesses a far greater sense of place than the more mainstream lodges.