Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma
Budget tented camp with campsite · Ikoma, 4 km from Fort Ikoma Gate · Africa Safari
Budget
Outside the gate
Ownership unconfirmed
Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma is a budget tented camp "4 Kms from Fort Ikoma entrance gate to the Serengeti NP", outside the park on the north-western side, between the Seronera road and the Grumeti and Ikorongo reserves. Resellers sometimes list it as in the park; it is not. Tents come with shared toilets and showers or, in the Comfort tents, their own bathroom, and there is a pool, restaurant and bar. The only price we found is a reseller's $154 a night. Staying outside spares you the concession fee, though you still pay conservation fees each day you enter. Choose it for a cheap western base; skip it if you want to wake up inside the park.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Budget tents a few minutes from Fort Ikoma Gate
- No TANAPA concession fee
- Swimming pool, restaurant and bar
- Choice of shared or en-suite bathrooms
Cons
- Outside the park, despite some reseller listings
- Only a reseller price, basis unknown
- No contact details on the page read
- We found no published child policy
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Restaurant
- Bar
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
Read from Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Serengeti National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entry$70 plus 18% VAT, so $82.60, per 24 hours from 16 May to 14 March; $70.80 from 15 March to 15 May.
- $83per person, per day
- Vehicle$40 plus VAT, so $47.20, for a foreign-registered vehicle up to 2,000 kg; a Tanzanian-registered safari vehicle pays TSh 20,000, about $8 at TANAPA's TSh 2,555 to the dollar.
- $47per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $639 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
A lodge or camp inside the park adds TANAPA's concession fee on top: $70.80 per adult per night from July to September and $59 from October to June, VAT included. Arriving by road from Arusha adds the Ngorongoro permit of $70.80 per adult each way.
The full fee schedule for Serengeti National ParkRates at Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma
From $154 per night (reseller rate). Reseller rate: Priceline showed from $154 a night on 6 October 2026, without saying whether that is per tent or per person or what it includes; the camp's own site publishes no rates. The camp is outside the park, so no TANAPA concession fee applies, but each day you drive in costs the conservation fee of $82.60 per adult (16 May to 14 March, VAT included). Whether VAT or any local area fee is included is not stated.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Rates checked on 6 October 2026 against each operator's own website or rate sheet, in US dollars per person per night sharing unless the entry says otherwise. Two figures are per room, not per person: Serengeti Serena's $728 and Serengeti Explorer's $750 (a January 2025 opening offer). One figure is a reseller's, not the owner's: Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma's $154 a night on Priceline (6 Oct 2026, basis not stated). Ndutu Safari Lodge's figures come from a rate sheet that ran to 15 December 2025, the newest on its site. Unless the entry says otherwise, TANAPA fees come on top of every rate inside the park: the conservation fee of $70 plus 18% VAT ($82.60) per adult per 24 hours from 16 May to 14 March, $70.80 from 15 March to 15 May, and the hotel concession fee of $70.80 per adult per night from July to September or $59.00 from October to June, VAT included. Camps at Ndutu and Lake Masek pay the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority instead: $70.80 entry per 24 hours and $59.00 concession per adult per night. Wilderness Usawa is the one rate we found that includes park fees.
Questions about Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma
Is Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma inside the Serengeti?
No. The camp itself says it is 4 km from Fort Ikoma Gate, outside the national park.
How much is Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma?
The camp publishes no rate. Priceline showed from $154 a night on 6 October 2026, without the basis.
Does Africa Safari Ikoma have a pool?
Yes, the camp lists a swimming pool, restaurant and bar.