Namiri Plains
Luxury tented camp · Ngare Nanyuki River, eastern Serengeti · Asilia Africa
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Inside the park
Safari company
Namiri Plains is Asilia's camp on the Ngare Nanyuki River in the eastern Serengeti, which Asilia calls "one of Africa's best locations for observing big cats"; TANAPA's register lists it as a permanent tented lodge in the east. It is two hours by road from Seronera airstrip. There are 11 tents, one a family suite, plus two Retreats, two-bedroom units with their own chef, guide and vehicle. A pool, library and massage are on site, Asilia lists walking, and drives and transfers are in the rate. At $2,250 a person from June to September it is one of the two dearest camps in the park, so April, May and the Secret Season make more sense. Choose it for cats on open grass; skip it if two hours on a road after a flight puts you off.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Remote eastern plains with few other vehicles
- Drives, drinks and transfers included
- Private Retreats for families or groups
- Pool, library and massage
Cons
- $2,250 per person from June to September 2026
- Two hours by road from Seronera airstrip
- Park, concession and conservation charges extra
- Children only from five
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Family rooms
- En-suite bathrooms
- Spa or massage
- Laundry
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Guided walks
Read from Namiri Plains'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 Namiri Plains
From $740 pppn. Green Season, 1 April to 31 May 2026 ($780 in 2027); $1,400 Secret Season (1 October to 19 December 2026, March 2027) and $2,250 High Season (1 June to 30 September 2026, 20 December 2026 to 28 February 2027), per person sharing. The two Retreats cost $2,720 to $9,000 per Retreat per night. Asilia's inclusions: full board, house drinks, laundry, scheduled game drives, airstrip transfers and the Tourism Development Levy. Excluded: park fees, concession fees and the Asilia conservation charge, so add $82.60 plus $59.00 or $70.80 per adult per night with VAT.
All inclusive. The rate covers meals, drinks, activities and the transfers named below. Park fees are charged separately.
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 Namiri Plains
How do you get to Namiri Plains?
Fly to Seronera airstrip; Asilia gives the drive to camp as two hours, and the transfer is included in the rate.
When is Namiri Plains cheapest?
In April and May: $740 per person sharing in 2026 and $780 in 2027. The Secret Season (1 October to 19 December 2026 and March 2027) is $1,400.
Can families stay at Namiri Plains?
Yes, from age five. There is one family suite and two Retreats, each with two bedrooms and a private chef, guide and vehicle.