Nimali Africa Kogatende
Permanent tented camp · Kogatende, northern Serengeti · Nimali Africa (per TANAPA)
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Inside the park
Ownership unconfirmed
TANAPA's register lists "Nimali Africa Kogatende" as "an exclusive permanent tented camp located in the northern Serengeti". Nimali Africa, which runs Nimali Serengeti in the centre of the park, showed no Kogatende camp on its own site on 6 October 2026, so it may be planned or simply unlisted. Ask Nimali at enquiries@nimaliafrica.com before you plan around it.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Listed by TANAPA as inside the park, in the Kogatende area
- Same company as Nimali Serengeti, which publishes a clear child policy
Cons
- Not on Nimali's own website
- Not confirmed open
- No rate, capacity or facilities published
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 Nimali Africa Kogatende
Rates on request. No rate published; Nimali's own site does not list this camp. Any camp inside the park adds TANAPA fees: $82.60 conservation per adult per 24 hours (16 May to 14 March) and $70.80 (July to September) or $59.00 (October to June) concession per adult per night, VAT included.
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 Nimali Africa Kogatende
Does Nimali have a camp at Kogatende?
TANAPA's register lists one, but Nimali's own site did not on 6 October 2026. Ask Nimali directly.
Where would Nimali Kogatende be?
In the northern Serengeti, in the Kogatende area near the Mara River, per TANAPA.
Is there another Nimali camp in the Serengeti?
Yes, Nimali Serengeti in the central park, 40 minutes from Seronera airstrip.