Singita Sasakwa Lodge
Edwardian manor-house lodge · Singita Grumeti Reserve, north-west of the park · Singita
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Sasakwa is Singita's hilltop manor-house lodge, nine cottages and a villa, each with its own infinity pool, in the 350,000-acre Singita Grumeti Reserve. Singita writes that it is "in the Serengeti", meaning the ecosystem: the reserve lies outside the national park on its north-western side, and Singita has worked with the non-profit Grumeti Fund there since 2003. Activities include game drives, guided walks, balloon flights, community visits, a visit to an anti-poaching post, tennis and wellness. No rate is published. Choose it for the reserve's privacy and a private pool; skip it if you want to be inside the park.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Private infinity pool at every cottage
- Guided walks on a private reserve
- Own airstrip at Sasakwa
- Anti-poaching and community visits
Cons
- Outside the national park, in the Grumeti Reserve
- No published rate
- No child age policy captured
What's here
- Swimming pool
- En-suite bathrooms
- Spa or massage
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Guided walks
- Community visits
Read from Singita Sasakwa Lodge'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 Singita Sasakwa Lodge
Rates on request. Singita publishes no rate. The lodge is in the private Singita Grumeti Reserve, so no TANAPA concession fee applies; a day in the national park costs the conservation fee of $82.60 per adult (16 May to 14 March, VAT included). Whether reserve fees or VAT are in Singita's rate 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 Singita Sasakwa Lodge
Is Singita Sasakwa in the Serengeti National Park?
No. It is in the Singita Grumeti Reserve, part of the Serengeti ecosystem but outside the national park.
Can you walk at Singita Sasakwa?
Yes, Singita lists guided walks alongside game drives and balloon flights.
How much is Singita Sasakwa?
Singita publishes no rate; ask at enquiries@singita.com.