Wilderness Usawa Serengeti
Fully mobile solar camp · Mobile, moving between sites across the park · Wilderness
Top-end
Inside the park
Safari company
Usawa is Wilderness's fully mobile camp, six en-suite tents for twelve guests, which moves "at short notice between a number of key locations across the Serengeti" and runs on solar power. It opened in July 2023 and added a family unit that December, according to the travel trade press. Its rate is the only one we found in the Serengeti that includes park fees, so the $1,540 high-season figure compares with about $1,390 at a camp that adds TANAPA's $153.40 per night. The whole camp can be booked for sole use. Choose it if you want an all-in price and a small camp that follows the game; skip it if you need to know your exact site in advance.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Park fees in the rate: no TANAPA bill on top
- Only six tents
- Sole-use booking for families or friends
- Moves with the game
Cons
- $1,540 from June to October 2026
- Exact site depends on the season and the herds
- Family unit reported only by the trade press
- We found no published child policy
What's here
- En-suite bathrooms
- Solar or 24h power
- Laundry
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
Read from Wilderness Usawa Serengeti'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 Wilderness Usawa Serengeti
From $998 pppn. 1 March to 31 May 2027; $1,045 from 1 November to 15 December 2026, $1,540 from 1 June to 31 October 2026 and 16 December 2026 to 28 February 2027, and $1,617 from June to October 2027, per person per night. Fully inclusive: accommodation, all meals, twice-daily activities, park fees, laundry and local drinks except premium imported brands and champagne. Wilderness does not say whether VAT is included.
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 Wilderness Usawa Serengeti
Does Wilderness Usawa include park fees?
Yes. Wilderness says the fully inclusive rate covers accommodation, all meals, twice-daily activities, park fees, laundry and local drinks.
Where is Usawa camp?
It moves between key locations across the Serengeti at short notice, Wilderness says, so ask where it will be for your dates.
Can you book Usawa for a private group?
Yes. The camp takes 12 guests in six tents and can be booked for sole use.