Laba Grumeti Art Lodge

It sits on a secluded ridge in the Western Serengeti with a sweeping outlook over the whole Grumeti ecosystem, and there is no other lodge anywhere in view. That sense of having the plains to yourself is something most lodges at this price in the west cannot offer. Around June each year the migration moves through the Western Corridor and across the Grumeti River, and you are staying on the high ground above its path, watching it pass below.

What truly sets it apart is the way it fuses top-end accommodation with contemporary African art. There are only 12 tented suites, raised on timber platforms, each with a wooden deck, a king bed, a separate bath and shower, and a dressing room — and the lodge displays 46 works by 10 African artists, so every suite feels like a small gallery of its own. The public areas have a 22-metre infinity pool, a spa, a gym and an open lounge; the food is all-inclusive and built around organic produce, much of it from the lodge’s own garden, and even the linen and bath products are organic. This is not a standardised safari lodge but a piece of work with an author, a taste and a stance — for guests who want luxury comfort and a stay that is genuinely different.