Mwiba & Namiri Plains$$$$

5 Nights · Southern Calving Season + the Eastern Big-Cat Plains

Private reserve · Calving season + top big cats · Fully inclusive

US$12,490 per person

Based on 2 travelling · includes the 5-night fully-inclusive package · 3 light-aircraft legs (Arusha → Southern Serengeti / Mwiba → Central Serengeti → Arusha) · final price per quote

This pairing at a glance

This isn’t a single-brand package but a pair we built specifically for the calving season: Mwiba (a private reserve in the southern Serengeti) sits among granite boulders and gorges — classic, romantic, secluded; Namiri Plains (the eastern plains) is a contemporary-design camp in the Serengeti’s “land of big cats”. One classic wild-luxury among the rocks, one modern private stay on the plains — matched to the most dramatic season of the year.

Is it right for you?

A good fit

Honeymoons, anniversaries and families who want to go deep on the calving season and top big cats while keeping refined wild-luxury; keen travellers who love private-reserve walking and night drives — the things you can’t do inside a national park.

Less of a fit

Guests coming only for the Mara River crossing (that’s a July–October, northern product); budget-sensitive guests.

For both, we have better alternatives — just ask your consultant.

What a stay looks like

Southern Serengeti · Private Reserve

Mwiba Lodge

Classic wild-luxury tucked among granite boulders and gorges — secluded and romantic.

Suite interior · canopy bed — A tented suite tucked among boulders and tree shade — a canopy bed, wooden floors, and the gorge wilderness just beyond the door.

Pool · clifftop terrace at sunset — The pool reaches out over the rocks; the sunset turns the whole reserve gold as you soak and watch.

Walking safari — Walk on foot in the private reserve, sharing the grassland with giraffe — the kind of thing you can’t do inside a national park.

Starlit terrace dinner — Lanterns line the deck, a gorge waterhole below — a starlit dinner set for just the two of you.

Eastern Serengeti · Big-Cat Plains

Namiri Plains

A contemporary-design camp on the open eastern plains — the Serengeti’s land of cheetah and lion.

Room · contemporary design / stone wall — A contemporary room of stone, wood and warm-amber accents, opening fully onto the eastern plains — the Serengeti the moment you wake.

Private pool · plains view — A private pool reaching toward the plains — soak in the water while the cheetahs’ hunting grounds roll out before you.

Outdoor tub on the deck — An outdoor tub on the deck — bathe as dusk settles over the acacias.

Cheetah · big-cat plains — The headline act — the eastern plains are cheetah country, and three cheetah crossing in front of the vehicle is an everyday sight.

When to come: January–March

This is the Serengeti’s most dramatic season — and exactly why we pair these two camps:

Southern Mwiba: right on the calving-season stage.

From January to March the wildebeest gather to calve on the southern short-grass plains — hundreds of thousands of newborns drop, and new life draws in lion, leopard and cheetah alike: life and death in one frame. Mwiba sits right on the edge of this area.

Eastern Namiri Plains: the Serengeti’s “land of big cats.”

These eastern plains are known for their density of cheetah and lion, with action year-round; from January to March the rains green the plains and gather the prey, so the predators are even more active.

First immerse in the southern calving season and the boulder landscape at Mwiba, then move east to Namiri to focus on cheetah, lion and the other top predators.

Suggested package: 5 nights

Itinerary

Mwiba Lodge3 nights
Namiri Plains2 nights

Mwiba is the heart of this pairing and the camp best matched to the calving season — 3 nights to immerse in the southern calving season, the boulder gorges and the private-reserve walking and night drives; then 2 nights east at Namiri, focused on top big cats.

All meals and some drinks included, daily game drives, and the 3 light-aircraft legs (Arusha → Southern Serengeti / Mwiba → Central Serengeti → Arusha), and more (per quote).

The price already includes the fully-inclusive 5-night package.

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US$12,490 per person

Based on 2 travelling · includes the 5-night fully-inclusive package · 3 light-aircraft legs (Arusha → Southern Serengeti / Mwiba → Central Serengeti → Arusha) · final price per quote

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