Game drives, good walking, night drives and flycamps
Guide Price: From: $490 To: $555
Suyan Camp is a semi-permanent luxury camp that is only open between mid December and end of March. Situated in the eastern area of the Piaya village concession, its set in beautiful rolling hills, popular with the maasai with distant views over the village itself.
The camp has just six large 'mobile' tents all with ensuite bathrooms, with safari showers & toilets. Its a classic safari camp, perfectly comfortable but nothing very fancy, with a centralised tented bar / dining area where everyone gathers and a central fireplace as the evening focal point.
This area has a wonderfully remote feel to it and comes into its own from late December when the wildebeest often spill out of the Serengeti to graze the open plains in this area. Gol Mountains is within easy reach so visits to Nasera Rock and Angat Kiti are possible as are walks in the area, including to the dramatic Sanjan Gorge which cuts through the hills to Salei Plain just east of the escarpment overlooking Lake Natron.
The area is good for cheetah and even wild dog which have been quietly increasing in numbers around here over the past 3-4 years. Lion are very much about but are shy, on account of the amount of Maasai activity, which increases as you get farther east away from the Serengeti boundary.
small tented camp with 6 tents
From: 490 To: 555
Game drives, good walking, night drives and flycamps
price includes accommodation, food, drinks, laundry, activities. Excludes imported spirits and wines and champagne.
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