"In the remote western corridor of the Serengeti, Singita Grumeti offers something money rarely buys: genuine wilderness."
The Grumeti Reserve is 350,000 acres of private Serengeti wilderness — a concession so large that you can drive for hours without seeing another vehicle. This is the fundamental luxury of Singita Grumeti: not the extraordinary lodges, not the exceptional food and wine, not the impeccable service — but the simple, profound experience of being alone in the African wilderness. In a continent where the finest game reserves are increasingly crowded, this kind of solitude is genuinely rare.
The reserve sits in the western corridor of the Serengeti — the route the Great Migration takes between June and August. During migration season, the plains around the lodges are alive with wildebeest and zebra in numbers that are almost impossible to comprehend; the Grumeti River crossings, where crocodiles wait in the shallows, are among the most dramatic wildlife spectacles on earth. Outside migration season, the reserve offers some of the finest year-round game viewing in Africa — with one of the densest lion populations in the Serengeti and a resident herd of elephants that moves through the reserve with the seasons.
"A sundowner on the kopje as a pride of lions moves through the valley below."
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At a Glance
What Not to Miss
The Great Migration
The Grumeti Reserve sits in the western corridor of the Serengeti — the route the Great Migration takes between June and August as 1.5 million wildebeest and 250,000 zebra move north toward the Masai Mara. The Grumeti River crossings — where crocodiles wait in the shallows as the herds plunge in — are among the most dramatic wildlife spectacles on earth. Singita's guides position you for the crossings with a precision that comes from decades of experience.
The Sundowner on the Kopje
Each evening, your guide drives you to a kopje — one of the granite outcroppings that rise from the Serengeti plain — and sets up sundowners as the light turns gold and the plains below come alive with the movement of animals. A pride of lions moving through the valley below, a herd of elephants at the waterhole, the silhouette of a giraffe against the setting sun. This is the Africa of the imagination, made real.
Singita Sasakwa Lodge
The flagship lodge — a colonial-era manor house on a hill above the reserve, with views that extend to the horizon in every direction. The rooms are extraordinary: high ceilings, four-poster beds, private plunge pools, and a veranda from which you can watch the plains below without leaving your chair. The wine cellar, stocked with South African and international bottles, is the finest on any safari property in Africa.
The Conservation Experience
Singita's conservation mission is not a marketing exercise — it is the reason the reserve exists. The Grumeti Fund has restored 350,000 acres of wilderness, reintroduced species that had been hunted to local extinction, and built a community development programme that employs hundreds of local people. Guests can visit the anti-poaching unit, the wildlife research station, and the community projects. It is one of the most meaningful experiences available in African travel.
The Experience
The Verdict
The finest safari experience in Africa — and one of the great travel experiences in the world.
If you are going to do one safari in your life, do it here. The combination of private wilderness, exceptional lodges, and the Great Migration makes Singita Grumeti an experience without equal.
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