Lemala Ewanjan Tented Camp

The Standard Tented Accommodations consist of 7 tented rooms with en-suite facilities and an outside decking area that offers guests stunning views of the valley and surrounding natural beauty which can be enjoyed from the comfy outdoor loungers. The spacious bedrooms feature two queen-size beds and are fitted with snuggly duvets and soft, breathable linen. In your en-suite bathroom, you will find a flush toilet, basin and a large shower. Hot water is provided through solar heaters, which can generate hot water for an entire day after just a couple of hours of sunlight. Guests can also make use of the 24-hour solar lighting.

The 2 Bedroom Tents feature two bedrooms, one with a single queen-size bed and the other containing two queen-size beds. These tents can cater for up to 6 guests and are ideal for groups travelling together, or families with older children. The rooms are spacious and designed in a minimalist style, with wooden floors and chests for storing personal items and clothing. Both rooms lead on to their own en-suite bathrooms with flush toilets, basins and large showers.

Hot water is provided through solar heaters, which can generate hot water for an entire day after just a couple of hours of sunlight. The tent is also fitted with 24-hour solar lighting. The two bedrooms join via a living room which features a comfy sofa and coffee table and looks out over the Seronera landscape. Views of the sweeping plains can also be enjoyed out on the outside deck, where you can lie back and relax on loungers.

The en-suite Family Tents are similar to the standard tented accommodations, but also allow for extra beds to be placed within the bedroom. This gives the family tents a maximum occupancy of 4 people rather than 2. The bedroom features queen-size beds, fitted with breathable linen and plush duvets. The room leads on to an en-suite bathroom with a flush toilet, basin and a large shower.

Hot water is provided through solar heaters, which can generate hot water for an entire day after just a couple of hours of sunlight. Guests can also make use of the 24-hour solar lighting. The outdoor decking area gives guests the opportunity to sit out and enjoy sweeping views of the plains and grasslands as the sink dips down below the horizon and the vivid African stars emerge. Relax on the comfy loungers and enjoy your tranquil surroundings in this private setting.

Guests can enjoy three delicious meals a day at Lemala Ewanjan Tented Camp. A light breakfast of fruit, bread, and pastries is served in the mess tent each morning, along with tea, coffee and juices. Guests can also order hot meals which are then freshly prepared by the camps chefs. Lunch and dinner consist of three-course meals which can be enjoyed either in the dining tent, or outside in the sunshine. All dietary requirements can be catered for as long as the camp is given prior warning. The communal meals allow guests to interact and swap stories of their safari experiences.

Venture out on an exciting game drive with Lemala’s professional guides, who receive bi-yearly training, and learn about the amazing animals that live in Serengeti’s wilderness. Witness lions, leopards, elephants, buffalo, wildebeest and zebra in their natural habitat from the comfort of a specially designed safari vehicle. Choose between a range of open, semi-open and closed 4×4 Land Cruisers which are fitted with a range of conveniences, including charging facilities, photography stabilizing bean bags, vehicle recovery equipment, radios, guide books, first aid kits, and binoculars. Serengeti’s incredible wildlife is not just limited to the Great Migration and year-round guests can expect incredible game viewing including Seronera’s thriving cheetah population.

Balloon safaris offer guests a chance to have a bird’s eye view of Seronera Valley and Central Serengeti, allowing you to take in the vast landscape and view the incredible wildlife from above as you follow herds of wildebeest across the plains. Float silently over prowling predators and grazing impala without the noises of an engine to disrupt the game, and view Serengeti from an entirely new perspective.

Enjoy a delicious gourmet lunch or dinner against the backdrop of the Serengeti plains. Guests are invited to dine under the shade of a grand acacia tree and relax as your personal butler attends to your needs. Alternatively, you can enjoy a nighttime meal under a canopy of glowing stars. The camp’s chefs will prepare a mouth-watering meal for you as you gaze out of the scenery and listen to the sounds of the wildlife within Serengeti National Park.

Experience pure relaxation as you sit back around a smouldering campfire with a refreshing cocktail in your hand as the sun sinks in the sky, leaving colourful trails in its wake. Enjoy conversing with your fellow travellers while participating in this peaceful African tradition, and admire the stunning landscape as it fades into a twilight silhouette.

Lemala Ewanjan Tented Camp has a range of fun activities to keep children under the age of 12 entertained, allowing parents to take a break and enjoy time together. Lemala Cubs offers young guests the chance to participate in educational and exciting pastimes including learning how to throw blunted spears and how to use a bow and arrow like the ancient Maasai people. Children can also go on walks with Maasai people, where they will hear stories that describe Maasai culture and how people can survive out in the bush, learn to identify a variety of animals and birds and how to track wildlife. Lemala Cubs also offers children the chance to help out in the kitchen and roast marshmallows over the campfire in the evenings.

All of Lemala’s camps and lodges employ the majority of their staff from the communities in which they operate so that local people are able to find nearby employment in order to help support their families. Lemala have also recruited 9 employees from a homeless shelter in Arusha, giving the young men the opportunity to gain employment and restore their lives. Lemala’s staff are given training so that they can excel in their roles, and receive promotions within the company, broadening their opportunities for the future.

‘Of a workforce of 335 staff, less than 5% are foreigners of which 3% are East Africans. Our Lemala ExCo Team’s Senior Management includes a strong female presence, made up of 6 females and 1 male.’

Lemala Camps and Lodges are working to remove plastic waste from national parks and conservation areas by gathering the waste plastic and storing it in collection bins (made from recycled plastic). The waste plastic is then used to construct school chairs and desks by Dunia Designs, a sustainable company in Arusha. Each of these collection bins can hold approximately 375 – 400 1.5 litre bottles or equivalent, which can be used to make 2 chairs and a desk.

‘The plastic collected from each bin is approx. 10 –15kg of plastic, which would be the weight of the plastic used in the creation of one school desk and 2 chairs, and NOT ending up in landfill or our wilderness. Keen conservationist Maasai Chief Lobulo is also a keen believer in education. His determination and vision is an inspiration to us all and we at Lemala Camps and Lodges have supported him via our CSR project, money donated by our guests and fundraising through the purchase of these plastic school desk & chair sets to build his first school called Eluway Primary, paying school teachers, providing clean water and education materials.’

Lemala encourages sustainable fishing within the local community by offering significantly higher prices for bigger fish. This results in fishermen catching fewer, larger fish and helps to protect marine populations while offering fishermen a fair price for their work.

‘The fish are purchased directly from the fishermen each morning at market prices ensuring the fisherman gets a fair price for his catch and that the proceeds of his efforts go directly to his family that all live local to Wildwaters.’

Lemala hosts an annual leadership academy for youths aged between 14 and 18, where speakers are invited to talk about their backgrounds, where they have come from and where they are now. This inspires and empowers young people and encourages them to consider career prospects. Lemala also supports a woman’s shelter.

‘Each day we donate something and on the 22nd of the month, the teams deliver in person to Pippi House which provides an empowering, supportive environment for women to seek refuge from the streets.’

Lemala Tented Lodges operate completely off the grid, producing zero emissions except in the event of power loss when they must use a backup generator. Lemala Ewanjan Tented Camp is powered by solar energy, a clean and renewable source that leaves no carbon footprint.

‘Our power plants include a 45Kw plant in Kuria Hills and a 65Kw plant in Mpingo and Nanyukie. We are proud to say that we have saved 150 tons/year of CO2 going into our atmosphere and have to date produced approximately 210 Mwh power/year.’

Lemala Tented Lodges have installed Reverse Osmosis Plants in each of their tented lodges in order to provide clean drinking water and negate the need for plastic water bottles.

‘We have now included state of the art pumps that communicate wirelessly to ensure that the water pressure remains constant. Every drop of water that comes out of the taps has been filtered and passed through a UV light to kill bacteria. In the new system we also constantly circulate the water in the holding tanks to ensure it does not stagnate and in this circulation we pass the water through a UV light.’

The main area at Lemala Ngorongoro includes a new floor entirely constructed from recycled plastic bottles which were mostly collected from Lemala Camps and Lodges. This collaborative project with Dunia Designs has repurposed plastic so that waste plastic does not enter rivers or water sources where it causing irreparable damage to aquatic life. Additionally, Lemala Camps and Lodges do not use any plastic straws.

Lemala Camps and Lodges recycle all waste that can be repurposed in order to prevent pollution and to reduce the amount of rubbish that goes to landfills. In May 2008, the company was the first in Africa to offer guests plastic-free, biodegradable lunch boxes and 30% of the steel that was used in the construction of Lemala Tented Lodges is recycled from scrap metal. Glass bottles are also recycled and used by Shanga, a community project that employs people with disabilities to craft jewellery and glassware out of recycled glass, which can then be purchased from their shop.