The best Great Migration camps in 2026 are the mobile camps that follow the herds, &Beyond Serengeti Under Canvas and Wilderness Usawa Serengeti; Singita's Sabora, Faru Faru and Sasakwa in the Grumeti reserves on the western corridor; and in Kenya's Maasai Mara, Mahali Mzuri and Mara Plains in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Angama Mara, &Beyond Bateleur Camp and Wilderness Mara in the Mara Triangle.
The Great Migration is the year-round movement of well over a million wildebeest, with zebra and gazelle, around the Serengeti–Mara ecosystem. The herds calve in the southern Serengeti early in the year, move through the western corridor around the middle of the year and usually reach the northern Serengeti and Kenya's Maasai Mara from about July to October, crossing the Mara River.
Timing is everything: mobile camps move with the herds, while permanent camps are best in particular months. Prices per person sharing per night: $$ $150–400 · $$$ $400–1,000 · $$$$ over $1,000.
A mobile camp that relocates to follow the migration.
Serengeti Under Canvas relocates seasonally to follow the Great Migration through Serengeti National Park, keeping guests close to the herds as they gather, graze and move.
Good to know: Ask where the camp will be in your travel month.
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
A six-tent mobile camp that positions itself for the migration.
Usawa is a mobile tented camp with six tents for 12 guests, bookable for sole use, positioned for the migration through the year; a short flight links Grumeti and Kogatende airstrips.
Good to know: Book it privately for a family group.
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
A classic tented camp on the open plains of the Grumeti Reserve.
Sabora is Singita's tented camp on the open plains of the Grumeti Reserve in the western Serengeti ecosystem, with the feel of a classic tented safari and Singita's service.
Good to know: The western corridor is best around June.
Singita Sabora Tented Camp, Grumeti, Tanzania
A relaxed riverine lodge in the Grumeti Reserve.
Faru Faru is Singita's riverine lodge in the Grumeti Reserve, where animals gather at the waterholes around the lodge; it feels more relaxed than Sasakwa.
Good to know: Combine with a northern Serengeti camp.
Singita Faru Faru Lodge, Grumeti, Tanzania
Manor-house grandeur above the 350,000-acre Grumeti Reserve.
Sasakwa is Singita's Tanzanian flagship, a manor-style lodge looking over the 350,000-acre Grumeti Reserve in the western Serengeti ecosystem.
Good to know: Pair with Zanzibar for a honeymoon.
Singita Sasakwa Lodge, Grumeti, Serengeti, Tanzania
Twelve luxury tents in the migration's path in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy.
Mahali Mzuri is Virgin Limited Edition's camp in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy, in the path of the annual migration, with 12 luxury tents and fewer vehicles at sightings thanks to the conservancy setting.
Good to know: Visit from July to October for the herds.
Mahali Mzuri, Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Kenya
Seven canvas suites in a private conservancy with access to the reserve.
Mara Plains has seven canvas suites on decks in the private Olare Motorogi Conservancy on the Mara's northern boundary, and guests can drive both the conservancy and the national reserve.
Good to know: Drive into the reserve for Mara River crossings.
Mara Plains Camp, Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Kenya
Tented suites on the escarpment above the Mara Triangle.
Angama Mara sits about 1,000 feet above the Maasai Mara with sweeping views, offering game drives, ballooning, walks and a photographic studio.
Good to know: Book a balloon flight over the herds.
Angama Mara, Maasai Mara, Kenya
Two nine-tent camps below the Oloololo escarpment, near the migration route.
Bateleur Camp sits beneath the Oloololo escarpment where Out of Africa's final scene was filmed, split into two camps of nine tents, and the migration passes close by in season.
Good to know: Kichwa Tembo next door is better value.
andBeyond Bateleur Camp, Maasai Mara, Kenya
A Mara Triangle camp near the Mara River.
Wilderness Mara, formerly Little Governor's Camp, is in the Mara Triangle, the reserve's western section bordered by the Mara River, a wildlife-rich corner of the Masai Mara.
Good to know: The Triangle has fewer vehicles than the eastern Mara.
Wilderness Mara, Mara Triangle, Kenya
River crossings in the northern Serengeti and Maasai Mara usually happen from about July to October; calving in the southern Serengeti is around January to March. Exact timing varies with the rains.
Tanzania's Serengeti hosts the herds for most of the year; Kenya's Maasai Mara is excellent from about July to October and its conservancies limit vehicles at sightings.
A tented camp that relocates during the year to stay close to the herds, such as &Beyond Serengeti Under Canvas and Wilderness Usawa Serengeti.