Mobile Tented Camps
A mobile camp moves. Six or eight tents, a mess tent, a crew who strike the whole thing and rebuild it two hundred kilometres away as the wildebeest shift, which is the only way to wake up beside a river crossing rather than drive three hours to reach one. Tanzania's seasonal migration camps and Botswana's fully serviced mobile safaris are the two strongholds, and both trade hot water bottles and bucket showers for position. This page covers camps that relocate seasonally and operators who run private mobile trips for one party. We rank on where the camp actually sits each month, crew to guest ratio, tent comfort against the weight it has to travel at, and exclusivity.
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A six-tent mobile camp that moves three times yearly to stay with the migration, stripping down at dawn and setting up again beside river crossings or calving grounds. Nomad Tanzania's pioneer camp prioritizes intimate group size and authentic tented tradition over ornament.
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A semi-permanent mobile camp with 9 canvas tents, four annual relocations, and private exclusive campsites across the Serengeti. Crystal chandeliers and crisp linens in a genuine migration follower.
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A genuinely mobile canvas camp that relocates twice yearly to track the wildebeest migration across the Serengeti ecosystem, positioning guests at Kogatende and Ndutu in season.
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Asilia Africa's two-location migration camp positions itself in the northern Serengeti for river crossings and the southern plains for calving season, with mesh-walled tents designed to let you watch the night sky from bed. The camp moves twice yearly to follow the herds.
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A boutique migration camp in northern Serengeti with just 10 luxury tents, relocating twice yearly to follow the herds. Electric amenities and king beds provide comfort while the camp moves with the wildlife.
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Botswana's smallest mobile camp, with 5 Meru-style canvas tents relocating every few days along the Chobe River. Maximum 10 guests, private butler service, and constant river access define the operation.
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Citizen-owned Botswana operator founded in 2000, running private mobile tented safaris across Okavango, Chobe, Linyanti, and Kalahari with tailor-made itineraries and a founding emphasis on guide quality.
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Asilia's eight-guest intimate migration camp operates canvas tents with open-air design and bucket showers, moving seasonally from the Lamai Wedge in northern Serengeti to Kusini in the south. Ubuntu means "humanity toward others," and the camp's scale and community ethos reflect that philosophy.
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A seasonal mobile camp in northern Serengeti's Kogatende area that operates June through October, following the wildebeest river crossings with 10 canvas tents and optional hot-air ballooning.
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A fully mobile, self-contained operation that deploys six-guest canvas dome camps that relocate within a day as herds move, following the wildebeest migration year-round across the Serengeti ecosystem. Great Migration Camps prioritizes affordability and accessibility alongside mobility.