Location
Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

Tarangire Ndovu Camp is located in the heart of Tarangire National Park, famed for its massive elephant herds, giant baobab trees and true sense of wilderness. Ndovu Camp is a mobile operation, set seasonally to sync with the movement of elephants through the corridor between Manyara and Tarangire during the dry season from mid-June through the end of October. The elephants spend time in the park in pursuit of permanent sources of fresh water, finding lingering waterholes and scratching the ground to uncover hidden springs.

Ndovu Camp features eight walk-in canvas tents, each shaded by a separate canvas covering that extends over a veranda sitting area at the front of each tent. While the camp is mobile, you'd never know it from the deluxe furnishings, which include king-size beds or twin beds with crisp cotton sheets and duvets, bedside tables, a desk, storage trunk, and wardrobe with bathrobes and slippers in each tent; wicker settee and chairs in the common lounge; and a dining table and campaign chairs for fine meals served under canvas. Each tent has private en suite facilities accessed via a separate doorway. Bathrooms have hot- and cold-water showers, ceramic wash basins and ceramic flush toilets. From the entrance of the bedroom and on to the bathroom, each tent is fitted with an extensive solar lighting system. A pathway of atmospheric kerosene lanterns also lights the way between individual tents and the dining tent. Additional solar guide lights and scented beeswax candles create an enchanting setting in which to unwind after the day's adventures, not to mention a nightly campfire for added ambience.