Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti
Central Serengeti, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Location
Central Serengeti
The lodge sits on elevated wooden platforms in the central Serengeti, above two adjoining waterholes that draw elephant and game — the largest and most resort-like lodge in the park, with the polish of Four Seasons.
Transfer
A Serengeti transfer
Fly to the Seronera airstrip from Arusha or Kilimanjaro, then a game-drive transfer into the park — a light-aircraft hop with luggage limits.
Villas
77 rooms, suites & villas
Seventy-seven rooms, suites and free-standing villas in contemporary African design, with open-air sun decks and deep tubs — from Savannah rooms and Terrace Suites to villas with private plunge pools and a 24-hour attendant.
Best For
Who it suits
Families, multigenerational groups and couples who want the Serengeti with Four Seasons polish and a kids' club — a comfortable lodge at scale, not an intimate camp.
Board Basis
Full board
Full board with game drives, commonly sold all-inclusive — three restaurants, two bars and a wine cellar across the lodge.
About the Resort
The Serengeti with Four Seasons polish
The Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti is the Serengeti with Four Seasons polish — the largest and most resort-like lodge in the park, set on elevated wooden platforms above two adjoining waterholes in the central Serengeti. Its signature is the free-form infinity pool that looks straight onto an elephant waterhole, so the game viewing starts from the sun-lounger; behind it run 77 rooms, suites and free-standing villas in contemporary African design, with open-air sun decks and deep tubs, up to private villas with plunge pools and a 24-hour attendant. This is the comfortable, family-capable Serengeti pick at scale, not an intimate camp — there is a kids' club, a Discovery Centre on migration and wildlife, and a Maasai Boma for dinner and dancing. Dining spans three restaurants, two bars and a wine cellar, from African cooking at Nuru to the open-fire Boma Grill, and the days run on central-Serengeti game drives, a guided walking safari, hot-air ballooning and the pool. Reached by a light-aircraft hop to Seronera, it suits families and multigenerational groups who want luxury with room to spread out.
Accommodation
Rooms, suites & villas
Seventy-seven rooms, suites and free-standing villas in contemporary African design, with four-poster beds, elevated open-air sun decks, deep tubs and local textiles — from Savannah rooms through Terrace Suites to one-bedroom villas with plunge pools and five near-exclusive Private Villas.
Entry
Savannah Room
Sleeps two to three. A king with an open-air sun deck and a deep tub, in contemporary African design, over the plains.
Sun deckPlains view
Suite
Terrace Suite
Sleeps two to four. A living area and a larger terrace, some with direct views to the waterhole.
Living areaWaterhole
Villa
One-Bedroom Villa
Sleeps two to three. A free-standing villa with a private infinity plunge pool and a living and dining area, over the savannah.
Plunge poolSavannah
Top
Private Villa
Sleeps two to six. A free-standing villa with a plunge pool, in-villa dining and a 24-hour personal attendant — one of five, a near-exclusive Private Villa experience.
Personal attendantPlunge pool
Food & Drink
Dining
Three restaurants, two bars and a wine cellar across the lodge. Nuru serves African and international cooking, the Boma Grill is an open-fire feast, and the thatched Kula cellar hosts tastings, with the Maji Bar and Terrace for African tapas and sundowners.
Signature
Nuru
African and international cooking at Nuru, the signature restaurant.
Grill
Boma Grill
An open-fire feast at the Boma Grill.
Wine
Kula
Tastings in the thatched Kula wine cellar.
Wellbeing
Serengeti Kani Spa
The Serengeti Kani Spa runs treatments across six rooms, with a fitness centre. The showpiece, though, is the free-form infinity pool over the elephant waterhole — a mini-safari from a sun-lounger — with a dining island and cabanas, and central-Serengeti game drives beyond.
Kani Spa
The Serengeti Kani Spa, with six treatment rooms and a fitness centre.
An infinity pool
A free-form infinity pool over the elephant waterhole — a mini-safari from your sun-lounger.
Game drives
Central-Serengeti game drives, with seasonal access to the Great Migration.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The central Serengeti with the comforts to match, and plenty for families. Watch elephants from the infinity pool, drive for the Big Five and the migration, walk with a ranger setting a camera trap, and balloon over the plains at dawn.
Game drives
Central-Serengeti game drives for the Big Five and the seasonal Great Migration.
The infinity pool
Watching elephants at the waterhole from the infinity pool.
Walking safari
A 90-minute walking safari with a naturalist, a Maasai and a ranger, setting a camera trap.
Hot-air ballooning
Hot-air ballooning over the plains at dawn.
Maasai Boma
A Maasai Boma dinner with dancing, and the on-site Discovery Centre.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
To the Seronera airstrip
Fly to the Seronera airstrip from Arusha or Kilimanjaro, then a game-drive transfer.
In the park
Central Serengeti
In the central Serengeti, on elevated platforms above two waterholes.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
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“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
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“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Full board with game drives, commonly sold all-inclusive.
Made for families
- Built for families and multigenerational groups — a kids' club, villas and the scale to absorb them.
Setting
- In the central Serengeti above two waterholes — the largest, most resort-like lodge in the park.
Getting there
- Fly to the Seronera airstrip from Arusha or Kilimanjaro, then a game-drive transfer.
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