Now you can sip craft beer after an afternoon game drive at Sayari, one of the Serengeti’s most acclaimed safari camps.
There’s nothing quite like being on safari – the wildlife, the soul-soothing African vistas, the like-minded travellers. However, the more remote the camp, the more you’re required to sacrifice some of the comforts of urban living.
Fortunately, your passion for craft beer won’t be one of those comforts next time you visit Sayari Camp in Tanzania. Asilia, operators of the northern Serengeti camp, recently added the first solar-powered microbrewery in the bush as part of the camp’s luxurious rebuild.
Almost 15 years since it first opened, Sayari is being given a contemporary new look and will open – microbrewery and all – in June 2020, in time for the great migration’s herds to arrive at the nearby Mara River.
The camp, which started life as a mobile set up that followed the millions of wildebeest and zebras on their long journey across the Serengeti, has long been an innovator. It’s been carbon neutral since 2009, and the microbrewery, in collaboration with Wayout, a Scandinavian start-up that’s revolutionising the craft brewing scene, will not only make four distinctive brews, but will also produce soft drinks and purified still and sparkling water, reducing the need for plastic bottles and cans, as well as the associated transport costs of getting supplies to the camp.
Sayari’s new look has been conceptualised by designer Caline Williams-Wynn, who has created several Asilia camps including the iconic Highlands and the recently refurbished Namiri Plains. The new camp’s décor has been inspired by the Kuria people who call the northern Serengeti home and whose unique culture has been captured in the photography of South African Graham Springer.
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The camp’s 15 tented suites feature stunning views across the Serengeti landscape, king-sized beds, private sun decks and deep set soak tubs from which guests can watch zebra, wildebeest and even predators pass through the camp (the region is famed for both its lions and leopards).
Guests will also be able to take home gifts from the new safari shop, where products like modern jewellery created by Maasai women’s collectives, single-origin teas from the foothills of Mt Kilimanjaro, and exotic spices from Zanzibar support community initiatives across Africa.
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