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Review: Mila, Serengeti, Tanzania
Mila (formerly Legendary Mila Tented Camp) is a six-tent camp in the Nyasirori area of the Serengeti's Western Corridor in Tanzania. An honest two-night review of the tents, the open-sided vehicles, the food, the service and the guiding, with a black rhino outside camp on our last morning.
Review: Wilderness Mara
Wilderness Mara reopened in the Mara Triangle in July 2026 with twelve tented suites, a beautiful build, and the most convenient balloon launch in the Masai Mara. An honest two-night review of the room, food, guiding, and a service team still finding its feet.
Review: Vumbura Plains
Our honest review of Wilderness's premier water camp in the Okavango Delta: world-class guiding, year-round water, and a concession that outshines its rooms
Review: Wilderness Chitabe Camp
A rebuilt Okavango classic: new suites among our favorite rooms anywhere, guides who find their own animals, and a two-hour cheetah hunt with Supermom and her cub.
Review: Giraffe Manor
We arrived skeptics and left won over. Giraffes at your window, standout butler service, and our honest take on the rooms and how to actually get a booking.
Review: Wilderness Little Kulala
A return visit to Sossusvlei's closest private-gate lodge: boho-desert suites, star beds under the Namib sky, and guiding that held up visit after visit.
Review: Solio Lodge, Laikipia, Kenya
Kenya's first private rhino sanctuary, with hundreds of rhinos and a bush breakfast shared with a dozen of them. The closest you'll get to walking with dinosaurs.
Review: Tanda Tula Safari Camp
Timbavati's most design-forward camp: striking canvas-and-glass suites, food a level above most camps, and easy family access, plus a few service gaps to know about.
Review: Tawana, Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Natural Selection's premier camp inside Moremi: gorgeous rooms, polished service, cheetahs on our first drive, and what the national-park setting really means.
Review: Cape Grace, A Fairmont Managed Hotel
The V&A Waterfront's grande dame, now under Fairmont: beautifully renovated public spaces, personal five-star service, and an honest look at the rooms.
Review: GweGwe Beach Lodge, South Africa
A perfect 5/5. Beach and bush on a private 5,000-hectare stretch of the Wild Coast, with waterfall jumps, kayaking, and a lodge that feels like home.
Review: Wilderness Bisate Lodge, Rwanda
Nest-like villas facing the volcanoes, fireplaces in every room, and exceptional service. Our honest review of Rwanda's gorilla trekking lodge, permit costs included.
Review: North Island Okavango, Botswana
Natural Selection's northern Delta water camp: pangolin, aardwolf, and wild dogs in two nights, stunning rooms, and a few operational kinks still being worked out.
Review: Great Plains Mara Nyika, Kenya
The Mara without the madness. Lions on every drive, a Canon R5 in your room, and exceptional guiding in the Naboisho Conservancy. A perfect 5/5.
Review: Magashi Peninsula, Rwanda
Rwanda's surprise safari: an intimate lakeside lodge in Akagera with champagne pontoon arrivals, elephants in the water, and a remarkable conservation comeback.
Review: &Beyond Suyian Lodge, Kenya
One of East Africa's most striking new lodges, with Sedona-like views and superb architecture. Our honest take on why it's a resort with views, not (yet) for game.
Review: Namiri Plains, Tanzania
A private slice of the Serengeti in former big cat research territory: more cheetahs and lions than we could count, beautiful rooms, and joyful, personal service.