This accomodation is exclusively located in Tarangire National Park far away from other lodges. Enjoy the wilderness and the amazing views from each tent’s veranda.
Oliver’s Camp in Tarangire National Park
Oliver’s Camp is located in the remote southern part of Tarangire National Park, Tanzania where you can enjoy utmost exclusivity being far away from the next lodges. This wilderness zone lets you experience offroad game driving and walking safaris providing you an unforgettable nature and wildlife experience. The game-dense Silale Swamps and flood plains of the Minyonyo Pools guarantee year-round dense concentration of wildlife in a secluded area.
After the annual rains in April and May the grasslands turns into a lush green haven providing the best time for walking safaris. The dry season from August to October attract vast herds of wildlife to the watery wetlands which can be overlooked from Oliver’s Camp.
Tarangire is known for its large herds of elephants and buffalos as well as a high concentration of big cats. Oliver’s Camp comes with 10 tents including a family tent and honeymoon suite providing bush elegance and amazing views from each tent’s private veranda.
This accommodation includes Game Package.
Location
Oliver’s Camp is located in the Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. The camp is reachable by a 60min drive from the closest airstrip Kuro.
The rates include:
- Room as booked
- Game drives, night drives, walking safaris with an armed national park ranger
- Full board (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and drinks
- Transfers to and from Kuro airstrip
- Fees: Park Fee, Concession Fee, VAT, Tourism Development Levy, Asilia Conservation Charge, TANAPA Walking fees
The rates don’t include:
- Champagne, cellar wines, premium brands spirits
- Flying doctor / medical evacuation insurance
- Flight & airport taxes
- Additional lunch
- Fly camping (205 USD – subject to change in government fees)
Included and paid Amenities
- Battery charging facilities
- Non-smoking tents
- Hot water shower
- Safe
- Laundry service
Are you travelling with children?
We love children and are happy about welcoming children at the hotel. Unfortunately our online reservation system is not yet fully ready to calculate child rates correctly. We are working on this.
So when you proceed with the reservation, you will currently only see adult rates displayed and calculated.
But don’t worry! We will manually review any reservation and will adjust the rate. You will hear from us shortly after your reservation. You will only pay the hotel’s child rate for your children.
Child policy of this hotel:
Children aged 0-4 years are not allowed unless the camp is booked exclusively.
Children aged 5-18 years pay 50% of full adult rate, and aged 19 years and older pay full adult rate.
Children aged under 12 years should always share a room with an adult.
Children applicable fees will be added to the room rates.
The policy of this hotel in case of cancellation or no show is:
● Until 61 days before arrival: 10% of charged rate
● Between 60 – 31 days before arrival: 50% of charged rate
● 30 days or less before arrival: 100% of charged rate
● Refunds are not possible in case of late arrival or no show
Additionally, zanzibar.eco as a platform provider charges 30 USD processing fee for each cancellation.
Ecological & Social Footprint
The Asilia Group has been certified by various international and national responsible tourism certification bodies such as Responsible Tourism Tanzania and Fair Trade Tourism reaching level 3 (three). Social and environmental conservation projects are continuously running in all regions where the group operates and are funded by a 5$ per person per night responsible tourism levy, guest donations and direct donations by Asilia.
The main focus of the AsiliaGiving initiatives are the environmental protection of wildlife and habitat as well as the development of communities including community health, the advancement of education and communication to promote and increase the appreciation and value of the biodiversity and nature.
The initiatives include among others: scholarships for tourism management courses, local community forestation programmes, the forging of new skills to provide an alternative to poaching, the provision of solutions to human and wildlife conflicts and the monitoring of the wildlife population’s health.
Oliver’s Camp is run on approximately 90% solar power and emissions from fossil-fuel consumption are offset through Carbon Tanzania. The water consumption at the camp is monitored closely with an own bore whole and the collection of rain water being the source of origin. Sewage is diverted to soak away pits and the camp has an on-request towel and line change policy to further save water and energy. Waste is collected and separated and brought back to Arusha where it is distributed to several recipients among others those who reuse plastic and glass to create new products.
Around 30% of the staff comes directly from the surrounding villages providing employment and an alternative means of income. The staff is trained on a regular basis by in-house specialists and they can furthermore participate in online training courses.
Things To Do
• Game drive • Walking safaris • Fly camping (additional charge) • Night drives • Baloon safaris (additional charge).