Auberge Collection, an American multinational hospitality group headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland and Mill Valley, California, founded in 1981 in Napa Valley, California, a company boasts a renowned portfolio of luxury hotels, residences, resorts and private clubs has expanded its presence into Africa with the introduction of Auberge Safari, a portfolio comprising nine camps and lodges across several regions of Tanzania.
The new brand brings together properties operated by Legendary Expeditions, a premier, conservation - led luxury safari company based in Arusha, Tanzania, operating since 1986, providing exclusive, private access to over two million acres of Tanzania wilderness, including the Serengeti, through intimate lodges, tented camps and moving migration camps designed to connect guests with the “true wild” and Chem Chem Safari, a group operates luxury - tended camps and lodges across a 50.000 - acre private concession between Tarangire National Park and Lake Manyara, which now will operate under the Auberge Safari umbrella.
The Auberge Safari portfolio covers areas including Serengeti National Park, Greater Mwiba Protected Wildlife Area, and Burunge Wildlife Management Area, collectively spanning approximately 600.000 acres. The properties offers access to unique wildlife experiences, including the Great Migration, elephant viewing, and interactions with local communities.
The properties included in Auberge Safari are Mwiba Lodge, Mwiba Plains, Nyasi, Songa, Legendary Lodge, Chem Chem Lodge, Little Chem Chem, and Forest Chem Chem.
Mwiba Lodge is located in the Greater Mwiba Protected Wildlife Area, a 125.000 to 129.000 - acre private, exclusive - use conservation area situated south of the Serengeti National Park and west of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and features ten tented suites with private decks. Mwiba Plains also in the Greater Mwiba Protected Wildlife Area offers seven tented rooms and two family suites.
Nyasi is positioned in Lamai, in the northern Serengeti, renowned for its proximity to the Mara River for Great Migration crossings (July – October), featuring seven tented rooms and two family suites.
Songa is located in Kogatenge in the far northern Serengeti, best known as a premier, less - crowded, and exclusive location for witnessing the dramatic Mara River wildebeest crossings, featuring a stunning landscape of open savannas, acacia woodlands and rocky granite kopjes, provides eight tented rooms and a family suite.
Legendary Lodge located on a coffee estate at 1300m of altitude at the foot of Mount Meru in Arusha, a bustling centre in northern Tanzania, known as the vibrant “safari capital” and gateway to the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and Mount Kilimanjaro, offers 12 cottages.
Chem Chem Lodge in the Burunge Wildlife Management Area in northern Tanzania, which serves as a wildlife corridor between Tarangire and Lake Manyara National Parks, provides seven tented suites and a family unit. Little Chem Chem also in the Burunge Wildlife Area, features five tented rooms and a family suite, while Forest Chem Chem located in the same area, consists of three tented rooms and a family unit.
Auberge Safari brand operates with a stated commitment to conservation, with each stay supporting the Friedkin Conservation Fund that works in the Greater Mwiba Protected Wildlife Area and supports the passage of then Great Migration in partnership with the Chem Chem Association, a registered non - profit organisation that operates within the Burunge Wildlife Management Area (BWMA).
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