Mikumi National Park · Tanzania
Mikumi’s only
luxury tented camp
Serengeti-level tents and cabins with private bathrooms and A/C — the only camp facing the Mikumi Mountains. 3.5 hours from Dar es Salaam by train and transfer, or a short flight from Zanzibar.
142 reviews10 tents & cabins · Open all year
Three ways people come to Camp Lilac
Pick the one that sounds like you. Every package includes park fees, a private open jeep with our own guide, and meals.
Weekend in the wild by SGR train
From US$394per person
Leave Dar on the morning train, game drive the same afternoon, sleep in a luxury tent, dawn drive, home by evening. Free transfer from Morogoro to Mikumi.
A real safari, not a 4 a.m. day trip
From US$394per person, excluding flights
Fly or take the ferry to Dar, train to Morogoro, two days of game drives and a night under canvas facing the Mikumi mountain ridge. Back on the beach by the next evening. Zanzibar–Dar flights cost roughly US$160–200 each way; we can book them for you.
Mikumi, Udzungwa waterfalls and the quiet south
From US$473per person
Three or four days: the Mikumi floodplain, the hippo pools, the Sanje waterfall hike — with a free train ticket from Dar and transfer to the camp when you book direct.
Most of Mikumi sleeps by the highway. We don’t.
Camp Lilac is set back in the bush, facing the Mikumi mountain ridge. Luxury canvas tents built to the same standard as the Serengeti’s best camps — private bathrooms, air conditioning and private decks — a restaurant that looks straight at the mountains, and nothing to hear at night but the bush itself.
We are Mikumi’s only luxury tented camp, and the only camp with a view of the Mikumi mountain ridge. Impala, warthog and monkeys wander through the camp. Our own guides run the game drives, and we arrange your transfers from Morogoro SGR station or Dar es Salaam.
The camp
Tents & cabins
From US$140 per night, breakfast and dinner included. Rates & seasons
Safaris in Mikumi, with our own guides
Elephants, lions, giraffes, hippos and the great herds of the Mkata floodplain — minutes from the camp gate. Park fees, private jeep, guide and meals included in every package.
Book direct
Two deals when you book with us
2-day safari: free transfer to Mikumi
Book a 2-day safari with us and we pick you up at Morogoro SGR station and drive you to Mikumi for free. One way — the return transfer to Morogoro is charged.
3+ day safari: free train ticket and transfer
Book a safari of 3 days or more and we pay your SGR train ticket from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro and the transfer on to Mikumi. One way — the return journey is charged.
Wonderful
“A fantastic welcome and a luxurious room in the heart of Mikumi. A slice of paradise for nature lovers — a superb experience.”
Relaxed and informative
“A weekend trip from Dar es Salaam. Guides Saloniki and Johana added new insight to a park I already knew well — and we were the first car to spot the lions.”
What is that place?
“Safari-style tents, the wooden terrace, and the mountain views from the open-air dining area.”
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Owner-run
Run by the owner, not a hotel chain
I’m Gatis. I built Camp Lilac because Mikumi deserved one place where the tents are as good as the park. Message me or the team on WhatsApp — we reply within 4 hours during the day, and we will tell you honestly which room and which safari fit your trip.
Every meal facing the Mikumi mountain ridge
Breakfast, lunch and dinner are all served in our open-sided restaurant, the one dining room in Mikumi with a mountain view. When you book direct, breakfast and dinner are included (lunch is US$15) — cooked fresh, Tanzanian and international dishes — and the bar deck is where everyone ends up at sunset.
The restaurant & barDinner facing the Mikumi mountain ridge. Then only the bush.
Tell us your dates and who is coming. We reply the same day with availability, the total price and a safari suggestion.