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Little Moru Camp offers an intimate tented safari experience in Tanzania's Central Serengeti.
Tucked behind Nyaroboru Hill and overlooking the Musabi Plains, Little Moru Camp is a small, traditional tented safari camp in one of the Serengeti's most rewarding wildlife areas. With just six guest tents, it offers the kind of relaxed, personal atmosphere that can easily be lost at larger safari camps.
Its location is a large part of the appeal. The surrounding Central Serengeti remains productive throughout the year, while the rocky kopjes, open plains and river systems provide habitat for an extraordinary variety of wildlife, including lion, leopard, cheetah and large resident herds.
Little Moru isn't about extravagant luxury or elaborate facilities. It's about waking up under canvas, heading out onto the plains with an experienced guide and returning to a warm, welcoming camp that still feels connected to the wilderness around it.
For travellers looking for an authentic tented safari experience rather than a highly polished lodge, Little Moru can be a wonderful fit within a Northern Tanzania itinerary.
Why stay at Little Moru Camp?
Little Moru's greatest strength is its combination of location, intimacy and simplicity. With only six guest tents, the camp feels personal and relaxed, while its position in the Central Serengeti gives you access to an exceptionally wildlife-rich part of the national park.
The surrounding plains, kopjes and river systems support abundant resident wildlife during Little Moru's June to October season. This period coincides with some superb safari conditions in the Central Serengeti, with lion, leopard, cheetah, elephant and large plains-game populations all found in this part of the park. The experience isn't dependent on having the Great Migration immediately outside camp — there is plenty to see here beyond the movement of the great herds.
Back at camp, the experience remains deliberately uncomplicated. Comfortable canvas accommodation, good food, warm hospitality and evenings around the campfire allow the wilderness to remain the star of the show. For many travellers, that's precisely what a Serengeti safari should feel like.
Little Moru also works particularly well as part of a wider northern circuit safari, combining naturally with Ngorongoro, Tarangire and other areas of the Serengeti depending on the season and your priorities.
Accommodation at Little Moru Camp
With just six guest tents, accommodation at Little Moru is deliberately intimate and uncomplicated. The tents are designed to keep you close to the Serengeti rather than shut away from it, combining comfortable beds and practical en-suite facilities with the atmosphere of a traditional mobile safari camp.
Double and twin configurations work well for couples and travelling companions, while triple-share and family options give the camp useful flexibility for families and small groups. Hot bucket showers are part of the experience — a reminder that Little Moru is about comfortable living under canvas in the wilderness, rather than recreating a conventional hotel in the bush.
Double Tent
The double configuration is ideal for couples, with a comfortable double bed beneath canvas and the simple furnishings you'd expect from a traditional Serengeti safari camp. It's comfortable without losing the feeling that you're sleeping in the wilderness.
Twin Tent
Twin accommodation offers the same tented safari experience with separate beds, making it a natural choice for friends, siblings or other travelling companions sharing their Serengeti safari.
Triple Tent
Little Moru's triple tent is a great option for three or more guests travelling together, allowing you to share the safari experience without needing separate accommodation. The flexible sleeping configuration works comfortably within the spacious canvas tent while retaining the same simple, authentic bush-camp character found throughout Little Moru.
Family Tent
For families travelling together, Little Moru offers a family tent that makes experiencing the Serengeti under canvas both comfortable and practical. It gives parents and children the space to share this wonderfully intimate camp experience while still enjoying the atmosphere and connection to the wilderness that makes Little Moru so appealing.
What is it like to stay at Little Moru Camp?
Staying at Little Moru is about feeling part of the Serengeti rather than simply observing it from a lodge. With only six tents and the wilderness immediately beyond the canvas, there's a wonderful sense of intimacy here — particularly in the early mornings and evenings when the camp settles into the sounds of the bush.
Days revolve around time out on safari, while life back at camp is deliberately relaxed. Meals are shared in the dining tent, drinks can be enjoyed as the light fades across the plains, and evenings around the campfire are exactly the sort of simple safari moments that often become as memorable as the wildlife itself.
Little Moru's mobile-camp style also means accepting a few charmingly old-school safari touches. Hot bucket showers replace elaborate bathrooms, and you won't find the extensive facilities of a large permanent lodge. What you gain instead is a much stronger sense of being somewhere remote, personal and genuinely connected to the landscape around you.
For the right traveller, that's not a compromise. It's the reason to stay here.
Where is Little Moru Camp?
Little Moru Camp is set behind Nyaroboru Hill, overlooking the Musabi Plains in the Central Serengeti. Its position places you within a wonderfully varied landscape of open grassland, rocky kopjes and riverine areas, with excellent access to the wildlife for which this part of the Serengeti is renowned.
The camp operates seasonally from June to October, allowing it to make the most of this area during some of the most rewarding safari months in the Serengeti. While the movements of the Great Migration vary from year to year according to rainfall and grazing conditions, Little Moru's location also gives you access to the Central Serengeti's resident wildlife rather than making the experience entirely dependent on the migrating herds.
Little Moru fits naturally into a wider Northern Tanzania safari, particularly for travellers combining the Serengeti with the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and other destinations along the northern circuit. The exact route we'd recommend depends on when you're travelling and where the wildlife is likely to be during your safari.
Wildlife and safari experiences at Little Moru Camp
Little Moru puts the wildlife of the Central Serengeti firmly at the centre of your stay. Game drives take you through a varied landscape of open plains, rocky kopjes and riverine areas, where the mix of habitats supports an impressive diversity of wildlife.
Big cats are a particular draw in this part of the Serengeti. Lion, leopard and cheetah are all found here, alongside elephant, giraffe, buffalo and an abundance of plains game. The kopjes are especially important features of the landscape, providing elevated vantage points and shelter for wildlife amid the surrounding grasslands.
Between June and October, the wider Serengeti is also shaped by the movements of the Great Migration. Exactly where the herds will be cannot be guaranteed — rainfall ultimately determines their movements — which is why we plan around the broader wildlife experience rather than promising that thousands of wildebeest will conveniently arrive outside your tent. Little Moru's access to resident wildlife means there is plenty to experience even when the main herds are elsewhere.
And safari here isn't only about ticking species off a list. Some of the best moments can be the quieter ones: watching the plains come to life on an early morning drive, stopping somewhere in the bush with no other vehicle in sight, or returning to camp as the light begins to disappear across the Serengeti.
Is Little Moru Camp right for you?
Little Moru is a great choice for travellers who want their Serengeti safari to feel intimate, authentic and connected to the wilderness. With only six tents, it suits those who value a small camp atmosphere and personal service over the extensive facilities and polished surroundings of a larger luxury lodge.
It's particularly well suited to couples, families and small groups who are comfortable with the traditional tented-camp experience. If evenings around the campfire, hot bucket showers and waking up beneath canvas sound like part of the adventure rather than things you'd rather avoid, Little Moru is likely to be a very good fit.
It won't be right for everyone. Travellers looking for a swimming pool, spa, extensive facilities or the comforts of a more elaborate permanent lodge may be happier elsewhere — and that's an important distinction when choosing where to stay in the Serengeti.
Tell us how you like to travel, when you're planning to visit and what matters most to you on safari, and Rob or Clyde can help you decide whether Little Moru belongs in your Tanzania itinerary — or whether another camp would suit you better.
Six guest safari tents
En-suite facilities
Hot bucket showers
Dining tent
Lounge & communal area
Campfire area
Family accommodation
Flexible group accommodation
Solar power
Charging facilities
Game drives
Big cat sightings
Great Migration season
Serengeti wildlife
Birdwatching
Sundowners
Campfire evenings
