Ikoma Tented Camp — Hotel in Ikoma

A few years back I had stayed at the 'sister' camp Robando Camp just a few km up the road and liked it so much I wanted to return there. Sadly it was close for refurbishment and I was offered Ikoma TC instead. I had looked in here on my last trip and had felt it a little 'big' and busy for my taste. However on arrival I was pleasantly surprised at how memory can place tricks and liked the tents a lot.|Reception was warm and after the safety briefing we were escorted to our tents. Safety necessary as wildlife can and does enter the site including Buffalo which can be seen grazing a few 100 metres from your tent in daylight. Plus giraffe and zebra etc., and lots and lots of birds.|The tents were as expected and set a little close together but as I was on the end row in 26 this was not a problem for me.|Good ablutions en suite and nicely fitted out.|Not sure abut the fancy 'welcome' decorations on the large and comfy bed as it seemed a shame to remove it and I wonder if staff time could perhaps be allocated to something more efficient. But hey ho. It looked good.|The bed was netted although the tent is virtually bug proof. I slept well.|Meals. Dinner and breakfast were mostly buffet style and the food was excellent. Service was warm and friendly and ably managed by Mama Mkubwa Jessica who kept things up to scratch.|Nightly transfers to/from the tent, quite a walk for my privacy in 26, were escorted by a brave night guard armed with a bow and arrow and flashlight. The buffalo we met looked really worried.|All in all we had a pleasant stay. We demuurred at paying another lot of Park fees so explored the WMA instead. After all we had been ripped off US$118 for the privilege of sleeping there so why not get full value for our money. (Management. It would have been helpful if we had been prewarned of this fee added to our cost of stay.) The drive was productive, we had the Ranger with us in case we 'got lost' and he enjoyed a comfortable sleep in the car at our expense. And we never did get a receipt of our $118.|To sum up. The stay was good. We enjoyed it BUT IKoma MA need to sharpen their act.|When we left this camp we stayed outside the Serengeti on the T17 west to Lake Victoria and saw lots of game as we drove, including a sleepy lion, and it...

We loved our 2 night stay in the Ikoma Bush Camp. The thing I loved the most was the overall vibe/feel - you're very much in wild Africa here! Most the other lodges we stayed at were fenced for visitors safety, but Ikoma is a totally unfenced camp. Although it's technically outside the Serengeti, the Serengeti is also unfenced so I counted the view from our tent as looking out over the Serengeti plains, which was incredible! There were wild zebras, impalas, giraffes etc. walking past our tent all the time. At night we heard lions roaring and hyenas laughing and in the morning walked out to see paw prints around our tent. Out of all the places we stayed during our 12 day safari, this one had the best overall "feel" to it.||||The food was pretty good, but not amazing. The staff felt a bit awkward to me, and it was hard to communicate as most didn't speak great English. There's no power points in the rooms so you can only charge your devices in the restaurant and only in the evening/at dinner, but we didn't really find that to be a problem. We had hot water both nights we were there so were able to have a nice shower no problems. ||Although I don't think it's a necessity (especially when in the bush), I was very excited when I read the information sheet in our room which said there was internet in the restaurant from 7pm as we'd gone a few days without any wifi and I wanted to check in on how everything was going at home. However when I asked a couple of different staff, both looked confused and told me there was no internet. So that is perhaps something they shouldn't be advertising! Not a huge deal though.||There's also no eftpos at the camp so they only take cash, which would have been good to know before we went so we could have brought some more with us (we would have loved to have done a night drive!)||||Overall though our experience here was very good and I'd...

We loved our 2 night stay in the Ikoma Bush Camp. The thing I loved the most was the overall vibe/feel - you're very much in wild Africa here! Most the other lodges we stayed at were fenced for visitors safety, but Ikoma is a totally unfenced camp. Although it's technically outside the Serengeti, the Serengeti is also unfenced so I counted the view from our tent as looking out over the Serengeti plains, which was incredible! There were wild zebras, impalas, giraffes etc. walking past our tent all the time. At night we heard lions roaring and hyenas laughing and in the morning walked out to see paw prints around our tent. Out of all the places we stayed during our 12 day safari, this one had the best overall "feel" to it.||||The food was pretty good, but not amazing. The staff felt a bit awkward to me, and it was hard to communicate as most didn't speak great English. There's no power points in the rooms so you can only charge your devices in the restaurant and only in the evening/at dinner, but we didn't really find that to be a problem. We had hot water both nights we were there so were able to have a nice shower no problems. ||Although I don't think it's a necessity (especially when in the bush), I was very excited when I read the information sheet in our room which said there was internet in the restaurant from 7pm as we'd gone a few days without any wifi and I wanted to check in on how everything was going at home. However when I asked a couple of different staff, both looked confused and told me there was no internet. So that is perhaps something they shouldn't be advertising! Not a huge deal though.||There's also no eftpos at the camp so they only take cash, which would have been good to know before we went so we could have brought some more with us (we would have loved to have done a night drive!)||||Overall though our experience here was very good and I'd...