Perched on a series of elevated platforms and walkways, Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti sits next to an animal watering hole, where you can watch a family of elephants stop for their morning drink as you sip your own out on your room’s private balcony. Under the constant protection of local Maasai tribes people, step into the bush for an exhilarating game drive, or soar high in the sky on a hot-air balloon safari. However you spend your day, the Spa is waiting to help you re-hydrate, restore and re-energize for your next adventure.

As one of the least-disturbed and best-studied areas in Africa, the Serengeti has provided researchers much of what is known today about East African wildlife. The Discovery Centre is part museum and part lecture theatre and works with several wildlife-research projects to promote their work to guests and to help collect data.

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