Nimali Mara

With Bedouin-style canvas roofs and solid frames, the camp's architecture is sleek and modern, yet blends discreetly into this landscape. The main area is surrounded by slide-away glass that opens to the spacious deck and the vistas beyond. Inside, the smartly furnished lounge offers a few cosy seating areas; the dining area incorporates indigenous timber into the contemporary design. The outdoor fire pit is the place to be come nightfall, where the conversation flows and the stars twinkle like gems.

Ten tents thread across the hillside, each secluded and oriented to soak up the broad vistas. They too are enclosed on all sides by glass, so it's fair to say the views are the camp's most prominent feature. Take it all in from the daybed on the front deck, with its sunken lounge and fire pit. Indoors is, frankly, luxurious, with four-poster king-sized beds, and an en-suite bathroom with a walk-in shower, and a deep copper bathtub beside the window.

The Serengeti in northern Tanzania is an epic wilderness of broad savannas, rocky outcrops and river-sliced valleys. The word itself comes from the Masai, siringet, which means "endless plains". Best-known for the annual Great Migration of hundreds of thousands of wildebeest and zebra, this is the place to be to witness the animals crossing the croc-infested Mara River in nail-biting style. But even if you're out of season, there's plenty of permanent wildlife to see.