Little Chem Chem sits on the eastern side of the same private concession as its award-winning sister lodge, hard against Tarangire National Park — baobab country, famous for some of the largest-tusked elephants left in East Africa. With just six vintage tents (one for families), it is the most intimate camp in the area: you will likely have the landscape, and the animals moving through it, entirely to yourselves.
The rhythm here is slower and more old-fashioned than a big lodge — canvas and campaign furniture, dinners by lantern light, mornings on foot. Guests often split their stay between here and Chem Chem Lodge across the concession; we can tell you honestly which suits you, or how to combine both.
Our pick when a couple wants Chem Chem’s slow-safari philosophy at its most intimate — a handful of tents, one fire, and evenings that feel like a private house party.
— Evance & JenniferYou never pay more than booking direct — usually less. And everything around the lodge is handled.
As a trade partner we access preferred rates and seasonal offers the lodge doesn’t always publish — you’ll never pay more than booking direct. And a lodge can only sell you its own beds; we build the journey around it: international flights, the right nights, and where you go next.
A private car waiting at the airport, light-aircraft hops timed to your route, and a guide who already knows your name. Book direct and the gaps between lodges become your problem; book with us and there are none.
Our Tanzanian-born team knows this concession well. We know how Little Chem Chem differs from Chem Chem Lodge, when the elephants come through the corridor, and how many nights the camp actually needs — so nothing about your stay is generic.
A missed flight, a weather delay, a change of heart mid-trip — you contact one person, and we re-arrange everything behind the scenes. The lodge looks after you on property; we look after the whole journey.
Epic luxury safaris and just magical. I was referred by a friend in the USA — Evance customized our trip beautifully, the accommodation was first class and our guide so professional. Will definitely be back.
One of the smallest luxury camps in northern Tanzania — quiet, personal, and easily taken exclusively by a family or group of friends.
The camp faces Tarangire’s elephant country; some of the region’s largest-tusked bulls move across the private land in front of camp.
The same private-land freedom as the rest of the Chem Chem concession — walking safaris, off-road drives and night drives that national parks don’t allow.
Classic canvas, brass and leather without the museum feel — this is the camp photographers and safari romantics ask for by name.
Pairs naturally with Chem Chem Lodge on the Lake Manyara side — a bush-and-lakeshore combination without a single flight in between.
If you’ve done the big parks, this is the slower, closer version of the bush — on foot, off-road and without other vehicles.
Low vehicle density, off-road freedom, dramatic baobab backdrops and huge elephants — a working photographer’s kind of camp.
Five tents make a private takeover realistic — your own camp, guides and kitchen for a family or friends’ safari.
Less polished-resort, more castaway romance: lantern-lit dinners, private decks and nobody else around.
June–October is prime dry-season elephant viewing in Tarangire; November–March is green, quiet and better value.
2–3 nights, often combined with 2 nights at Chem Chem Lodge across the concession.
An ideal first or second stop on a northern circuit: Arusha → Little Chem Chem → Ngorongoro → Serengeti.
The award-winning sister lodge on the Lake Manyara side of the same private concession.
Explore Chem Chem Lodge →Continue west for a dawn descent to the crater floor — the natural next stop.
Explore Ngorongoro Crater →Fly on to a migration camp — we time the camp to where the herds are in your month.
Explore The Serengeti →Tell us when you want to go and what matters most to you — the animals, the food, the quiet. We’ll design your private, bespoke luxury Tanzania safari around Little Chem Chem and take care of everything in between. No pressure, ever.
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