Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge

Sixty-six rooms and a suite, built as domed rondavels along an acacia ridge in the central Serengeti. Each has a private balcony over the plains.

There is an infinity pool above the savannah, a carved dining room, a bar with a timbered terrace, and a bush camp overlooking the migration route. Drives run daily, and there are dance and music performances in the evenings. Wifi, a shop and a conference centre put this at the hotel end of the scale.