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Singita Faru Faru is a contemporary safari lodge set on the Grumeti River in Tanzania’s private Grumeti Reserve, offering a relaxed, design-led take on classic Serengeti luxury. With open spaces, exceptional guiding and a strong conservation ethos, it blends effortless comfort with some of East Africa’s most exclusive wildlife encounters.
Singita Faru Faru sits within the vast Grumeti Reserve on the western edge of the Serengeti, an area known for exceptional year-round game viewing and the dramatic passage of the Great Migration. Designed with a modern, open-plan aesthetic, the lodge embraces wide river views and a natural connection to its surroundings, creating an atmosphere that feels both sophisticated and refreshingly informal. Singita’s deep commitment to conservation and community is central to the experience, giving guests access to one of Africa’s most carefully protected wilderness areas while enjoying world-class hospitality and guiding.
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Accommodation
Faru Faru has nine suites: seven one-bedroom suites, one family suite for parents and children, and one two-bedroom suite for up to four adults. The two-bedroom suite has its own private pool; the lodge’s other guests use the two shared pools. Views and room layouts differ, making the family suite and two-bedroom suite distinct choices rather than interchangeable names.
Food & drink
Dining at Singita Faru Faru is flexible and creative, with menus celebrating fresh, seasonal ingredients and bold flavours influenced by both local and international cuisine. Meals can be enjoyed in elegant indoor spaces, on open-air decks overlooking the river, or beneath the stars around a glowing firepit. A carefully curated wine cellar — a hallmark of the Singita experience — offers exceptional vintages, and personalised tastings or private bush dinners add memorable touches to each stay.
What to do
Game drives explore the private Grumeti landscape, with guided bush walks arranged around conditions and age requirements. At the lodge there are two shared swimming pools, wellness treatments and a fitness centre. Tennis is offered at Sasakwa Lodge, rather than on a court at Faru Faru itself. Additional activities and inter-lodge arrangements should be agreed before travel.
Planning your stay
Allow three or four nights to enjoy both the private-reserve safari and the lodge. Sabora or Sasakwa offers a different accommodation atmosphere within Grumeti, but moving between them is worthwhile only if you have enough time. Mara River Tented Camp introduces a genuinely different northern location.
The right fit
Travellers who prefer contemporary lodge design, river scenery and a private-reserve safari. It is worth comparing when the accommodation and slower hours back at the property are central to the holiday.
Faru Faru is distinct from &Beyond Grumeti Serengeti River Lodge and from Singita Mara River. Room and family-suite categories have different facilities; do not assume every suite has the same private pool arrangement.
Useful to know
Yes. It is a Singita lodge in Grumeti, with a river setting and reserve-based safari context. This differs from a lodge within the national park.
No. Singita Mara River Tented Camp is a separate property in the northern Lamai region. We choose between them around location, season and preferred accommodation.
No. Private pool facilities are category-specific, including the two-bedroom suite. We check the exact suite included in your quotation.
Potentially, if you want contrasting accommodation and have enough nights. For wildlife variety, changing safari regions may add more than moving between nearby lodges.
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We will explain how it compares with the alternatives and whether it fits your preferred dates, route and pace.
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