{"id":33121,"date":"2013-09-16T19:40:33","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T17:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/highlights\/shumata-camp\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T11:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:52:11","slug":"shumata-camp","status":"publish","type":"highlights","link":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/africa\/tanzania\/shumata-camp","title":{"rendered":"Shu&#8217;mata Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Staying overnight at the foot of Kilimanjaro<\/h2>\n<p>Shu&#8217;mata Camp is located at the foot of Mount <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/africa\/tanzania\/mount-kilimanjaro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kilimanjaro<\/a>,<\/strong> deep in traditional Masai country, in an area known as Private Amboseli. &#8220;Shu&#8217;mata&#8221; means something like &#8220;above the clouds&#8221; or &#8220;heaven.&#8221; It is a small but impressive permanent camp on a hill with beautiful views in all directions.<\/p>\n<h2>Five East African tents in Hemingway style<\/h2>\n<p>The camp consists of five large Hemingway-style East African tents. The spacious comfortable safari tents have en suite bathrooms with flush toilet and open-air shower with running water. Each tent has a private veranda with beautiful views. Out here you will enjoy the sounds of the surrounding savannah, of crickets, zebras, lions, herds of elephants, elands, zebras, wildebeests, antelopes and Thompsongazelles.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to safaris to nearby <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/africa\/kenya\/amboseli\">Amboseli N.P.<\/a>, <\/strong>you can go on a (multi-day) expedition from the camp to the Masai steppe to learn about the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/africa\/kenya\/the-masai\">Masai culture<\/a> <\/strong>and lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>And you can hike to the <strong>Shira Plateau<\/strong>, an ascent of Kilimajaro that is suitable for almost everyone. You will enjoy sweeping landscapes as you leisurely hike up to enjoy a well-deserved picnic at the top of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/africa\">Africa<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h4>Tips &amp; tops from Shu&#8217;mata Camp:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Unique location at the foot of Kilimanjaro<\/li>\n<li>Small camp with only five very comfortable safari tents<\/li>\n<li>Many activities possible such as safaris in the Amboseli N.P., visiting the Masai and climbing Kilimanjaro to the Shira Plateau<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also stay at <strong>Hatari Lodge<\/strong>. Nestled in the forests at the foot of <strong>Mount Meru<\/strong> and near the Momella Plain is Hatari Lodge, one of the few lodge in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/africa\/tanzania\/arusha-national-park\">Arusha N.P.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Combine a safari through Tanzania with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/africa\/tanzania\/zanzibar\">beach stay<\/a> on the coast or on one of the islands of Pemba, Mafia, Mnemba or Zanzibar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safari camp at the foot of Kilimanjaro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":22646,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"country":[221],"highlight_category":[603],"continent_category":[186],"class_list":["post-33121","highlights","type-highlights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-tanzania","highlight_category-accommodatie-en","continent_category-africa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/33121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/highlights"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/33121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":396261,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/33121\/revisions\/396261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=33121"},{"taxonomy":"highlight_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlight_category?post=33121"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=33121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}