This type of tented accommodation is generally set all year round depending on location, closing for the rainy season that fall in April and May simple due to no light aircraft can land and the best 4 x 4 by far can not even get in there. Now the standards of a Permanent tented camp can vary considerably both in design, finishing and price.

One could start by grouping mid end permanent tented camps into a 3 star to 3 star + category – The tents are usually 6 meters long and about 3.5 to 4 meters wide – furniture inside can be a little basic but you do get a bed and fresh linen – depending on style of the camp and in regards to whether the camp is permanent or not, shower and toilets facilities are usually a separate compartment adjoined to the main tent, showers are delivered either through running water if available or shower buckets that a camp crew will prepare for you when you are ready to take a shower usually providing around 15 litres of hot water to wash away the dust after long game drives.

Then we go up a notch into Top end permanent tented camps which tend to be lower volume camps with 12 and under tents at their disposal. Standards both on furnished interiors of sleeping tents and dinning tents or structures is definitely noticeable and staff certainly more attentive to a guest needs.

One more notch and you are in the Luxury high end camps giving a 5 star rating again with a handful of tents usually around 8 in total, so you can imagine that with only 16 occupancy maximum on one night the service is fitting with standard and expect no less than silver service with highly trained staff.