{"id":33121,"date":"2013-09-16T19:40:33","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T17:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/highlights\/shumata-camp\/"},"modified":"2021-11-04T11:25:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T09:25:28","slug":"shumata-camp","status":"publish","type":"highlights","link":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/africa\/tanzania\/shumata-camp","title":{"rendered":"Shu&#8217;mata Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Spend the night at the foot of Kilimanjaro<\/h2>\n<p>Shu&#8217;mata Camp is located at the foot of<strong><a href=\"\/?continent_category=mount-kilimanjaro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kilimanjaro<\/a><\/strong>,deep in the 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;sky&#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 East African tents in Hemingway style. The spacious comfortable safari tents have en suite en suite with flush toilet and outdoor shower with running water. Each tent has its own porch with beautiful views. Outside, enjoy the sounds of the surrounding savannah, crickets, zebras, lions, herds of elephants, elk, zebras, wildebeest, antelopes and Thompsongazelles.<\/p>\n<p>Except safaris to nearby <strong><a href=\"\/?continent_category=amboseli\">Amboseli N.P.<\/a><\/strong> from the camp you can go on a (multi-day) expedition to the Masai steppe to get acquainted with the <strong><a href=\"\/?continent_category=de-masai\">Masai culture<\/a><\/strong> and lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>And you can take a walk to the<strong>Shira Plateau<\/strong>, an ascent of the Kilimajaro that is suitable for almost everyone. You&#8217;ll enjoy sweeping landscapes as you stroll up relaxed to enjoy a well-deserved picnic at the top of <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destination\/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-scale camp with only five very comfortable safari tents<\/li>\n<li>Many activities possible such as safaris in the Amboseli N.P., a visit to the Masai and climbing Kilimanjaro up to the Shira Plateau<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also stay at <strong>Hatari Lodge.<\/strong> Nestled in the woods at the foot of <strong>Mount Meru<\/strong> and near the Momella plain is Hatari Lodge, one of the few lodges in <a href=\"\/?continent_category=arusha-nationaal-park\">Arusha N.P.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Combine a safari through Tanzania with a <a href=\"\/?continent_category=strandvakantie-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,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/33121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/highlights"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/33121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240566,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/33121\/revisions\/240566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=33121"},{"taxonomy":"highlight_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlight_category?post=33121"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=33121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}