Greystoke is a superb little camp with very stylish
thatched bandas, each raised slightly on decking and set back into the
vegetation, peeking out onto on an idyllic white beach. Inside each
are sumptuous beds under mosquito netting and lovely wooden furniture.
Thoughtful touches are provided such as kikois for the
beach, bowls to wash the sand from your feet, bath and beach towels
and comfortable loungers to enjoy the view. Each tent links into a
private bathroom where there’s a flush toilet and a hot shower. The
camp’s double-storey dining and lounge area is in the center of the
beach. Off to one side, among the vegetation and rocks, is a separate
sunset bar.
Tracking chimps from Greystoke is very
professional; you’re always accompanied by one of the camp’s expert
guides and a scout from the park. Crucially, your guide is someone who
knows all of these chimps individually, by name, and can explain their
behavior with reference to what’s happened to that particular chimp in
the past. This raises your whole experience beyond simply watching
wildlife, and into the realm of watching individuals and their social
conduct. This makes it, for us, one of the most riveting wildlife
spectacles in Africa. After a morning trying to understand the chimps,
spend a lazy afternoon on a beautiful old dhow, snorkeling, swimming,
fishing and drinking as the sun sets on Lake Tanganyika. With a great
staff team, superb food and an idyllic location, Greystoke is a very
special camp indeed.
Greystoke Tented Camp is the only elegant choice for accommodation,
beautifully designed and positioned on the Kangwena Bay beach, between
the forest and the lake. In previous years this has been a distinctive
and extravagant tented camp, complete with an ottoman-style canvas
frontage and well endowed with Turkish rugs and careless good taste.
Guests can choose to snorkel and swim and lounge on the beach or
otherwise engage themselves with a greater intensity making the most
of the library.
