Ok different experience at the Four Seasons for us. No escorts to our rooms. There was no evening entertainment. The restaurant was so dark you could hardly see each other. Our group were the only people in the restaurant all evening apart from one table at the other end of the room. The staff came over and told us off for being too noisy!
It is possible you were there during a change of management. The Four Seasons Serengeti was not always a Four Seasons. When we were there they had three restaurants, the Boma Grill had entertainment, escorts to the rooms were always provided. They had a museum with docents. The place was a bit dark at night as they had their own power station ... no central power. We always turned on every light in the room. The staff was always terrific. We had a huge outside deck with an ocean of animals nearby. It was interesting to be in a Four Seasons with a thatched roof.
If I remember correctly the staff had rooms below the walkway and had to be careful every hour every day. It had to be an experience getting back to their rooms on a daily basis as Alan clearly mentions. They were also closer to the tse tse flies but probably had been bitten so many times it really didn't matter !
We just watched a new show on PBS that was fabulous. It is called "Life at the Waterhole" and is a 3 part series. PBS said that the show could also be seen on Amazon Prime.
These folks created two continuous filling waterholes, an observation area, and a home base a few hundred yards from the waterhole in Tanzania at a reserve 50 miles from the Crater. The purpose was to identify and study all the wildlife that came to the waterhole. They positioned numerous cameras on the property and observed how quickly animals and birds arrived. They got fantastic photos of it all. They tracked all the species (around 80), the time of the day certain animals visited etc. It is a fabulous show and one of the best we have ever seen on Africa. The second and third parts are to observe the activity in the summer and then the rain seasons. Can't recommend it enough to those who love Africa like we do.
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Ok different experience at the Four Seasons for us. No escorts to our rooms. There was no evening entertainment. The restaurant was so dark you could hardly see each other. Our group were the only people in the restaurant all evening apart from one table at the other end of the room. The staff came over and told us off for being too noisy!
It is possible you were there during a change of management. The Four Seasons Serengeti was not always a Four Seasons. When we were there they had three restaurants, the Boma Grill had entertainment, escorts to the rooms were always provided. They had a museum with docents. The place was a bit dark at night as they had their own power station ... no central power. We always turned on every light in the room. The staff was always terrific. We had a huge outside deck with an ocean of animals nearby. It was interesting to be in a Four Seasons with a thatched roof.
And a fabulous view of the ‘ocean of animals’ from the tub!
If I remember correctly the staff had rooms below the walkway and had to be careful every hour every day. It had to be an experience getting back to their rooms on a daily basis as Alan clearly mentions. They were also closer to the tse tse flies but probably had been bitten so many times it really didn't matter !
Indeed Nancy. And as I recall the tub filled up like it was powered by Victoria Falls.
We just watched a new show on PBS that was fabulous. It is called "Life at the Waterhole" and is a 3 part series. PBS said that the show could also be seen on Amazon Prime.
These folks created two continuous filling waterholes, an observation area, and a home base a few hundred yards from the waterhole in Tanzania at a reserve 50 miles from the Crater. The purpose was to identify and study all the wildlife that came to the waterhole. They positioned numerous cameras on the property and observed how quickly animals and birds arrived. They got fantastic photos of it all. They tracked all the species (around 80), the time of the day certain animals visited etc. It is a fabulous show and one of the best we have ever seen on Africa. The second and third parts are to observe the activity in the summer and then the rain seasons. Can't recommend it enough to those who love Africa like we do.