Greystoke Mahale sits on a pristine, white sandy beach overlooking the turquoise water of Lake Tanganyika in Singita, Tanzania, with the forested slopes of the 8,000-foot Mahale Mountains rising behind. It’s no exaggeration to say there’s nowhere in the world like Greystoke Mahale.

Greystoke affects visitors in a way that no other place does; perhaps because of its remoteness, and because of the mountains rising from the beach at the back, the wide lake with its many different moods and the feeling that you are the only one there.

Greystoke Mahale has just 6 wood and thatch bandas set on the edge of the forest line at the base of the mountains.

Each one has an en-suite bathroom – accessible by a short boardwalk – with hot and cold running water, strong showers and flush toilets. Dressing room and upstairs chill-out deck.

Dine in the main mess banda on the beach and enjoy sundowners in the bar on the rocks at the end of the beach.

Accommodation

Your days can start here, eating breakfast whilst waiting to hear news of the chimps and deciding what to do with your day. Evenings end with sundowners on the rocks of the headland, where drinks are served around the lamp-lit bar whilst the mountains, rising behind camp, disappear into the darkness.

Bandas are open fronted, with heavy canvas curtains you can pull across if you choose. Made of old wood, not one is the same, but all have a dressing room behind and then a short boardwalk to the bathroom with flush toilet.

For more information on the camp site and its various outdoor activities, visit the official website for Nomad’s Greystone Mahale.