Need to know
Rooms
Nine, including one three-bedroom private house.
Check–Out
10am. Check-in is at 2pm. Please note that late check-out may incur additional park fees, food, drink and transport charges.
More details
Rates include all meals and drinks (except premium wines), limited laundry service, open-vehicle game drives, walking safaris and return transfers to Msembe Airstrip. Stays in the Private House also include a private chef, guide and safari vehicle.
Also
Unfortunately, this remote camp is not suitable if you have limited mobility.
Hotel closed
Jabali Ridge closes its camp each year from the middle of March until the end of May.
At the hotel
Gift shop, library and information centre, lounge area, sunset deck and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: radio, electric fan, torch, USB charging ports, tea- and coffee-making kit, free bottled water, mosquito net, laundry detergent, bathrobes, slippers and Healing Earth bath products.
Our favourite rooms
Jabali’s Private House is the gold standard for an all-frill safari stay, with its trio of family-friendly bedrooms, alfresco plunge pool and very own chef and guide-accompanied game vehicle. The Suites may have smaller set-ups, but they make for an all-the-more romantic affair with cushy emperor-size beds and wraparound decks that watch over the bordering baobab forest.
Poolside
The small infinity-edge swimming pool (open sunrise till sunset) and surrounding sunloungers watch over Ruaha’s ancient baobabs from its hilltop vantage point. There’s a bar just behind that spotlights gin-based tipples, and if you’re staying in the Private House, you’ll have the added luxury of a private plunge pool.
Spa
Set back from the main pool between baobabs, a single treatment room (open 8am to 8pm) hosts hot stone and traditional massages — the signature 'Ikuka Waterfalls’ is particularly healing for its coffee and coconut body scrub, and the ‘Jabali Awakening’ employs ancient techniques and scents of lemongrass, ginger and Tanzanian clove to soothe. Treatments can also be set-up in your suite, or anywhere around camp.
Packing tips
All the safari staples: wide-brimmed hats, neck scarves to protect against the dust during dry season, hiking boots (walking safaris are Ruaha’s mainstay) and neutral colours.
Also
Once you’ve booked your safari stays, the Asilia team will be in touch within 48 hours to help arrange travel between camps, which may include charter or private small-plane flights and/or overland transfers.
Children
Kids aged five or older are welcome. For some activities, the minimum age is 12 years old; younger Smiths will need to stay at camp, supervised by one of their adults.
Sustainability efforts
Asilia is a B Corp business and sustainability sits at the core of their safari offering, with camps designed to have minimal impact, and every operational choice rooted in reducing harm. This starts with the camp build itself, using locally sourced, natural materials. Across all safari operations they minimise waste, prioritise renewable energy and respect the wilderness. The primary power source in their camps is solar, waste is weighed, segregated, and recycled, emissions are tracked, and Scope 1 carbon is offset via REDD+ projects.
Asilia invests in initiatives that enhance sustainability and your experience at their camps, such as farm-to-fork projects that ensure the freshest produce and reduce the need for supply runs across the fragile landscapes where they operate. As part of the Nawiri Group, Asilia contributes over $10m annually to nature protection and impact funding, providing long-term stable funding to partners across Africa. Their impact approach is community-led and includes a focus on expanding access to quality education in rural areas, funding programmes that benefit over 20,000 primary school students and over 200 vocational scholarships annually.
