Safari Camps With No Single Supplement in 2026: 15 Lodge Groups Assessed, Plus the Cheapest Solo Nights, the Waiver Seasons and Private Vehicles for One

The safari lodge group that is best for solo travellers in 2026 is Angama, at 70/100: its two Kenya lodges publish full 2026 and 2027 rates, a 50 per cent single supplement, and a waiver for the first two singles on a booking from January to May and in November. Wilderness (68) charges no single supplement at any of its camps, and Singita (65) charges none for a single room at Ebony Lodge unless three or more are booked together. We scored 13 of the 15 groups assessed on seven published criteria; only these three clear the 60-point pass mark. The page then answers which camps waive the supplement, what one night alone costs, the cheapest solo nights and which groups give you a vehicle of your own.

Verified 24 September 2026 · lodge groups' own rates, offers, terms and camp pages · rates in the currency each group publishes · single-night costs calculated from published rates where marked

Which safari lodge groups are best for solo travellers in 2026?

The safari lodge groups best for solo travellers in 2026 are Angama (70/100), Wilderness (68) and Singita (65), the only three of the 15 groups assessed to clear our 60-point pass mark. The score measures what each group publishes about travelling alone: the supplement, any waiver, the rates, the vehicle and how a solo guest is looked after.

Score breakdown by criterion

Key: Supp = standard single supplement published · Waiver = no-supplement waivers · Rooms = solo rooms or rates · Rates = published rates · Vehicle = vehicle and guiding policy · Terms = terms clarity · Host = solo hosting

The waiver decides the order at the top. Wilderness and Singita earn the full 25 points for a standing policy, and Angama 15 for a seasonal one; no other group publishes a waiver that meets the rubric, since Asilia Africa's low and green season promise names no camps or dates. Angama still finishes first because it publishes everything else: dated rates for 2026 and 2027, its private-vehicle prices and exact waiver terms, where Wilderness publishes from-prices and no vehicle policy. Below the bar, Tswalu (55), Time + Tide (50) and Elewana Collection (50) are the most transparent about price but offer no waiver. Scores are raw points: a criterion we could not read scores nothing.

Which safari camps have no single supplement?

Wilderness (68) charges no single supplement at any of its camps, Singita (65) charges none for one or two single rooms at Ebony Lodge, and Angama (70) waives it for the first two singles on a booking from 5 January to May and from November to 22 December 2026; Asilia Africa (30) says solo travellers pay no higher rate in low and green season but names no camps or dates. A standing policy applies all year; a seasonal one applies only on the dates published.

Two details matter. Wilderness's promise applies to two-person rooms, so a solo guest takes a normal suite at the sharing price; its offers page separately mentions reduced solo rates in non-peak seasons without dates. Angama's waiver covers only the first two singles on a booking, or on bookings combined, so friends travelling together as singles should book together. Our Wilderness review and Angama review cover the camps themselves.

How much is the single supplement at safari lodges?

Where it is published, the supplement runs from nothing to 50 per cent: Angama and Time + Tide charge 50 per cent, Londolozi 25 per cent, Singita 25 per cent only from the third single room, Tswalu's single-occupancy rates sit about 24 per cent above sharing and Elewana's Tortilis Camp Amboseli about 50 per cent; Great Plains Conservation quotes single rates only on request. The table turns each policy into the price of one night alone, calculated from the group's own published rate.

Peak season is where a supplement hurts. At Angama Mara the $2,750 peak rate becomes $4,125 for a solo guest from July to September, and the $1,850 standard rate $2,775 in June and October, against $1,850 with no supplement from January to May and in November. And African Bush Camps goes further than a supplement: its terms say its Safari Itinerary packages are not available to solo travellers at all. Our safari price-per-night decoder explains what a nightly rate includes.

What is the cheapest safari camp for a solo traveller?

The cheapest published night alone is $476 at Elewana's Tortilis Camp Amboseli in Kenya, for a single room on full board in the green season of April and May 2026, followed by Wilderness's Doro Nawas in Namibia from $480 with no supplement; Angama Mara costs $1,850 for one of the first two singles from January to May or from November to 22 December. The test is a price for one person that the group itself publishes, not an estimate.

The cheap nights come with conditions. Tortilis's $476 applies only in the green season, and Doro Nawas's figure is a from-price with no season stated. Rand prices are shown as published because the rates are set in rand; what a South Africa safari costs and what a Kenya safari costs put them in context. If you would rather join a group than book lodges direct, the operators that pair solo travellers are compared in our solo tour operator index.

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Which safari camps give solo travellers a private vehicle?

Tswalu includes a private vehicle, guide and tracker with every booking, Nomad Tanzania a private guide and vehicle as standard, and Asilia Africa a private vehicle at its southern Tanzania camps; Angama ($200 a half day, $400 a full day) and Time + Tide ($570 a night) publish the price of one, and Great Plains Conservation, Machaba Safaris and Elewana share vehicles by default. A solo guest in a shared vehicle sits with strangers, so the private-vehicle price is part of the true cost of going alone.

Angama's vehicle prices double in its peak season, to $400 a half day and $800 a full day. Great Plains limits its Réserve camps to four guests per vehicle, the smallest shared vehicle published by any group. Our Tswalu review and Nomad Tanzania review cover the two groups that include one.

The three best safari lodge groups for solo travellers in detail

Angama publishes the most complete terms, Wilderness the only group-wide no-supplement policy, and Singita the quietest waiver: none for a single room at Ebony Lodge. Each profile gives the criterion scores, the weakest one and the page it was read on.

1. Angama: 70/100

50% supplement; none for the first two singles, Jan to May and Nov to 22 Dec · Rates published for 2026 and 2027 · Private vehicle from $200 a half day

Angama, which runs Angama Mara in the Maasai Mara and Angama Amboseli in Kenya, scores full marks on the supplement (20), rates (15), vehicle policy (10) and terms (10). Its Angama Mara rates page states that from 5 January to May and from November to 22 December the first two singles on any reservation, or combination of reservations, carry no supplement, and that a 50 per cent supplement applies to all singles from June to October (15 of 25 for a seasonal waiver). It publishes 2026 rates of $1,850 in standard season and $2,750 in peak, and Angama Amboseli has published its 2027 rates. It loses points for having no single room type (0 of 10) and no stated practice for hosting solo guests (0 of 10). Our Angama review covers the lodges.

2. Wilderness: 68/100

No single supplement, group-wide · 37 camps in 8 countries · From $480 per person per night

Wilderness is the only group with a standing, group-wide no-supplement policy: its solo safari page says solo travellers "pay only for themselves" in two-person rooms and names DumaTau, Little Kulala, Toka Leya and Bisate as camps for solo guests (20 of 20 and 25 of 25). It also says guides can be a dinner companion if you want company (10 of 10 for hosting). It loses points on rates, because its camps page gives from-prices without seasons, from $480 at Doro Nawas to $3,549 at Bisate Reserve (8 of 15); on vehicles, with no guests-per-vehicle or private-vehicle price (0 of 10); and on terms, because an offers page ties a separate solo benefit to unnamed non-peak seasons (5 of 10). Our Wilderness review covers the group.

3. Singita: 65/100

No supplement for one or two single rooms at Ebony Lodge · 25% from the third single room · R51,665 to R60,470 per adult per night in 2026

Singita's Ebony Lodge rates page states that a single supplement applies only if three or more single rooms are booked in a reservation, at 25 per cent of the adult rate from the third room: a solo traveller in one room pays none (20 of 20 and 25 of 25). It publishes full 2026 rates by season, from R51,665 off-peak to R60,470 in peak (15 of 15). It scores nothing for solo rooms, vehicle policy or solo hosting, and 5 of 10 for terms, because the page gives no booking window or stay rules. The same page says families of four or more with a child under ten get a private vehicle free. Our Singita review covers the lodges.

Which safari lodge groups were assessed but not ranked?

Ten groups scored below the 60-point pass mark, Tswalu (55), Time + Tide (50), Elewana Collection (50), Londolozi (33), Asilia Africa (30), African Bush Camps (20), Natural Selection (18), Great Plains Conservation (13), Machaba Safaris (13) and Nomad Tanzania (10), and andBeyond and Sanctuary Retreats could not be read. None of the ten publishes a waiver that meets the rubric, which alone costs each group up to 25 points.

A low score here measures what a group publishes for solo travellers, not the quality of its camps. See our Time + Tide review, Londolozi review, Asilia Africa review, African Bush Camps review, Natural Selection review, Great Plains review, andBeyond review and Sanctuary Retreats review.

Three planning rules for booking safari camps alone

1 · Book the waiver dates. Angama waives its 50 per cent supplement for the first two singles from 5 January to May and from November to 22 December; the same room costs $4,125 a night alone in peak season against $1,850 in standard season. Our guide to the best time to go on safari shows what each season offers.

2 · Ask for the single rate, not the sharing rate. Tswalu and Elewana print one; Great Plains Conservation quotes it on request; and most itineraries show the per-person sharing price, which a solo guest will not pay.

3 · Price the vehicle with the room. Tswalu and Nomad Tanzania include a private vehicle; at Angama it adds $200 to $800 a day and at Time + Tide $570 a night. Compare the total, not the room.

What changed for solo guests at safari camps in 2026

Sanctuary Retreats became A&K Sanctuary, Natural Selection is opening Mokolwane Plains in Botswana, and Angama Amboseli and Machaba Safaris have published 2027 rates and offers, with Angama Amboseli moving from one 2026 rate to three 2027 seasons. Our final review also re-scored four groups, as the callout above explains.