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“Glamping” in the Naona Maru tented camp
in the Serengeti.

Dear Ron, camping” -- in Tanzania’s 5,700-square-mile Serengeti Na-
tional Park.
We sat down to dinner in a room with three oriental rugs, two
chandeliers, white cloth napkins folded to look like giraffes This particular “glamp” was called Naona Moru Camp– one
and, of course, African-print table cloths. in the Nasikia group – and consisted of eight regular-sized
tents and two slightly bigger “honeymoon” tents with red
A young man came out of the kitchen, tapped on a glass and light-bulbed chandeliers. “To create a romantic atmosphere,”
announced the menu: Pumpkin soup, followed by rice, green manager Charles Mwanisawa explained to us.
beans, chicken with a special “spicey sauce,” and, for dessert,
a lemon tart. By “regular sized” tent we mean 40-by-20 feet plus a 10-foot
covered front porch lit by three kerosene lanterns. Our regular
Ah. Just another night of “glamping” – that’s “glamorous tent was outfitted with mosquito-netted king-sized bed and

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