Can you play golf in the Serengeti National Park?
You betcha!
Soon, tourists visiting Serengeti National Park for game viewing and photographic safari in Tanzania will also be able to play golf alongside their expeditions. It has been confirmed.
How soon?
Well from say, June 2025.
The Tanzania National Parks management is reporting that the construction project for the proposed Golf Course which is coming up at the Fort Ikoma section in the outskirts of the wildlife-filled Serengeti has gone past 43 percent towards its completion.
Attracting nearly 400,000 tourists per annum, Serengeti is the most visited National Park in Tanzania, with the annual wildebeest migration being its biggest selling point.
Now with the golf course being added, Serengeti, which is Tanzania’s third largest National Park stands to capture the attention of prestigious sports enthusiasts who may want to experience what it feels like, teeing off in the wilderness as all sorts of wild beasts look on.
The Serengeti National Park Golf Course is reportedly the brainchild of the Tanzania National Parks’ Board of Trustees under their chairperson, the Retired Chief of Tanzania Defence Forces, General George Waitara.
Once completed the wild golf arena will comprise the standard course of 18 holes, including front nine inbound holes (1-9) and back-nine outbound (10-18) it will also be among the world’s longest fairways.
Constructed on a real estate of virgin land measuring 450 acres, the Serengeti National Park Golf Course will have cost USD 3.7 Million or more than 9.5 billion/- Tanzanian shilling when it opens shop in June 2025.
Is there Tiger in the Woods?
Despite being in the heart of wilderness, the Serengeti Golf Course is however most accessible due to the fact that the Fort Ikoma airstrip is just nearby, as well as the road linking the area to Seronera and Mugumu.
A new road measuring 5.2 kilometers is also being built to circumnavigate the new Serengeti Golf Course in the Fort Ikoma area.
The project includes construction of a powerhouse, for energy supply, drilling of two deep water holes, each with the capacity of producing 22 million litres, equipped with solar-powered pumps, complete with panels and batteries.