The pioneer
camp.
Beho Beho was the first permanent camp to be established in what is now Nyerere National Park — and not on the riverbanks or the flood plains of the Rufiji, but on the cooler highland above. Its Swahili name translates as "cooling breezes," and the position was chosen deliberately to take full advantage of them.
Originally a hunting camp established in 1972, Beho Beho was purchased by the Bailey family in 1977 following the break-up of the East African Community, and converted into a private home. The entire camp was comprehensively rebuilt between 2004 and 2006. Private plunge pools and sun decks were added to every banda in 2019.
With just seven bandas in the main camp and a maximum of sixteen guests across the property, Beho Beho remains exactly what it has always been: an exceptionally private home in the middle of the African bush.
