Ngorongoro Crater Lodge
Ngorongoro Crater Lodge is perched on the edge of the world-famous Ngorongoro Crater at the eastern edge of the Serengeti in northern Tanzania. It lies within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, which covers more than 8 000 square kilometres (3 100 square miles) of pristine African wilderness. Inspired in design by the Maasai mud-and-stick manyatta (homestead), Ngorongoro Crater Lodge is without doubt one of the most architecturally spectacular safari lodges in Africa. Ngorongoro Crater is the permanent home of up to 25 000 animals, and is a Malaria -free zone. Nearly three million years old, the ancient caldera of the once-volcanic Ngorongoro shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth, ringed with towering walls and sheltering forests, grasslands, fresh springs and a large soda lake. Nearby Olduvai Gorge - a famous early archaeological site - is situated to the west of the Crater in the eastern Serengeti Plains. In the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, 42 000 Maasai live and herd their livestock in harmony with Africa's wild animals.
Ngorongoro Crater Lodge is perched on the edge of the world-famous Ngorongoro Crater, a world heritage site, at the eastern edge of the Serengeti in northern Tanzania.
Rates on request
Accommodation
Three meals daily
Soft drinks, house wines, local brand spirits and beers
Teas and coffees
Scheduled safari activities
Refreshments on game drives
Emergency medical evacuation insurance
Laundry
Transfers from Manyara airstrip to Lake Manyara Tree Lodge, Grumeti airstrip to Grumeti River Camp, Kleins airstrip to Kleins Camp and Tanzania Under Canvas from designated closest airstrip
Telephone calls
Safari Shop purchases
Champagne, cognacs, premium brand spirits, fine wines and cigars
Transfers not stipulated in Inclusive
Gratuities
National Park Fees and Klein's Camp conservancy fees (These fees are charged for a 24 hour period i.e. should guests arrive on the morning flight and depart the following day on the afternoon flight, park fees for two days will be charged)
Crater Conservancy Fees
Limitations:
Family: travel to Tanzania is recommended for children 8 years and older
Regretfully, children 5 years and younger cannot participate in the regular game-drives
Child minders can be booked at an additional cost
Children aged 6 to 11 years are accommodated on game-drives at the Lodge Manager's discretion
An extra bed can be arranged for a child 11 years and younger sharing its parents' suite
Regretfully no triples can be accommodated at Ngorongoro Tree Camp
Each camp has a sitting and dining room, an outdoor dining area and viewing decks. The sitting rooms have woven banana bark ceilings and are adorned with hand-beaded chandeliers, carved and gilded wall plaques, brocade sofas, Persian carpets, candles and bowls of red roses. The domed dining room with its welcoming fireplace, crystal, silver and massive wooden platters makes every meal a special occasion. At the entrance to the Lodge there is a well-stocked African crafts gallery.
Set in classic crescents and inspired in design by the Maasai mud-and-stick manyatta, there are three separate camps - North and South Camp each with 12 suites and Tree Camp with six suites. Each stilted suite is sumptuously furnished with panelled walls and floors made of Tanzanian hardwoods, rich raw silk curtains, hand-beaded chandeliers, gilt mirrors, a fireplace and a butler's lobby. En suite bathroom with a centrepiece of red roses has twin hand basins, shower, chandelier-lit bathtub and separate w.c. The suites all feature decks with magnificent views of the Crater floor.