Ngorongoro Crater Safari
Accommodation
When deciding on where to stay in the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area, visitors generally have two options. They can either stay in a hotel on the crater’s rim or a short distance away on the Rift Valley Escarpment in an area known as Karatu. While the lodges on the crater’s edge feature magnificent panoramic views of the crater floor, the Karatu accommodation options include smaller and more intimate lodges, coffee plantations and guesthouses. These generally offer better value, more character and a wider variety of activities, including walking and mountain biking tours of the surrounding area.
Below is a list of properties in the Ngorongoro Crater Conservancy. Need some advice? Our friendly safari experts are on standby to find you a place that suits your every need and will assist you with every step of your journey.
- Best Value
Ngorongoro Crater Lodge
- Whereabouts: Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
- Includes: Accommodation, three meals daily, local brand beverages, teas and coffees, refreshments on lodge activities, laundry, scheduled safari activities, emergency evacuation insurance, transfers between the lodge airstrip and Grumeti, Kleins and Serengeti Under Canvas, and return transfers between Zanzibar
- Experiences: Game drives on Crater floor, walks within the lodge grounds, crater floor banquets, day trips to Olduvai Gorge and Shifting Sands, walking safaris on Empakai Crater
- Best Value
The Manor at Ngorongoro
- The Manor is one of the most lavish properties to enjoy on an East African safari; the rooms are cottage suites within manicured gardens, and each suite has a sitting room, fireplace and enormous bathroom.
The Highlands
- Whereabouts: Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
- Includes: Accommodation, all meals, beverages (except champagne, cellar wines, premium brand spirits), scheduled game drives, Olmoti Crater hike, Empakaai Crater hike, Maasai cultural visit, hot lunch on the Ngorongoro crater floor, transfers to/from Manyara airstrip and laundry service
- Experiences: Olmoti climb, Empakaai descent to the soda lake, community and cultural visits and Ngorongoro Crater experience
- Best Value
Lemala Ngorongoro Tented Camp
- Whereabouts: Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
- Includes: Accommodation, all meals, local brand beverages and laundry
- Experiences: Big 5 game drives, guided bush walks, bush dining, African sunsets
- Best Value
Sanctuary Ngorongoro Crater Camp
- Whereabouts: Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
- Includes: Return airstrip transfers, accommodation, all meals, local brand beverages, game drives, laundry services and emergency medical evacuation insurance
- Experiences: Game drives, bird watching, local village visits, bush dining, African sunsets
