Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, Tanzania

The Ngorongoro Crater Lodge is located in Tanzania on the edge of the world famous "World Heritage Site" of the Ngorongoro Crater. Surrounding the lodge, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area spans 8,300 square kilometres, stretching from the Rift Valley to the Serengeti.

The design follows the Maasai mud-and-stick manyatta (homestead) style. The Ngorongoro Crater Lodge is without doubt one of the most architecturally spectacular safari lodges in Africa.

Rooms
The colonial-style interiors combine silver, gold and ruby colours under banana-leaf ceilings and grass roofs.

Ancient African nights are evoked by the large fire bowls that flank the entrance to each of the living and dining areas.

Facilities
The Crater Lodge can provide some of the best game viewing drives into the crater and Ngorongoro Conservation Area that East Africa can offer.

Other facilities include a central dining area/lounge, a craft and curio shop and a kart for ferrying luggage/guests to the camps.