Handpicked safari lodges & camps across Africa

Lake Manyara National Park

Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge stands on the edge of the escarpment above Mto wa Mbu, looking down over Lake Manyara and the floor of the Great Rift Valley. Its 67 rooms are in two-storey thatched rondavels and include interconnecting family rooms and a suite. Meals are served in the Flamingo Restaurant, an infinity pool overlooks the lake, and the Maisha Spa offers treatments. Besides game drives into Lake Manyara National Park, the lodge arranges nature walks, canoeing and village visits through the Mto wa Mbu cultural tourism programme. It lies about 107 km by road from Arusha.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Acacia Farm Lodge is a farm lodge on the outskirts of Karatu, set on a working mixed farm with coffee, mature trees and a kitchen garden on the escarpment above the Rift Valley. Guests stay in bungalow-style suites with lounges, private balconies and views over the farmland towards the Ngorongoro forest. Facilities include a swimming pool, a spa, a restaurant using farm produce, a bar and café, and Wi-Fi. Guided farm and coffee walks fill a spare afternoon. Karatu is a practical overnight between Lake Manyara or Tarangire and an early descent into Ngorongoro Crater.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Tarangire National Park

Chem Chem Lodge is a small safari lodge in the Burunge Wildlife Management Area, a wildlife corridor between Tarangire and Lake Manyara national parks. It has seven tented suites and one family unit, built from canvas, wood and stone, each with an ensuite bathroom and a private veranda, set well apart along wooden walkways. Facilities include a swimming pool, a gym, a spa, a safari boutique and Wi-Fi. Chem Chem promotes slow safaris, with walks, game drives inside and outside the parks, and visits to Maasai and Barabaig communities. It closes from early April to mid-May.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Lake Manyara National Park

andBeyond Lake Manyara Tree Lodge is set in a mahogany forest in the remote southern part of Lake Manyara National Park, one of very few places to stay inside the park. Its treehouse suites stand on stilts among mahogany, fig and wild mango trees, each with an en-suite bathroom, an outdoor shower and a private deck. Meals are often taken in the open-air boma, and there is a swimming pool, a spa and a curio shop. Activities include game drives, night drives, birdwatching, guided walks and the park's treetop walkway.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Tloma Lodge is a Tanganyika Wilderness Camps property on the edge of Karatu, in the foothills of the Ngorongoro highlands. It has 36 rooms: 24 colonial-style cottages at ground level with private terraces, and 12 garden-view rooms in the main building. The lodge overlooks a coffee plantation towards the eastern wall of the Ngorongoro Crater, with large flower gardens and an organic farm that guests can walk around. Facilities include a swimming pool, a massage cabin, a restaurant using farm produce, a lounge and terrace, a souvenir shop and Wi-Fi. Lake Manyara airstrip is about 30 minutes away.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area

The Manor at Ngorongoro is an Elewana Collection lodge on a 1,500-acre Arabica coffee estate in the hills south of the Ngorongoro Crater, next to the conservation area. It was rebuilt from an early settler farmhouse in Cape Dutch style. Nine cottages hold 18 suites, each bathroom with a claw-footed bath and rainfall shower, and the Stable Cottage is a three-bedroom family unit. The main Manor House has the restaurant and bar, and the estate offers a pool, spa treatments, horse riding, cycling, coffee tasting and guided estate walks. Crater and Lake Manyara game drives are run from here.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Tarangire National Park

Maramboi Tented Lodge stands on the Minjingo concession, a wildlife management area between Tarangire National Park and Lake Manyara, about 20 minutes from Tarangire's main gate. Its 46 tented rooms sit on wooden platforms under thatched roofs, with ensuite facilities and private verandas facing open plains of palms where zebra, wildebeest and giraffe graze, with the Rift Valley escarpment behind. There is a swimming pool with a bar, a lounge, a dining room with an outdoor deck and a small shop. Walks are possible around camp, and it is a practical base for both Tarangire and Lake Manyara.

Authentic canvas tents with comfortable beds and en-suite facilities

Tarangire National Park

Kisima Ngeda is a small tented camp on the shore of Lake Eyasi, a seasonal soda lake south-west of the Ngorongoro highlands. It has eight palm-roofed tented chalets with private verandas and ensuite bathrooms looking over the lake, and a thatched bar, lounge and dining area. The camp is best known for cultural visits with the Hadza hunter-gatherers and Datoga people, including early-morning walks with Hadza guides. Other activities include lakeshore birding, forest and night walks, and gorge hikes. It is often used as a detour between Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro and the Serengeti.

Authentic canvas tents with comfortable beds and en-suite facilities