On this safari, you can stay at lodges or campsites provided by Kilimanjaro Trekking Mate. The accommodation options include Burudika Manyara Lodge, Serengeti Sopa Lodge, Tanganyika Wilderness Camps, Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp, Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge, Kudu Lodge and Campsite, Bougainvillea Safari Lodge, or Flamingo Safari Lodge Karatu.
Burudika Manyara Lodge
The lodge consists of nineteen bandas (banda is the swahili word for a single standing house, chalet, or bungalow), each one with a private veranda. Among them, six are doubles, two twins, and eleven families. From your private veranda, you're overlooking Lake Manyara and the Great East Rift Valley escarpment. It offers sightings of plains wildlife such as wildebeest, gazelles, zebras, and an abundance of bird species.
The restaurant is nested under a majestic Baobab tree and offers a tempting range of international and local inspiring meals made of the finest ingredients.
The use of canvas windows with secure mosquito netting, not only allows for constant air-flow, but also intensifies the safari experience. Each banda consists of a spacious bedroom with Tanzanian styled wooden beds interwoven with sisal ropes, mosquito nets, and working desk.
The en-suite bathrooms entail a hand basin, separate shower, and separate toilet. Towels, slippers, toiletries, and morning cloth are provided.
- Accommodation level: Mid-range
Serengeti Sopa Lodge
Located on the edge of the escarpment overlooking the plains of south-western Serengeti National Park, home to many thousands of wild and rare animals, Serengeti Sopa Lodge lies within an area of outstanding natural beauty. An oasis of cool relaxation from the equatorial sun.
The lodge allows its guests to experience magnificent sights and enjoy interaction with the land and animals difficult to find elsewhere, whilst at the same time enjoying the highest level of cuisine and hospitality.
Unlike most other safari lodges throughout East Africa, the main building does not have a traditionally African thatched roof. It has, instead, a flat roof which they often use for cocktail, sundowners, and private parties.
However, when you step down from these lofty heights into the sudden coolness of the reception lobby and move on, you will find stairs and ramps which either take you down to the dining room, with its outdoor terrace and simply delicious and sumptuous meals that are to die for, or across to the conference room before descending further to the ground floor.
- Accommodation level: Mid-range
Facilities
- Adjoining rooms
- Baby sitting
- Balloon safaris
- Bar
- Bird watching
- Board games
- Children’s menu
- Conference room
- Gift shop
- Gymnasium
- Hairdryers
- Laundry
- Lounge
- Mosquito nets
- Outdoor dining
- Restaurant
- Special diets
- Sundowners
- Swimming pool
- Telephone at the reception
- Traditional dances
- Turn down service
- TV room
- Weddings
- Wheelchair accessible rooms
- Wi-Fi in public areas
Tanganyika Wilderness Camps
At Tanganyika Wilderness Camps, they offer a comfortable and genuine stay at their exclusive camps, mobile camps, and lodgings with charm.
Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp
The camp consists of 12 spacious and comfortable en-suite tents, all with two queen-sized beds fitted with mosquito nets, en-suite flush toilets, and shower with a mixer tap of warm or cold running water.
The rooms are equipped with warm duvets, locally designed metal and wood beds, comfortable bedding, locally made lampshades, wall-to-wall floor carpets, comfortable wooden writing table and chairs, luggage rack, coffee table and tray, resting sofa, canvas shelves, 24-hour solar lighting, and a backup generator, accompanied with a spacious veranda in front and on the left side of your room.
The large and spacious mess tent and lounge tent linked with the bar are beautifully designed and decorated with comfortable chairs and sofas, antique furniture, and side cabinets and chest.
- Accommodation level: Budget
Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge
Ideally located on the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater rim, Rhino Lodge offers a perfect base from which to explore the Ngorongoro Crater and its surroundings. With 24 comfortable en-suite rooms, a cozy living space, friendly local staff, and generous African-inspired meals, Rhino Lodge welcomes guests to Africa's most remarkable game park.
There are 24 guest rooms, all with a veranda overlooking a stretch of high mountain forest. Each room has its own shower, toilet, and hand basin.
To keep away the cold, each room has a wood-burning stove, and hot water bottles can be filled if you want one. In the bar / dining room, there are two large fires which are a natural focus where the guests like to meet and exchange stories of the day.
- Accommodation level: Mid-range
Kudu Lodge and Campsite
Kudu Lodge and Campsite offers outstanding hospitality, comfortable accommodation, and pleasant surroundings. It is situated in Karatu, the heart of the northern Tanzania safari circuit.
Kudu Lodge nestles in eleven acres of rolling countryside, amidst mature trees and gardens, home to a myriad of birds and a tranquil and shady oasis hideaway for visitors - the perfect base for wildlife safaris. The lodge is the epitome of spaciousness, friendliness, and African hospitality.
- Accommodation level: Mid-range
Bougainvillea Safari Lodge
Bougainvillea Safari Lodge is located on the outskirts of Karatu town, midway between Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro Crater, about 13 kilometers from Ngorongoro Conservation Area's Lodoare Gate and 20 kilometers from Lake Manyara.
The lodge has a total of 32 rooms, each with comfortable mosquito-netted king or twin beds, large bathroom with shower, and a private veranda with views of the lush tropical gardens.
The public area building houses the reception, lounge, bar, gift shop, and dining rooms. Other facilities include a swimming pool, internet café, a small business center, curio shop / gift shop, and cultural visits to neighboring villages.
- Accommodation level: Mid-range
Flamingo Safari Lodge
Flamingo safari lodge is located near the bustling, agricultural town of Karatu, once a sleepy village awakened by rural development and increased visitors to the national parks and World Heritage Areas.
The lodge has 76 rooms, connected with hot-water-system. There are family rooms, single, double, triple rooms, and even a special presidential room for honeymooners.
- Accommodation level: Budget
