Crater Forest Tented Camp is a beautiful tented camp located at the edge of the Ngorongoro Tropical Forest. Enjoy romantic sundowners or twilight dinners on your veranda with the astonishing landscape views of the dense forest. Watch wildlife, like elephants, roaming through the forest, hear the lions roar and listen to the magical sounds of the tropical night.. It will be an experience you will never forget.

The lodge is located in northern Tanzania, East Africa, set a ten kilometre scenic drive away from the main road leading from the bustling commercial centre of Karatu town to the famous Ngorongoro Crater.

Full and half board accommodation is possible at this intimate, private camp.

Crater Forest Tented Camp is operated as an eco-friendly small scale lodge with 15 tented rooms, all under thatch and on platforms, with magnificent views over the Ngorongoro Forest.

The rooms are spacious and all have ensuite bathrooms with hot showers and toilets. For those chilly upland nights enjoy the warmth of your own African-style firepot. Wake up to the sounds of the awakening forest as a night full of nocturnal wildlife activities gives away to mistily rising sunlight.

Crater Forest at a glance...

• 15 large tented rooms under thatch, ensuite
• Each tent has its own small lounge area with African-style firepot (fire place)
• Bathroom: shower, flush toilet, wash hand basin, soap, towels, bottled water
• Mosquito nets, torch
• Electric lights in tent and bathroom
• Fairytale set-up in the evenings: traditional hurricane lamps in bar, restaurant, along paths and tents
• Lounge
• Curio shop
• Charging possibilities for cameras, batteries, etc.

Complementary coffee and tea are served on your veranda in the morning. Enjoy the refreshing beverage in the early morning light as you prepare for another day full of your activities of choice.

Our chef and kitchen staff are also on hand to provide for you an experience of our international cuisine. Crater Forest's restaurant and bar serve an excellent mix of African and international cuisine, utilising fresh locally grown vegetables

Established on a highland coffee plantation called Kirin Coffee Estate, altitude 1,800 metres above sea-level, Crater Forest Tented Camp occupies previously cultivated fields directly bordering Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area (NCAA).

The land immidiately surrounding the lodge is being restored to some of its natural forest habitat, with the lodge management overseeing the conversion from crop cultivation to regeneration of indigenous groundcover, helping the change along by reintroducing around the lodge trees and shrubs natural to the area.

As well as acting as your safari base for game drives, the lodge provides a number of interesting non-safari activities:

Mountain Bikes: The area is excellent for mountain biking, and the lodge has developed exciting trails to explore.

Cultural Tours: Our Maasai guides are more than happy to show you around the area, to tell you about their culture and to share their knowledge of local wildlife and vegetation with you.

Coffee Estate Tour: As the lodge is on part of a coffee farm, the management can arrange a guided coffee tour as an interesting change after all the wildlife viewing. See how coffee is grown, harvested and processed at the coffee factory on the estate and have a sip of the freshly produced arabica coffee.

Forest Walks: Accompanied by an NCAA ranger for safety, one can walk straight from the lodge into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area forest. Experience the thrill of possibly coming across an elephant or a buffalo in their natural surroundings on one of the many animal trails found in the forest.

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