Karatu, Tanzania

Elewana The Manor at Ngorongoro

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The takeaway

Choose this coffee-estate manor for a more settled, architectural counterpoint to crater drives, with a separate cottage option for families.

About the hotel

Elewana The Manor at Ngorongoro sits on the 1,500-acre Shangri-La coffee estate, beside the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania’s northern highlands. Its accommodation comprises 18 suites in nine cottages and a separate family cottage, arranged around a main Manor House. Cape Dutch-inspired architecture and Afro-European interiors give the property the character of a country manor rather than a conventional safari camp. Estate walks with coffee tasting and drives toward Ngorongoro Crater connect the stay to both the plantation landscape and the wider safari circuit.

Choose it if

You want a coffee-estate setting and an estate walk with coffee tasting alongside your Ngorongoro game drives.
You prefer cottage suites with Cape Dutch-inspired design to a tented safari camp.
You need a separate family cottage with dedicated children’s rooms and a playroom.

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