Elewana The Manor at Ngorongoro

Everything was absolutely fabulous. The hospitality was wonderful, the wildlife experiences were superb and the food was lovely.

Although a short stay it was super special! The place is gorgeous, food phenomenal, and the staff top notch! They helped us celebrate our 10th in a wonderful way!

Located on the slopes near the Ngorongoro crater amid coffee plantations, this is a great place for us to begin our safari trip. We spent 2 nights here and thoroughly enjoyed the location and hospitality of the staff. The rooms are large and spacious with a touch of luxury at every corner. Each room is tastefully decorated with additional touches by the staff to encourage you to take a bath, for example, after a long day of safari! The common area includes dining area, game room, a small shop among other amenities. The staff deserve the greatest kudos for outstanding service. In addition to taking excellent care of the regularly expected services, they went out of their way to take care of our special needs. The service provided by Aneth and Glory is friendly, personal and made us feel at home. Peter the chef served up great dishes including great substitutions for our dietary needs. The manager Altus professional yet friendly and has interesting stories to share about both Tanzania and his native South Africa.

This was an amazing place to stay after the luxury tense throughout the Serengeti and Masai Mara. The Lodge is at around 1850 m on the side of the volcano and has a beautiful cape Dutch style with extensive gardens and beautiful lodges of 75 m². What really stands out is the management team they take great care to mentor all of their staff. A particular shout out to Aneth and Sigi who looked after us during meal service and drinks. A special dream place!

This is a beautiful property, the most conventionally luxurious we visited in a trip filled with superb places to stay. Altus the manager and Baraka our butler were on top of our plans, needs and personal preferences each day, making sure that everything was done to our liking. Food and wine were excellent here. Baraka coordinated a special "goodbye dinner" for us on our final night on safari. He personally decorated the table using all natural materials - it was spectacular. Peter was our guide, and he's so amazingly familiar with the area. He told us a lot about the local area, as well as all the details of the Ngorongoro crater during our game drive. This was our least favorite game drive of our trip, not at all due to Peter but just because Ngorongoro is a very busy national park, so there were lots of other vehicles and no opportunity to go offroad to get closer to the animals. However the scenery was stunning - we would have hated to miss seeing the crater. I wouldn't suggest anyone skip this stop, but one day game drive is probably all you'd want. Also we did see flamingos (2 species), the only ones we were able to see on our trip. One note about this property - it is a former colonial manor house, which is part of why it's so beautiful. However, there's also a bit of a colonial vibe to the overall experience. If that's potentially offensive, you might want to give this particular property a miss.