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Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

Location and Description
Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge is perched on the jagged rim of the crater, wreathed in morning mist, camouflaged in river-stone and cloaked in indigenous creepers, the Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge is a triumph of ecological and architectural fusion. Sensitively constructed so as to take nothing from its environment, whilst affording endless visitors over the heat-shimmering beaches of the crater below, the clustered boulder-built buildings of the Lodge hug the crater rim, linked by rope-lashed timber walkways that skirt the buttressed roots of ancient, liana-hung trees.

Accommodation
Strung around the crater rim, each with its own rock-enclosed balcony, the rooms feature brass lamps, embossed leather headboards, wildwood mirrors, Maasai carvings and flamboyant prehistoric wall motifs depicting fleeing giraffes, stylised gazelle and plunging buffalo. Each room draws on a cave-grey, indigo-blue and jasper-red colour-scheme and enjoys uninterrupted views over the Crater's unmatched splendour.

Dining and Cuisine
The Maasai-inspired, split-level dining and bar area features a two-tier wall of windows looking down on to the constantly changing vistas of the crater below, a traditional circular fireside meeting area, and a recurrent motif of massive 'prehistoric' cave paintings, stone-studded walls, Maasai spears and blazing jewel-hued wall lamps. The atmosphere is relaxed and candle-lit whilst the menu choices include traditional Maasai fare, long-time safari favourites and internationally themed menus alike.

Activities

• Game viewing drives
• Guided nature walks
• A full safari breakfast, cooked in the cool of an acacia grove on the Crater's floor
• An open-air crater barbecue lunch by a hippo-filled pool on the Crater's floor
• An action-packed selection of adventure hikes around the Ngorongoro Crater and the volcanoes of the nearby Crater Highlands
• Authentic displays of Maasai dance, song, performance and music.
• A day trip to Olduvai Gorge, the 'cradle of mankind', and site of one of the most important and controversial Paleolithic finds in recent history
• A visit to neighboring Empakaai Crater, a 300-meter deep crater dominated by a flamingo-frosted soda lake
• Cultural tour to one of the local Maasai villages

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