Sixteen rooms beside a gorge on the Rift Valley escarpment, 15 minutes from Lake Manyara gate — pools, spa, campfire evenings and easy days to Tarangire and the crater.
Escarpment Luxury Lodge stands beside a gorge on the edge of the Great Rift Valley, about 15 minutes’ drive from the entrance to Lake Manyara National Park. The escarpment is one of the most dramatic features of northern Tanzania — a wall of green rising above the lake — and the lodge makes the most of its setting.
Its position is ideal for the northern circuit. Lake Manyara’s forest and lakeshore are minutes away, Tarangire is about an hour and a quarter, and the Lodoare gate of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area is around an hour and twenty minutes, so the lodge works well as a base for two or three nights with day trips in different directions.
The lodge has just sixteen rooms, which keeps the atmosphere personal. Rooms combine hardwood floors and antique furnishings with handcrafted décor and modern comforts: bathtubs, outdoor showers, double basins, private balconies, a minibar fridge and tea and coffee facilities. Rooms suit single, double or triple occupancy, which works well for families with one child.
Between drives, there is a swimming pool with a sun deck and pool bar, a separate children’s pool, and a spa offering massages. In the evening, guests gather around the campfire — sometimes accompanied by Maasai performances — before dinner in the restaurant or outdoors.
Wildlife is often seen or heard from the rooms, and the lodge can arrange night game drives, village bike rides and bush meals to round out your stay.
Sixteen rooms with hardwood floors, antique furnishings and handcrafted décor. Bathrooms have a bathtub, double basins and an outdoor shower, and each room has a private balcony where you may see or hear wildlife. Triple occupancy is possible for families or friends travelling together.
A swimming pool with a sun deck and pool bar, plus a separate children’s pool for younger guests.
Treatments to ease the aches of the safari roads after a day of game drives.
Indoor and outdoor dining, with bush lunches and dinners on request.
Evenings around the fire, sometimes with Maasai performances.
Set beside a gorge on the Rift Valley escarpment, with wildlife often nearby.
Available in the common areas; it may not reach every room.
Meals are served in the restaurant or outdoors, depending on the weather and your mood. The kitchen prepares special diet menus on request, so tell us about any requirements when you book and we will pass them on.
Beyond the lodge, bush lunches and bush dinners can be arranged — a table set out in the wilderness, under the trees or the stars. Before dinner, the campfire is the natural gathering place, and on some evenings Maasai performers share traditional songs and dances. The pool bar serves drinks through the afternoon for those relaxing between drives.
The lodge is about 15 minutes from the Lake Manyara gate and roughly 2½ hours from Arusha by road. From here, Tarangire’s gate is about 1 hour 15 minutes, Karatu about an hour and the Lodoare gate of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area about 1 hour 20 minutes.
That central position is the lodge’s great advantage: you can spend two or three nights here and explore Lake Manyara, Tarangire and the crater on day trips without changing hotels. You travel throughout in your private safari vehicle with your guide.
Lake Manyara is rewarding all year. The green season, from November to May, brings migrant birds, lush forest and flowering trees, and the lake often fills, attracting flamingos and pelicans. The dry season, from June to October, offers easier game viewing as animals gather near water, and pairs perfectly with Tarangire at its peak.
The escarpment is cooler than the valley floor, so evenings by the campfire are comfortable in every season. Rain in the green months usually falls in the afternoon.
Beside a gorge on the edge of the escarpment, one of northern Tanzania’s most dramatic landscapes.
Easy day trips to Lake Manyara, Tarangire and the Ngorongoro Crater from one base.
Personal, peaceful and attentive, with handcrafted rooms full of character.
A children’s pool and triple rooms make family stays easy.
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On the Rift Valley escarpment beside a gorge, about 15 minutes’ drive from the entrance to Lake Manyara National Park and 2½ hours from Arusha.
Sixteen rooms, for single, double or triple occupancy, each with a bathtub, outdoor shower and private balcony.
Yes — a swimming pool with a pool bar, a children’s pool and a spa offering massages.
Yes, night drives can be arranged from the lodge, along with village bike rides and bush meals.
Yes — the Lodoare gate is about 1 hour 20 minutes away, and Tarangire about 1¼ hours, so it works well for day trips.
Wi-Fi is available in the common areas, though it may not reach every room.
Tell us your dates and we will check availability and build a personalised Tanzania itinerary around your stay.
