Entamanu Ngorongoro

Northern Tanzania


Part of the excellent Nomad Tanzania portfolio, this lovely place opened in 2016. Lying as it does beyond the main Serengeti–Ngorongoro thoroughfare on the crater's northwestern side, it's blissfully quiet, close to the Seneto descent road and filled with attractive tents that face the crater.


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