Crater's Edge offers 15 spacious tented suites, set in an accacia woodland next to the Lemala access route and overlooking the crater rim. The suites consit of a bedroom with lounge and a gas fireplace, a walk-in wardrobe, a free-standing copper bath tub and a separate bathroom. Large glass sliding doors lead out to a wooden viewing deck, complete with chairs and table.

Some rooms can be made a twin. Two of the tents are joined to create a two-bedroom suite which is perfect for families or a group of friends travelling together.

The main area houses the reception and back-of-house areas on the lower floor, while the upper floor is home to the bar, the lounge and the dining areas. Gas fires keep the rooms warm during the cooler months in the Ngorongoro highlands. Two large fire pits on the veranda in front of the main area are a great place to meet other guests for a pre-dinner drink in the evening.

Crater's Edge is located on the north-eastern side of the crater near the quieter Lemala access route. Early risers have the advantage that the route offers very fast access to the crater and guests of Crater's Edge are amongst the first in the crater.

The Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest inactive, intact, and unfilled volcanic caldera with 19km in diameter and walls 600m high. Its floor covers 260 square kilometres and acts like a natural zoo, providing food for a high resident animal population.

The mineral-rich crater floor is covered with nutritious grass and attracts large herds of animals. Up to 25'000 mammals, primarily herbivores can be found at any one time in the Ngorongoro Crater. The list includes wildebeest, eland, hartebeest, zebra, gazelle, buffalo, rhinos and warthog. Moors and forests provide food for hippo, elephant, baboon, waterbuck and bushbuck. Big cat such as lion, cheetah, leopard and serval find rich pickings here. Large packs of hyena also roam the crater, hunting or pinching the prey of other predators.

Activities for most guests will of course be focused around game drives in the Ngorongoro Crater itself, usually departing early in the morning to spend the day exploring the crater floor.

While game drives in the crater are the main reason to stay here, for those with a little more time guided walks can be arranged, as can longer hikes in the nieghbouring Olmoti Crater or Empakaai Crater.

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8702 Zollikon
Zurich, Switzerland


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