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Kitela Lodge

Karatu, Tanzania

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Kitela Lodge

PROPERTY FACILITIES

Pool

COMFORT LEVEL/PRICE RANGE

Mid-range

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Is the Kitela Lodge for Me?

Kitela Lodge is a small, exclusive lodge situated on top of a valley overlooking a coffee plantation, the Eastern wall of the Ngorongoro crater and a beautiful waterfall.

It consists of 20 spacious suites in cottages built in the style of an old colonial farm offering guests a relaxing, quiet atmosphere surrounded by beautiful gardens. Includes pool and massage threatment cabins.

Kitela Spa offers guests simplicity, respect for local traditions and sustainable ecology in a perfect African setting.

Stimulate your senses and enjoy the ultimate in indulgence in our spa. Kitela Spa offers a selection of treatments for the sheer bliss of relaxing the body, mind and soul.

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Kitela Lodge Rooms

The Kitela Lodge has 20 rooms. Select a room for more details.

Suite Rooms

Family Suite Room

Room facilities

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Hairdryer

Balcony

Activities offered by Kitela Lodge

Activities on site

Game Drives

Walking Safaris

Bird Watching

Activities off site

Cultural Tour

More about Kitela Lodge

Crater Tour

Morning depart to Ngorongoro Crater with picnic lunch. Descend into the 100-square-mile Ngorongoro Crater to view game on the vast grasslands of the crater floor.

Excursion to Lake Eyasi - Hadzabe and Datoga Tribes

Day excursión to Lake Eyasi. The area around Lake Eyasi is home to the Hadza and Watindiga bushmen, some of the last remaining hunter-gatherers on the continent. The bushman live in groups hunting with bow and arrows and gathering roots, tubers and wild fruits.

The Datoga people are farmers and craftsmen. They are more sedentary and live in groups in mud huts. They grow their own food, keep cattle and the men craft earrings, bracelets, arrow heads, etc from metal melted on an open fire using hand bellows to stoke the fire.

Guided Walks in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area

There are many trekking routes in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
In the ranger post at the entrance of the Park one can hire the service of
a ranger who will escort you in one of the walks. The duration of the walks
can vary from two to four hours.

The most popular ones: Empakai, Olmoti Hike, to the Waterfall.

Aproximately cost $ 30 to pay. Bookings and payments at Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

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