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Ndutu Safari Lodge

The lodge is surrounded by accacia tree Your room looks out to the lake Watch the stars at night Ngorongoro and Lemagrut in the background

Ndutu Safari Lodge is in the middle of paradise.

Ndutu still has the informal, intimate feeling of the original bush camp, built by legendary hunter George Dove in the 60's. Now, comfortable cottages have replaced tents, but its main buildings place no barriers between you and nature.

“Surrounded by giant, flat-topped acacias, with Lake Ndutu glittering beyond, Ndutu is the only lodge from which you can witness the spectacle of the wildebeest migration in the calving season, and on a sunny day when the grass is green there is nowhere else I would rather be.”

Brian Jackman, co-author of the 'Marsh Lions', writing in the UK's Daily Telegraph in 2003.

At breakfast you will be delighted by iridescent birds, at lunch you may be entertained by a passing group of elephants, at dinner by an exquisite genet gliding over the rafters.

Sights abound, so do sounds. Listen to the murmurs of a million doves greeting the sunrise, a cacophony of guinea fowl as they startle away, the swish of a hawk through the clear air. Hyenas howling, zebras and jackals barking, the rich chorus of Ndutu rings round, night and day.

Don't expect five stars. From the campfire, you'll see millions!

Ndutu has been the home to many Natural History film makers. The late Hugo van Lawick was based here for over 20 years, and more recently the BBC’s Owen Newman and Amanda Barrett have captured stunning footage of the Ndutu cats, big and small. You may have seen their latest film on PBS – Chasing Big Cats - available on DVD.

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photo credits: Ndutu Safari Lodge