Description

This beautifully designed tented lodge is situated in Ndutu in the southeastern Serengeti plains within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a prime location for game drives and an ideal stopover to the neighboring Serengeti National Park. The lodge has 20 well appointed sleeping tents with a combination of Family Suites and individual Guest Tents offering a top- notch true African safari experience.

Lake Ndutu Luxury Tented Lodge is built to blend into the natural environment dominated by acacia trees with a clear view of Lake Ndutu. All natural vegetation is preserved and the wildlife has a natural undisturbed stroll to the site. This is an eco-friendly lodge with solar power as the source of electricity, supported by two standby generators and invertors.

The Lodge is some 5 kilometers (15 minutes drive) from Ndutu airstrip, and about 300 Kilometers or 5 hours drive / 1 hour by flight from Arusha town. Lake Ndutu Luxury Tented Lodge is conveniently situated close to the prime game viewing areas of Seronera in Central Serengeti about 80kms to the northwest and the world famous Ngorongoro Crater 90kms to the east.

Why Lake Ndutu"

Ndutu Area/Great Migration

Ndutu is located in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, in the southeastern plains of the Serengeti ecosystem. The plains around Ndutu are the main holding ground for migratory animals where vast herds congregate and linger for more than four months, from December to April, before they start moving across the Serengeti in search of greener pastures and water.

Ndutu area forms an important part of the Serengeti ecosystem, in particular the short grass plains which provide calving grounds for wildebeest and other migratory animals, usually taking place between January and March. “This is their home pastureland, the only place of any protracted residence” wrote David Martin in his Ngorongoro guide book.

Big herds of migratory animals in their hundreds of thousands can be seen here from December before they start fanning out into central Serengeti in April / May, with predators including lions, cheetah, hyenas, and jackals closely following. Ndutu is also famous for its resident game, including lions, cheetah, leopard, genets, striped hyena, elephants, impala, hartebeest, giraffes, dikdik, and reedbucks which can be viewed throughout the year.

Discover the off Road Surface

Another special feature about the game drives in Ndutu is off-road driving which allows visitors to approach wildlife for closer viewing off the designated routes.

Wet Season

The wet season falls between November to May, with short rains in November and December to January and long rains from mid March to May. This is the green season when big herds of wildebeest, zebras, gazelles as well as ostriches, eland, topi, hartebeest and the predators including lions, cheetah and hyena can be viewed in the area. Calving takes place during this season from January through March.

The soils are known to be very fertile, rich in minerals such as calcium, producing grass that is extremely nutritious for grazing animals. But the migratory animals can only stay in Ndutu when there are ample rains to maintain fresh pasture and drinking water in hollows and natural depressions; there is no permanent surface drinking water. This is particularly true of the wildebeest and zebra both of which need to drink regularly and may move in and out of the plains for short spells.

Dry Season

The dry season runs from June to October, it is the quiet time of the year with less visitors and almost exclusive game viewing opportunities of resident wildlife. Normally towards the end of April the migratory animals, wildebeest and zebras, start moving out of Ndutu to central Serengeti, leaving behind resident wildlife. The resident animals that can be seen here include elephants, hartebeest, giraffe, groups of impala, did dik, reedbucks, steenboks, striped hyena, genets, serval cats, caracal and the big cats namely lion, cheetah and leopard.

Rooms Types

Deluxe Triple Room

Room Size 100 m², This triple room has a seating area, Private entrance and bathrobe.

Deluxe Twin Tent

Room Size 85 m², 2 Single Beds .This tent features a bathrobe, Private entrance and minibar.

Deluxe Twin Tent

Room Size 85 m², 2 Single Beds .This tent features a bathrobe, Private entrance and minibar.