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Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge
Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge
Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge
Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge
Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge

Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge


3°20’19.1"S 35°35’55.0"E

Reviews of Farmhouse Lodge

Wildlife sightings and reviews

17 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Farmhouse Lodge and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Jun-2019, 6 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Farmhouse Lodge.
Lion

67% success

Leopard

33% success

Wild dog

0% success

Buffalo

67% success

Elephant

67% success

Hippo

67% success

Wildebeest

67% success

Zebra

67% success

Eland

60% success

Spotted Hyena

50% success

Black Rhino

33% success

Striped Hyena

17% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Showing 1-10 of 17
Duration
Arrival date
Puchto
Buffalo

"Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 15 Feb 2024
"The place was beautiful.

The dinners were delicious but unfortunately one of the dinners made us both sick. Nothing long lasting however. If I had to do over again, I would have preferred to be at one of the lodges along the crater rim.

We were not able to get into the crater as early as we wanted because of internet issues at the entry to the park." See all these reviews: 9n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Ali
United Kingdom

"Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 29 Aug 2023
"Ok. The rooms were fine.

The management weren’t very helpful if you had an issue. The other staff were pleasant enough, and the food average.

The location is ok for access to the main gate for Ngorongoro crater.

The gardens weren’t as special as I had hoped. We did have a tour of the coffee production by a lovely guy.

Good for stop over but in hindsight we maybe wasted a day here as we stayed 3 nights. 2 probably better." See all these reviews: 10n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Wild dogs
Kinross

"Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 6 Jul 2023
"The farmhouse was ok but a reasonable drive to the crater. Rooms were nice enough and food was probably the best of all lodges on our trip." See all these reviews: 8n in Tanzania; 5n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Average
Service:
Average
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Average
Sightings Report

Black Rhino

1 sighting

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Giovanni
Biot

"Plunge into the African atmosphere"

2 nights Arrived 17 Oct 2020
"We had our first contact with the true African atmosphere here, Rooms are spacious and very comfortable, and it is a true farmhouse, it is nice to walk through banana plantations and all kind of flowers and vegetables. We enjoyed very much the BBQ on the terrace in the evening.
It is pretty close to the Ngorongoro crater (although not inside)." See all these reviews: 8n in Zanzibar; 6n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
KS
Currie

"Well-established and well managed Lodge"

2 nights Arrived 12 Nov 2019
"This is a much larger venue which offered walks around the grounds and is more tourist orientated.

Although everything was catered for it was more impersonal and our chalet a little 'tired'. Also a cuckoo was singing all night (both nights) and although you could hear it right through the camp nobody did anything about it." See all these reviews: 12n in Zanzibar; 8n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Sightings Report

Black Rhino

3 sightings

Buffalo

4 sightings

Eland

2 sightings

Elephant

1 sighting

Hippo

1 sighting

Lion

1 sighting

Spotted Hyena

2 sightings

Wildebeest

4 sightings

Zebra

4 sightings

Jonathan
bronte

"Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 7 Oct 2019
"Great accommodation, grounds, staff and food.

Really enjoyed staying here. the grounds are amazing and it was great to jump into the pool after a dusty game drive.

Food was great (buffet) and we enjoyed making up our own lunch boxes each day.

Rooms were huge and well appointed." See all these reviews: 7n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sisters
London

"Fabulous setting on Coffee plantation"

2 nights Arrived 9 Sep 2019
"A beautifully located lodge in kitchen gardens with a view up to the crater escarpment. A lovely terrace for drinks. A large restaurant serving buffet food, good quality and choice. Staff entertainment, dancing and music pre dinner.

A lovely pool if there is time to use it.

Rooms spacious and comfortable with water cooler/heater (slightly annoying as noisy), terrace with glass doors.

Great bird watching on the colourful flowers and trees." See all these reviews: 12n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Rusty Hudak
Stow, OH

"Ngorongoro farmhouse"

2 nights Arrived 29 Jul 2019
"Very nice. As always, the food was very good and there was plenty of it. It's a very nice lodge, but compared to the others, it's just not as good" See all these reviews: 8n in Tanzania; 4n in Rwanda
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Dalys
London

"Tranquil and very convenient"

2 nights Arrived 27 Jun 2019
"It is really well situated for a swift drive to the Crater and avoids all the mist that some of the lodges on the rim can experience. I really liked the very colonial feel to it with the coffee plantation and extensive and delicious vegetable garden which provides such wonderful produce.

The rooms are huge and we really appreciated the offer of a fire and hot water bottles in the bed as it was not that warm when we were there at the end of June.

The dining room and buffet was excellent and the quality of the food very high." See all these reviews: 13n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Sightings Report

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Eland

1 sighting

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

Multiple sightings

Striped Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr BG
Newport Coast

"Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 25 Jan 2019
"Nice facilities but just fair food" See all these reviews: 11n in Tanzania; 4n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Showing 1-10 of 17
88%
17 reviews of Farmhouse Lodge by travellers since August 2007
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