Karatu City at a glance
Karatu is the small town where many safari guests sleep without knowing its name: it lies in the highlands between Lake Manyara and the Ngorongoro Crater, among coffee plantations, wheat fields and strikingly red earth. Stay the night here and you will be at the crater rim after a short drive the next morning, with time the evening before for a stroll through the plantations or a freshly roasted coffee.
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Getting there
- To the entrance gate of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area
- around 15 kilometres, about a 30-minute drive
- To Lake Manyara National Park
- a short drive downhill; the town lies between the two
There are plenty of lodges in and around Karatu, and the entrance gate to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area is only a short drive away.
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