Experience thrilling daily game drives in closed Land Rovers with pop up roofs into the crater (half day and full day). Driving within the Serengeti is an otional extra, but a photographer's dream. Game and bird viewing opportunities in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area are exceptional. You may request the sole use of a Land Rover for game viewing, but this is at your own expense.

Guided walking safaris follow a dramatic route, skirting the rim of the crater and are an optional extra.

Guests are invited to visit a Maasai cultural village, situated in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. In the village, guests are free to walk around, browse through the local handicrafts or watch Maasai dancing. You can visit beautiful lakes Ndutu and Eyasi, and the impressive Empakaai Crater. You can also enjoy deliciously cool sundowners with exceptional views, as well as private bush breakfasts and lunches. All of these activities are optional extras.

Excursions to the volcanic ash dune of "Shifting Sands" near Olduvai are a highlight. It is also possible to explore the roots of mankind on our half- or full-day excursions to the famous archeological site of Olduvai Gorge. Nearby Laetoli has revealed fossil footprints of animals and ancestral humans who walked the earth 3.6 million years ago. Olduvai Gorge, a 45-minute game drive away, has produced the finest quality and greatest abundance of paleo-anthropological information concerning the behaviour and physical structure of our earliest ancestors.

Other activities at the lodge include croquet and boulle (French game similar to bowls), board games and a stunning collection of wildlife books, magazines and videos.