Forest Cottage
A freestanding cottage where the coffee rows meet the trees, with a fireplace and a deep bath under the window.
Sleeps 252 m²From $420 per person, full board
Kijani Lodge
A coffee farm on the edge of the Ngorongoro forest.
Haraka haraka haina barakaHurry, hurry has no blessing.
Mist on the coffee, the crater by nine.
Kijani has been a coffee farm since 1928. The lodge came later, in the old farm buildings and along the forest edge, run by families who have worked this land for three generations. We grow the coffee, keep a kitchen garden, and get you down to the crater before the light goes flat.
Read our story- above sea level
- 1,650 m
- rooms on 40 hectares
- 12
- to the crater gate
- 20 min
Rooms
Twelve rooms in four shapes, each with a fire, a veranda and coffee from the farm.
Garden Room
On the ground floor of the old farmhouse, opening straight onto the kitchen garden and the evening sun.
Sleeps 238 m²From $340 per person, full board
Family House
Two bedrooms, a sitting room with a fire, and a private garden, set apart at the end of the farm track.
Sleeps 596 m²From $300 per person, full board
Days here
Most guests come for the crater. Most stay longer for the walks, the kitchen and the quiet.
All experiences
Full day, 6:00 to 16:30
A day in the crater
Down the crater wall at first light with a lodge guide, breakfast by the hippo pool, back for a late lunch.
2 hours, daily at 10:00
Coffee, from cherry to cup
Walk the farm with our coffee manager, pick ripe cherry in season, then roast and taste in the old drying house.
Half day
Forest walk to the waterfall
Three hours on elephant paths through the Ngorongoro forest with an armed ranger, to a waterfall few visitors see.
Morning, twice a month
Market morning in Karatu
Go to the town market with our chef, help buy for the kitchen, and eat chapati hot from the stalls.
Around the lodge
Open the gallery
The Forest Cottage, made up for the night. A Garden Room, with its own sitting room. 
The main house, where the evening starts. 
The pool terrace.
From our guests
“We came for the crater and stayed an extra night for the farm. Baraka knew where the rhino would be before we left the lodge, and Neema's coffee walk was the best two hours of the trip.”
Rated 5 out of 5
Anna L., Germany· August 2026 · via TripadvisorRated 5 out of 5
“The fire was lit every night before we got back from dinner. Small things, done without asking, every single day.”
James and Priya, United KingdomJuly 2026 · via Google Rated 5 out of 5
“Quiet, warm and very well run. The Garden Room looks onto the vegetable beds, and you eat what you watched being picked that morning.”
Marta S., SpainJune 2026 · via Booking.com Rated 4 out of 5
“The road up from Karatu is slow in the rains, so leave time. Everything after we arrived was easy, and the Family House was perfect with two teenagers.”
David K., United StatesFebruary 2026 · via our guest book
Getting here
On the Oldeani road above Karatu, at the edge of the Ngorongoro forest.
Travel times
- Ngorongoro Crater gate
- 20 minutes by road
- Lake Manyara airstrip
- 45 minutes; we meet every flight
- Kilimanjaro International (JRO)
- 3½ hours by road, or a 1-hour light-aircraft hop
Address
Kijani LodgeOldeani RoadKaratu, Arusha RegionTanzaniaOpen in Google Maps(opens in a new tab)
Stay with us
Rates include all meals, laundry and transfers from Lake Manyara airstrip.
Karibu sanaYou are very welcome.