Highview Hotel

Highview Hotel sits high on a hill above Karatu town, with wide views over a green valley and rolling hills. The hotel opened in 2006 and has grown into one of the most loved stops on the Northern Safari Circuit. It has 41 comfortable rooms, each with an en-suite bathroom, and is set within its own coffee plantation. Guests can walk through the coffee bushes, breathe fresh mountain air, and enjoy the calm, quiet setting.

Highview Hotel offers many facilities for a relaxing stay. There is a large restaurant serving local and international dishes, a lounge with a bar and fireplace, a modern swimming pool, and a spa for massages. The hotel also hosts cultural shows with local music, dance, and acrobatics, giving guests a taste of Tanzanian culture. Highview Hotel is a perfect base for trips to Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara, and Lake Eyasi. Guests can also join day trips to a nearby coffee farm or the Iraqw cultural center.

The hotel is surrounded by the green highlands of Karatu, close to the forested slopes on the southern side of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Guests who enjoy walking can hike into this cool, misty highland forest, home to blue monkeys, colorful turacos, and many other forest birds. Wild elephants sometimes wander down from these forests at night to visit the coffee farms nearby, so guests staying at Highview Hotel are truly close to nature, even without leaving the hotel grounds.