It’s a half-hour drive from Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara, and a two-hour drive from Tarangire (which might sound long, but when the drives are this picturesque, who’s complaining?).

Flanking the eastern edge of the Serengeti, the site houses the Ngorongoro Crater – the world's sixth-largest intact volcanic caldera – and Olduvai Gorge. This UNESCO World Heritage site ...