Where the land
still remembers.
Experience the Spirit of Maasai Culture — built by Maasai women, rooted in the living traditions of the boma.
Experience the Spirit
of Maasai Culture.
Emanyara — the euphorbia plant the Maasai use to fence and protect their homesteads. The name that gives this lodge its identity, and its purpose: a place of protection, culture, and extraordinary nature.
Enkare Boma Lodge sits where Maasai land meets the wilderness corridor of Lake Manyara. Five kilometres to the living boma. Three kilometres to the lake where a million flamingos gather at dawn. And in between: eight villas, one kitchen rooted in local ingredients, and a team built from the community around it.
This is not a lodge in Maasai land. It is a Maasai cultural experience that happens to have extraordinary rooms.
Nine rooms.
One community.
Each villa at Enkare Boma Lodge is positioned to draw the land inside. Large openings face the tree line. The scent of the bush arrives before you do. Materials are local — wood, stone, clay — chosen because they belong here.
Your butler prepares the room before you arrive: the Enkare herbal tea ritual, a welcome note from the akina mama, the lighting at the precise temperature of late afternoon. The room is never just a room. It is where the day settles.
Every dish
tells a story.
The Enkare kitchen is built around one principle: every ingredient should be able to tell you where it came from. Local markets. The community farms at Mto wa Mbu. The herbs the akina mama have always known.
Breakfast arrives as the light changes on the lake. The community dinner — shared around the fire, with elders and neighbours — is the most honest meal you will eat on any safari. The herbal tea ritual at arrival is not a welcome gesture. It is a conversation that has been happening on this land for generations.
Set your alarm
for 5:30.
The flamingo walk begins before the sun. Three kilometres to the shore. The light arrives before the heat, and the lake turns the colour of the sky before it turns pink. A million birds in the stillness.
This is the walk that guests remember decades later. It is not a guided activity. It is a moment — one that the land has been offering to anyone patient enough to rise before it ends.
Everything the land
has to offer.
Designed around one ambition: that a guest arrives curious and leaves transformed.
Built by Maasai women.
Rooted in the boma.
In Swahili, akina mama means the mothers. At Enkare, they are not staff or beneficiaries. They are the reason this exists.
Their hands laid the first stones. Their knowledge of the land, the plants, the seasons — that knowledge lives inside every wall at Enkare Boma Lodge. When you sleep here, you are sleeping inside a woman's life's work.
Every guest who stays ensures these women continue to earn, to build, to teach their daughters, and to live with the dignity that has always been theirs.
Everything you need
before you arrive.
Arusha Airport (ARK): 105 km — approx. 1 hr 40 min.
Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA): 160 km — approx. 2 hrs 30 min.
Transfers available — contact reservations@enkare.co.tz. GPS pin on WhatsApp: +255 757 600 640.
General: hello@enkare.co.tz
WhatsApp (24/7): +255 757 600 640
Website: www.enkare.co.tz
Head Office: Dar es Salaam, Masaki
Regional: Arusha, Njiro Road
Low Season (Apr–Jun, Nov–Dec): short and long rains. Rates are lower, the land is greener, and the lodge is quieter.
Early mornings are cool year-round — bring a layer for the flamingo walk.
What a stay
costs.
Rates include daily breakfast, butler service, housekeeping, WiFi, and all standard lodge amenities. Activities, meals beyond breakfast, transfers, and beverages are priced separately.
Trade partners and DMCs receive a 30% discount on all rack rates. Contact reservations@enkare.co.tz to register.
| Room Type | Low Season | High Season |
|---|---|---|
| Single | $115 / night | $130 / night |
| Double | $150 / night | $170 / night |
| Twin | $170 / night | $170 / night |
| Triple | $215 / night | $235 / night |
| Family Villa | $250 / night | $290 / night |
Enkare Boma Lodge
is ready for you.
Come and let the land change you. The culture, the community, the wild — and the warmth of a lodge built by Maasai hands.