Fodor's Expert Review Lake Manyara Tree Lodge

The forest-floor-level entrance is flanked by an array of upturned wooden canoes that guests pass before climbing up to the main areas built under ancient branches heavy with flowers. A complex of rustic wooden thatch bedrooms, decorated with looped ropes of palm fronds, rest high up in the boughs of giant mahogany trees. Each has its own lounge area and en suite bathroom where you can relax in a bubble bath as birds flit past the big window. Take time to sit on your wooden deck suspended above the forest floor where the odd elephant may browse beneath you. There's fine dining inside a boma by soft gas lamps, a large newly wooden decked pool area, and plenty of privacy in this rather enchanting camp in the midst of the park.