Northern Region Accommodation inside the parks

ARUSHA NATIONAL PARK

  • Location: Momella Wildlife Lodge is located on the lower slopes of Mount Meru (4,566 metre) just outside the border with Arusha National Park and its ecological wonders. The lodge served as a temporary home of John Wayne and Hardy Krueger while filming the famous “Hatari” in 1960.
  • Accommodation: The lodge has a total of 55 guest rooms including cottages and the old hut-shaped units all with en-suite toilet and shower and hot and cold running water.
  • Facilities & Services: The lounge, bar and restaurant are housed in the main building. There is a swimming pool.

Like the roots of many of its ancient trees, the inn’s history stretches deep into the region’s past, back to when Tanzania was still a British mandate. Blackburn Estates, an enterprising company seeking to make the most of Mt Meru’s fertile volcanic earth, tamed the wilderness of its foothills into picturesque rows of coffee that thrived on the sweet waters of the Usa River flowing by.

MANYARA NATIONAL PARK

  • Location: The new Chem Chem airstrip is available for private charters only and is easily connected with other safari airstrips and airports. For any reason that aircraft are unable to land on our airstrip such as weather, flooding, earth tremors or else, then we will divert flights to Manyara or Kuro airstrips and transfer guests by road at no additional cost. The closest international airport is Kilimanjaro. Depending on flight arrival time you may need to overnight in Arusha, and start your safari the next day. If overnighting in Arusha, we suggest a 20-minute scheduled charter flight from Arusha Airport to Kuro Airstrip in the Tarangire National Park: Your safari starts at touchdown! Your guide will collect you in a game-viewing vehicle with a coffee box or lunch and you will wind your way through the bushveld to Chem Chem Lodge, Little Chem Chem or Forest Chem Chem. An alternative option is to take a road transfer from Arusha to Chem Chem which takes 2 hours. If flying in from the Serengeti, it is best to arrive at Lake Manyara Airport with a road transfer to Chem Chem.
  • Accommodation: Each 100 m¬² tent-style suite offers ultra-luxurious accommodation under the immense African skies. Natural textures and surfaces such as wood, canvas, cotton and lava rock convey a sense of merging with your surrounds. Chem Chem Lodge has a Family Suite has an adjoining annex tent with twin beds for children.
  • Location: Lake Manyara Tree Lodge is located inside Lake Manyara National Park on the southern border of the park, nestled in the mahogany forest blending well into the natural beauty of its breathtaking surroundings, about a kilometer from the lakeshore, and 150 km from Arusha town.
  • Accommodation: Lake Manyara Tree Lodge consists of 10 spacious tree houses crafted from local timber and makuti (palm fronds), each tree house suite features large open decks and spacious rooms with large windows, overhead fans, mosquito nets, en-suite bathrooms with baths and an exhilarating outdoor shower, private verandas with comfortable furniture and extensive views of the lovely forest environment, and private butler service.
  • Facilities & Services: Other facilities include an interactive kitchen which allows guests to observe preparation of their meals; meals are enjoyed in the dining area (an open-air boma concept), and on the decks in the guest area or on the guests’ private viewing decks. The lodge also offers, night game drives, bird watching, picnics or breakfast on the lakeshore, and massages.

NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA

  • Location: Ndutu Safari Lodge is situated in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in the south eastern part of the Serengeti ecosystem, about 30km to Naabi entry gate to Serengeti National Park, one kilometre from Ndutu airstrip and about 280km drive from Arusha town.
  • Accommodation: Nestling under a canopy of tall acacia trees, each of the 34 en-suite cottages, which are built of local material, has a private verandah facing Lake Ndutu. Ten rooms have a double bed, 18 are twin rooms with single beds, five are triple rooms, and there is a family room which can accommodate 2 adults and 2 children, all accessible with wheelchair. Ndutu Camp which now features comfortable cottages still has the informal, intimate feeling of the original bush tented camp built in the 1960s by George Dove.
  • Facilities & Services: The main and central building houses an open-sided bar, lounge and dining room. Other facilities include laundry, internet access, telephone & fax services, curio/gift shop, a campfire, and walking safari with an armed ranger arranged directly with NCAA ranger post less than a kilometre away from the lodge.
  • Location: Ngorongoro Crater Lodge is located on the southern rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, affording it stunning view of the crater. It is 190 km from Arusha town.
  • Accommodation: Ngorongoro Crater Lodge consists of three adjacent camps with 30 Maasai-inspired suites perched on stilts on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater – North and South Camp each with 12 suites and Tree Camp with six suites, set in classic crescents with spectacular views of the crater from large glass windows in the bathroom, lounge and bedroom, yet almost invisible from the crater floor. Each stone and thatch suite is furnished with paneled walls and floors made of Tanzanian hardwoods, rich raw silk curtains, hand beaded chandeliers, gilt mirrors, a fi replace and a butler’s lobby. All room feature decks with the Crater floor view, twin beds (convertible to double), en-suite bathroom with twin hand basins, shower, chandelier-lit bathtub, and separate W.C. Other amenities include hair dryers, in-room safe, telephone, in-room massage and a butler service for each room.
  • Facilities & Services: Each camp has a lavishly furnished sitting and dining room blending opulent design with African art, an outdoor dining area and viewing decks. The domed dining room with its welcoming fireplace, crystal, silver and massive wooden platters make every meal a special occasion. Other facilities include a Safari Shop, private bush breakfasts and lunches on the Crater floor, laundry, emergency medical evacuation insurance.
  • Location: Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge is located within the Conservation Area on the south eastern rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, affording breathtaking views of the crater floor. The lodge is about 185 km from Arusha town and 60 km from Lake Manyara National Park.
  • Accommodation: Elegantly built mainly from natural stone and local wood with panoramic windows, the Lodge boasts 80 spacious rooms overlooking the crater including three junior suites, one presidential suite and some interconnecting rooms for families. All rooms have en-suite bathroom, hairdryers, safe, mini-bar, tea/coffee making facilities and telephone.
  • Facilities & Services: The open–air terrace of the Rhino Lounge Bar and the restaurant offer panoramic views of the whole Crater. Other facilities include laundry, boutique / gift shop, and internet café.
  • Location: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge is located on the western rim of the Ngorongoro Crater within the Conservation Area, about 200 km from Arusha town.
  • Accommodation: Long & low, and built from local river stone and camouflaged with indigenous vines, the lodge was designed to blend completely into the landscape, making it entirely invisible from the floor of the Crater 600 metres below. The Lodge consists of 75 guest rooms decorated with prehistoric cave paintings, all with bathrooms en-suite (Shower & Bathtub) and private balconies with uninterrupted view of the crater. Other room facilities include safe & hairdryers (from reception), direct dial telephone and Wi-Fi, bathrobe & slippers, 24-hour room service, mineral water and toiletries.
  • Facilities & Services: The split-level rock-built dining and bar area features a wall of windows and a broad viewing terrace, with spectacular views of the crater below. Other facilities include under-canvas conference room with raised wooden floor, business centre, 24-hour medical service, a curio / gift shop, laundry, valet & shoeshine services.

SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

  • Location: Set high on a hill with 360º views, Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge is located in central Serengeti, about 30km from Seronera airstrip and 365km from Arusha town.
  • Accommodation: Set out as a village the Lodge consists of 66 guest rooms each housed in a 2-storey (one up, one down) stone-built, traditionally-thatched “rondavel”, furnished with authentic Africa furniture and handicraft. All rooms have bathrooms en suite (shower & bathtub), bathrobe & slippers, mineral water & toiletries, private balconies, private entrance, safe & hairdryer (from reception), telephone & WiFi at the lounge. There are two handicap rooms.
  • Facilities & Services: The restaurant & bar offer fi ne dining and wining, while bush breakfast and bush dinner may be arranged on request. Other facilities include a swimming pool, conference room, business centre, hot-air balloon safari (on offer), 24-hour medical service, a curio / gift shop, cultural dance & music, laundry, valet & shoeshine services.
  • Location: Seronera Wildlife Lodge is in the heart of the central Serengeti’s premier game viewing area, artfully constructed around a rocky outcrop from glass and wood elements.
  • Accommodation perfectly blending into its surrounding. The lodge is 5 minute drive from Seronera airstrip, 145km from Ngorongoro and 330km from Arusha town. Seronera Wildlife Lodge has 75 spacious guestrooms, offering twin rooms (twin beds), double rooms (King–size bed), two Presidential suites and one Junior suite, all of them affording magnificent views over the Serengeti plains. Elegantly decorated in authentic African style, the rooms have bathrooms en suite, safe, mini bar, telephone, tea/coffee-making facilities, hair-dryer and air vents with insect / mosquito nets.
  • Facilities & Services: The Lodge features an elegant safari atmosphere restaurant made of rock and wood elements with panoramic windows overlooking the Serengeti, two bars an indoor bar tucked among giant rocks and one at the terrace with breathtaking views over the endless Serengeti plains. Other facilities include a swimming pool overlooking the park, gift shop, laundry, gym, massage, internet café, library, on-site nurse, and hot-air balloon safari (on offer).
  • Location: Lobo Wildlife Lodge is remotely located in the north of Serengeti National Park, strategically built into an enormous rocky outcrop, providing an unrivalled bird’s-eye perspective of the migration. The lodge is less than 10 minute drive from Lobo airstrip, and 80km from Seronera in central Serengeti.
  • Accommodation: Artistically built of stone and local timber with stunning views over the vast Serengeti plains, the Lodge’s 75 spacious guestrooms offer twin rooms (twin beds), double rooms (King–size bed), interconnecting family rooms, two Presidential suites and one Junior suite, all furnished with solid wood African-style furniture and equipped with bathrooms en suite (shower & bathtubs), safe, mini bar, telephone, tea/coffee-making facilities, hairdryer and air vents with insect / mosquito nets.
  • Facilities & Services: The Lodge features an elegant restaurant made of rock and wood elements, and next to it is a bar set over two levels with an open log fire or al fresco on a wide terrace with breathtaking views over the Park’s endless open spaces. Other facilities include a swimming pool overlooking the endless plains, gift shop, laundry, gym, massage service, internet café, library, and on-site nurse.
  • Location: Singita Serengeti House is located on the south-east slopes of Sasakwa Hill, within the Singita Grumeti Reserves, with a view of a watering hole just beyond the House. Opened in June 2012, the House is situated less than two kilometres from its sister unit Sasakwa Lodge and about four kilometres from Singita Sasakwa airstrip.
  • Accommodation: Singita Serengeti House is an exclusive-use retreat designed to welcome families and friends to an environment that is conducive to total relaxation and a carefree stay. Itineraries, meals and activities will be tailor-made in accordance with guest needs. The house accommodates 8 people in 4 suites, including two suites located in the main house measuring 114 km2and 98 km2, and two separate suites both measuring 142 km2 located on either side of the main house each about 50 meters from the main house. All suites are en suite and offer private deck areas. Singita Serengeti House is perfect for a relaxed vacation for families and/or friends traveling together.
  • Facilities & Services: The main house features large dining and lounge areas with ample outside seating and lounging areas, a private kitchen and dedicated staff to ensure that guests experience a home-like atmosphere. There is a 25-meter lap pool in front of the main house and a private tennis court.
  • Location: Serengeti Sopa Lodge is set in the Nyaruboro Hills, in the south western part of the park, overlooking the Serengeti plains, about 45 minute drive to Seronera airstrip and 315km from Arusha town; it is one of the prime game viewing locations in the Serengeti.
  • Accommodation: Serengeti Sopa has a total of 74 guest rooms including 69 tastefully furnished standard rooms all with 2 queen size beds, en-suite bathrooms (shower), hairdryers, a private lounge with mini-bar, a balcony or verandah with uninterrupted views of the Serengeti. One room is suitable for the physically challenged. The lodge also features 5 double storey suites with a lounge area on the ground floor, and a bedroom upstairs with a king size bed on a raised wooden platform, a bathtub facing the plains and an outside open shower.
  • Facilities & Services: The Lodge features an open dining area, spacious, airy and lots of light emanating from the floor to ceiling windows, allowing a magnificent view of the Serengeti plains. The bar area is strategically placed with an uninterrupted view of the Serengeti plains, and has a terrace with comfortable chairs. Other facilities include a swimming pool, gift shop, laundry, choir, hot air balloon safari (on offer), and a bureau de change.
  • Location: Located in the Western corridor of Serengeti National Park, Soroi Serengeti Lodge is set on a hill and built amongst rocks and thorn acacia trees with endless views and breathtaking sunsets over the vast plains of Musabi; it is within one of the prime game viewing areas, about 68kms from Seronera, 75 km to Grumeti airstrip and about 130 km to Ndabaka Gate.
  • Accommodation: With its unique architecture and design elements, Soroi Serengeti Lodge is a luxury African experience, featuring 25 magnificent thatched chalets (20 luxury chalets & 5 suite chalets) all linked to the main lodge by timber walkways, complete with hardwood floors, en suite bathroom fitted with Turkish baths and outdoor showers with views of the plains, and flush toilet & bidet, a ceramic basin with granite counter top, wooden wardrobe, double or twin beds with mosquito netting, bedside tables, writing desk & chair, couch & coffee table, in-room fridge, and private open-air balcony. Suite chalets offer in addition a separate lounge with couches & coffee tables, extra-length Turkish bath, double ceramic basins with granite counter-top, dressing table and chair.
  • Facilities & Services: The main lounge and dining area, a masterpiece of thatch and wood, designed around the large rocks and fig trees with views over the Serengeti, boasts several hardwood decks, reading lounge, a separate fireplace deck, large open-air viewing deck and open plan kitchen. Other facilities include infinity swimming pool, two sun decks with sun loungers and umbrellas, wireless internet, laundry and spa facilities.
  • Location: Robanda Tented Camp is positioned on a perfect location for enjoying views of the wildebeest migration, beyond the western boundary of Serengeti National Park.
  • Accommodation Currently there are 5 luxury plus 5 “bush fashion” permanent tents at Robanda Safari Camp. The luxurious tents are extremely large, with double and twin beds plus an appropriate bathroom. Each has a private verandah looks over the vast Serengeti plains. On the other hand, the “bush style” tents are spacious mobile tents that have been established up in a permanent way. All the tents have their private bathroom having a toilet plus bush shower. Guests can always unwind on their private veranda as they enjoy the breathtaking view over the Serengeti swarmed with numerous zebras and wildebeests. The luxury tents are large and fitted with double or twin beds and appropriate bathroom. The private veranda looks out over the Serengeti plains, where herds of wildebeest and zebras can be seen. The “bush style” tents are in fact mobile tents, which have been set up in a permanent way. Each tent has its own private bathroom with bush shower and toilet.
  • Facilities & Services: There is a wonderful open restaurant offering delicious dishes, along with a well-stocked bar with an assortment of drinks. There is a waterhole about 30 meters from the bar which is visited by several animals that come to quench their thirst. Take a game walk accompanied by a ranger for safety for a thrilling bush experience and see the inhabitants in close proximity. After these early morning walks you will have a wonderful bush breakfasts, and then the sun-setters are offered in the evening after the nature walks. Additional activities include cultural visit to the neighboring Maasai village where you will be entertained with traditional dances and songs. Balloon safaris offer a new aspect to your adventure in Africa. Gently gliding above the massive plains and dramatic terrain will be a wonderful experience you will never forget throughout your life.
  • Location: Standing on the southern slopes of Nyamuma Hills, with views over the serene valley of the Mbalageti River, Meliá Serengeti Lodge is located in central Serengeti, about 50 minute drive (36kms) from Seronera airstrip.
  • Accommodation: A two-storey building, set on a natural terrace offering beautiful views of the Serengeti and the romantic sunsets, Meliá Serengeti Lodge boasts 50 elegant rooms consisting of 24 Meliá Lagoon View rooms on the ground floor, 24 Meliá Savannah Panoramic rooms on the first floor, and 2 Serengeti Suites (2-bedroom suites, lounge, bathtub & separate shower), all designed to optimize ventilation, with fans chosen to cool rooms over air-conditioning units. All rooms have en-suite bathroom, hairdryer, bathrobes & slippers, weight scale, private terrace, Wi-Fi, in-room safety box, in-room coffee & tea facilities, mini-bar, mosquito gauze, and telephone. Interconnecting rooms are available
  • Facilities & Services: There is a swimming pool, gym, spa and exquisite restaurants offering an extraordinary fusion of international cuisine and local flavours. The main restaurant, with open show cooking islands, spills out onto a beautiful terrace with fantastic views over the Serengeti. Other facilities include a meeting room, a kids’ place, a fitness centre, a spa, laundry service, and a gift shop. Meliá Serengeti Lodge relies on solar power to generate electricity, complemented by a biogas generation system fed by a wastewater treatment plant. Water is be collected from rainwater and made drinkable using one of the most modern and environmentally friendly techniques and equipment.
  • Location: Olakira Camp is a mobile safari tented camp that moves through the Serengeti, following the Great Migration. The camp moves twice a year between carefully chosen campsites, allowing for superb game viewing at all times.
  • Accommodation: It has a total of 8 accommodation tents, each tent features a king size bed, en-suite bathroom, private veranda with safe deposit boxes and a stunning view over the Serengeti.
  • Facilities and Services: The restaurant can accommodate 24 diners. The bar is located at the lounge offer both international and exotic blend of drinks, quenchers and coolers.

TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

  • Location: The lodge is located inside the Park about 32 km from the Tarangire National Park main gate, and about 2 hour drive from Arusha town.
  • Accommodation: Tarangire Sopa comprises 75 spacious guest rooms all with bathrooms en-suite, two queen-size beds with mosquito nets, ceiling fan, balcony, a private lounge, mini bar, safe deposit box, coffee or tea making facilities, hair dryer, with 4 guest rooms suitable for physically challenged guests.
  • Facilities & Services: Other facilities include a restaurant & bar, swimming pool, laundry, internet café, curio / gift shop.
  • Location: Tarangire Safari Lodge is located inside the Park, on top of a high bluff with a panoramic view of Tarangire River below, about 7 km from the Tarangire National Park main gate, and approximately 2 hour drive (120 km) from Arusha town.
  • Accommodation: Tarangire Safari Lodge has a total of 40 guest rooms made up of 24 twin and 11 double tents built on a solid base with thatched roof and verandah, and 5 bungalows for triple occupancy built from local stone in the circular style of Maasai huts, all with en-suite bathroom (shower, solar-heated water), and a verandah.
  • Location: Situated in the heart of Tarangire National Park overseeing Tarangire River and close to Kuro Airstrip this camp has a 180º view towards Tarangire Hill. Only 5 Km away from Silale Swamp Plains where Elephants gather in their thousands regularly, Tarangire is also famous for it’s large concentration of Big Cats and tree climbing Pythons, even Kudus and the very elusive Oryx can be seen here. Allowing for waking Safaris and Night Game Drives this is the place to experience the bush in its full splendour. Kudos Airstrip is 1 km away from Camp.
  • Accommodation: Our latest bush camp with 8 Guest Tents including a 2 tent Family unit, a lounge and a dining tent. Each guest tent has an en-suite bathroom with shower, vanity desk and flush toilets. Depending on request a Kingsize bed, 2 Twin beds or triples are available. The lounge is the place to meet other travellers and share your day’s Safari stories while enjoying a complementary cup of Tanzanian Coffee or Tea. Breakfasts, lunches and dinners are served in the dining tent, we also offer private bush lunches on the crater floor freshly prepared by our Chefs on a daily basis. Bush TV (local name for campfire) is lit when the weather permits.
  • Facilities & Services: All our Camps consist of 8 to 12 Guest Tents, a Dinner Tent where all meals are served, a Lounge Tent, the Camp Fire and a series of Staff,- Guides-, Kitchen- and Storage tents. The Lounge Tent contains locally fabricated sofas and armchairs, a bar and the charging station for cameras, phones and other small items the Guest needs to charge for the next Game Drive. Here the Guests can relax while enjoying a complementary cup of Coffee, Tea of Hot Chocolate. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner are usually served in the Dining Tent that is large enough to function at full capacity. A Wine selection is available here. Depending on weather conditions it can be either fully opened to bring the surrounding bush into the dining experience or it can be fully closed off in case of wind and rain. Mosquito nets all around prevent most insects to come bother our Guests during their meals. The Camp Fire, or Bush TV is a few steps away in front of the main area usually underneath a beautiful Acacia.
  • Location: Swala Camp is located in a secluded area inside Tarangire National Park, 70 km from the park gate and about 185 km from Arusha town.
  • Accommodation: Swala Camp consists of twelve luxurious tents built on raised decks under tall acacia trees, featuring comfortable king or twin beds with mosquito netting, chairs, plush sofas, en-suite bathroom with both indoor & outdoor shower, safe deposit boxes, hair dryer, and a personal attendant for each tent
  • Facilities & Services: Other facilities include a restaurant & bar, a swimming pool overlooking the waterhole, laundry, internet access in the main building, curio / gift shop, night game drives, and walking safaris accompanied by ranger.
  • Location: Tarangire Silale Luxury Tented Lodge site is located in the heart of Tarangire National Park, on the gradual slopes of a hill covered with natural rock boulders and trees, with uninterrupted breathtaking views to the great Silale Swamp and the Ol Doinyo Sambu Hill beyond. It is about 140 kilometres (2 hour drive or 25 minutes by small aircraft) from Arusha town and less than 30 minute drive from Kuro Airstrip.
  • Accommodation: The luxurious 15 accommodation tent units will be placed in a staggered fashion on the hill slopes to allow total privacy and to maintain a minimum 25-metre distance between the units.
  • Facilities & Services: In addition, the height difference between the accommodations units is designed to achieve uninterrupted views from the upper units. These are accessed using pedestrian walkways made from natural stone and timber elevated bridges. The Public area, including visitors lounge and dining area, will be centrally located with a panoramic view to the Silale Swamp. This would also access to the swimming pool located in a lower level.