We noticed that you're using an unsupported browser. The Tripadvisor website may not display properly.We support the following browsers:
Windows: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome. Mac: Safari.
Lowest prices for your stay
Expedia
Hotels.com
HK$895
Fully refundable before Fri, 29 Mar
Breakfast included
No prepayment needed
Earn rewards on eligible stays
Agoda.com
HK$591
Fully refundable before Thu, 28 Mar
Breakfast included
Easy and fast booking
Prices are the average nightly price provided by our partners and may not include all taxes and fees. Taxes and fees that are shown are estimates only. Please see our partners for more details.
Nearby Hotels
Reviews (185)
Filter reviews
185 results
Traveller rating
114
54
13
1
3
Traveller type
Time of year
LanguageAll languages
More languages
Traveller rating
114
54
13
1
3
Show reviews that mention
All reviews arusha national park kilimanjaro airport homemade muesli bungalows set beautiful garden main gate hot water stayed two nights an oasis breakfast and dinner comfortable bed josephine grounds lodge tanzania safari birds
Selected filters
Filter
Updating list...
16 - 21 of 185 reviews
Reviewed 23 April 2020

After a night flight my sister and I arrived in the morning at kilimanjaro airport. The transfer was comfortable. I directly enjoyed my first time in Africa. It was so relaxing to sit and listen to the driver's music and see the beauty of the Tanzanian landscapen and the daily lives of the people . In I suppose les than an hour (you forget time very quickly) we arrived at Meru View Lodge. The gate opened and we drove through a beautiful garden with lodges.

At the reception we get a refreshing towel and a fruit drink.
The rooms are comfortable so is the shower. I absolutely loved the garden and all the amazing birds. I spent some time to photograph the birds, wich was a good opportunity for my to get more comfortable with my new lens.

They kitchen made us a very tasty lunch. When you have a whole day at Meru View you can stay in the huge garden with swimming pool.
We decided to do a guided village tour.
After that we had a very nice dinner with only fresh ingredients and our first glass of wine.
We slept very well. The next day our 6days safari started.
We were totally relaxed, thanks to Meru View Lodge

Date of stay: November 2019
Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Thank carinefg81
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Reviewed 3 March 2020

After completing a 7-day hike to the summit of Kilimanjaro my wife and I wanted a quiet, clean, and relaxing place to stay. This was it! Perfect. They have great hospitality, we’re able to clean all of our dirty clothes, they provided fabulous meals and we enjoyed all of their friendly employees! Thank you Meru View Lodge

Date of stay: March 2020
Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Thank brandonp905
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Reviewed 22 February 2020 via mobile

We stayed one night after a long journey from Spain and it was perfect. The hotel arranged a taxi to bring us the approx 40 mins from the airport and the taxi driver helped us get a Tanzania Sim Card. Basic but quite fine room, a very good roast chicken dinner and excellent breakfast. The German owner was also nice to talk to. Highly recommended

Date of stay: February 2020
Trip type: Travelled as a couple
2  Thank Andrew S
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Josephine Isgen, Owner at Meru View Lodge, responded to this reviewResponded 26 February 2020

Thank you so much for your insightful review on Meru View Lodge. We are happy to hear that you have had wonderful experience with us. We are pleased to hear that you enjoyed your meals.

We're always delighted to hear that our guests would 'highly recommend' us; we're grateful that you took the time to share your experience with the travelling community of TripAdvisor.

Report response as inappropriate
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of TripAdvisor LLC
Reviewed 21 February 2020

Unfortunately this was the worst of our accommodations in Tanzania so far. We've stayed in one slightly higher priced accommodation and 5 cheaper ones before we got here. They all outweighed this one by far considering the price performance ratio. I try to be objective, so that you can make up your mind, if this is for you:

PRO
+ Location: It's very close to the Ngurdoto Gate of the Arusha National Park.
+ Staff: Most of the staff members are really nice and welcoming, especially Marguerite.

CON
- Food: So far we've been amazed by the Tanzanian kitchen. Here you get some kind of German adapted food, which really cannot match the category "fine dining" they advertise. Vegetarians get served the same options just without meat, which is a little unthoughtful. You will pay $15 per dinner per person. Breakfast was okay, although limited in healthy options.
- Location: The property is very close to a loud street and the walls of the bungalows are thin.
- Knowledge: We were doing a self-driving-safari and asked the owner for advice. The ones he provided were not all accurate. We actually could drive a lot more routes he did not advise for our car and we're happy, we did.
- WIFI: Although this was very common throughout our accommodations, WiFi is only accessible in the communal area.
- Water-Refill: You could buy water on the grounds, but there was no possibility of refilling, which we often enjoyed in other accommodations.
- Communal Area: There was German Schlager playing all over again, which annoyed us a lot when visiting a country that's got nothing to do with it.
- Payment: Credit card payment comes at an extra charge of 3,5% which is quite expensive considering the rates of the rooms.
- Laundry: Although they have a washing machine (lots of accommodations wash by hand still) they charge for every item, which should be quite expensive in the end. We did not do our laundry here though, because the prices were properly advertised.
- Power Plugs: Be aware, that they have German power plugs (Schuko, Type F) in their rooms.

TO SUMMARIZE:
We felt, this was rather an accommodation for all inclusive tourists and not even a very charming one. The Arusha National Park is quite small. We drove through it with our rental car (Toyota RAV4) and came back in the afternoon. So you can easily find yourself an accommodation that is not so close to the park, but worth the price they charge. It will not be the Meru View Lodge.

Room tip: Stay literally anywhere else
Date of stay: February 2020
    • Location
    • Sleep Quality
    • Service
1  Thank nobodyIsTraveling
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Josephine Isgen, Owner at Meru View Lodge, responded to this reviewResponded 24 February 2020

Thank you so much for your most detailed review on your stay with us at Meru View Lodge! It is nice that you were able to keep in account all positive and negative experience with us. These will help us to improve our services and facilities.

We do cater vegetarian meals without meat and animal tissue products and also cater special requirements for our clients. $15 is reasonable especially in tourist Lodge unless otherwise someone opt to local restaurants. We offer rich 4 course meals for all our clients; it is unfortunately this was not to your standard.

Our Lodge is classified as a mid-range lodge so we provide the rates relevant to our standard. It is no wonder that for the 4 or 5 stars Lodges are expensive than us. It is unfairly to compare the rates for accommodation in off-beaten track with those of beaten track.You also booked through OTAs which attract commission.

Most of budget travelers opt for camping which is less than $15 per night. The street noises are not frequently and originate from cars heading to Arusha National Park normally in day time. We don’t think if you heard these noises in the midnight.

It is true that we offer WiFi in communal area only including the restaurant, beer garden, lounge and reception. We don’t offer water refilling option. It sad to hear from you that lots of accommodations wash by hand, this is not true and not true at all. We even don’t understand where you got this information!!!

In our restaurant we play different music and we are sorry you were not happy with German songs but on your two days with us we also played also Tanzania/African Songs. We thought maybe you were not present at the Lodge when we played other music.

Top up of 3.5 - 4% is normal practices for most of the facilities accepting credit card payment by the way this is the transaction fee taken by bank not us. We have also an option for cash payment if someone doesn’t like to top up this percentage. We have German power plugs (Schuko, Type F) but also provide adapters for different plug types on request and free of charge. We don’t think if you asked for adapter.

We are sorry that we didn’t meet your expectation but it is not wisely to advice other clients not to book with us. We had/have happy clients and our Lodge is getting better and better day by day. The most affordable option for budget tourists is camping.

Report response as inappropriate
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of TripAdvisor LLC
Reviewed 18 February 2020

Stayed pre and post our Kilimanjaro summit trek. This Lodge was convenient for our start and finish points but it is fairly basic. Set in beautiful gardens, the location has a very tropical feel to it but be warned, there are plenty of mosquitoes. Some room spray is provided, and there are nets on the beds but we had to do some running repairs as there were lots of holes.

The food was quite good, they don't cater so well for special dietary requirements though they do try. We left some luggage in storage while we were climbing Kili, and we also left some laundry which was ready for us on our return.

Staff were very friendly and really tried to be as helpful as they could. Just not quite the place to pamper yourself with a massage after doing the climb of your life.

Date of stay: January 2020
    • Sleep Quality
    • Rooms
    • Service
Thank dianat260
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Josephine Isgen, Owner at Meru View Lodge, responded to this reviewResponded 26 February 2020

I am delighted we provided the base from which to start and end your Kilimanjaro summit trek.
We are very sorry that you found holes on the nets. Thank you for your review about the food, we will make sure we revise our menu especially for special dietary requirements.

We appreciate all the positive reviews on our grounds and service from our staffs that help make this an excellent experience for you. We strive to improve and provide even better experience.

Report response as inappropriate
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of TripAdvisor LLC
View more reviews