Mount Meru Game Lodge and Sanctuary

An intimate complex of just 17 bedrooms located over a 33 acre estate comprising gardens, the Usa river and the animal sanctuary with all kinds of wildlife from zebras to monkeys and an amazing variety of birds. Nothing beats being awaken in the morning but the bumps, screams and jumps of monkeys playing on the roof of your suite. The lounge and public areas are all decorated with that classical african colonial spirit that brings images of Hemingway and explorers of old relaxing in similar surroundings 50 or 100 years ago.

The Mount Meru lodge was the first place I got to in Africa after arriving in the Kilimanjaro International ariport via a 12 hour flight from Amsterdam and being received with such a mixture of african colonial tradicion and modern day comfort in a place so far away from anything one calls home just makes it so much better.

Of course this is not you final destination and what usually follows are two weeks camping through the northern circuit of national parks but nevertheless, Mount Meru serves its purpose of being the first place to welcome travelers in Tanzania and the last place to wish them a pleasant flight home. And it serves it amazingly well.