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Thatched cottages and a stone house in a lush garden, with misty Mount Meru behind

A garden lodge near Arusha

Slow mornings under Mount Meru

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Karibu

Twelve rooms in a garden that runs down the mountain. Coffee grown up the hill, bread baked in the morning, and mist — ukungu — that lifts off Meru just as breakfast is served.

Garden Cottage bedroom with wooden furniture and a garden viewStay Three kinds of rooms → Restaurant veranda with laid tables and a sunset over green hillsDine Open to non-residents → Breakfast of chapati, eggs, fruit and coffee on a garden tableWake up Breakfast in the garden →

A day at Ukungu

Nothing you have to do. Plenty you can.

  1. 6:30

    Mist lifts off the mountain. Coffee on your veranda.

  2. 9:00

    Guided walk to the waterfall, or a lazy breakfast.

  3. 13:00

    Lunch on the terrace; afternoon by the fire or in the garden.

  4. 19:00

    Candle-lit dinner — fish, slow-roasts and garden vegetables.

Getting here

Close to town, far from the noise

About 30 minutes from Arusha and an hour from Kilimanjaro International Airport. We arrange transfers — and it's an easy first or last night before a safari.

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