A large, full-service hotel in Arusha with a pool, gym, spa, two restaurants and a range of rooms and suites — convenient for business and leisure travellers alike.
Mount Meru Hotel is one of Arusha’s best-known hotels, set on Kanisa Road in the leafy Sekei area, about ten minutes from the city centre. It is a large, full-service property — the kind of hotel where everything you might need is under one roof — and it is a familiar name to safari travellers, business visitors and conference delegates alike.
The facilities are extensive for a city hotel in northern Tanzania. An outdoor swimming pool with a poolside bar sits in the gardens, there is a fitness centre and a spa offering massages and beauty treatments, and dining is spread across two restaurants, a coffee shop, a snack bar and a bar and lounge. Free Wi-Fi runs throughout the hotel.
Rooms range from standard doubles and twins to executive rooms and a choice of suites: junior suites, a junior family suite, executive suites and a presidential suite. That variety makes the hotel a flexible choice — couples can book a simple, comfortable room for a night, while families or groups who want more space can take a suite.
For safari travellers, Mount Meru Hotel works best as a convenient base before heading into the parks or on the way home. It is close to Arusha’s shops, banks and restaurants, about 25 minutes from Arusha Airport for light-aircraft flights, and a little over an hour from Kilimanjaro International Airport. Children are well catered for, with kids’ meals and high chairs available, and an accessible room is offered.
If you have meetings in Arusha, or are combining a conference with a safari, the hotel’s central location and business facilities make it particularly practical.
Comfortable rooms for one or two guests, with a choice of a double bed or two single beds. A sensible, good-value choice for an overnight stay at the start or end of your safari, when you mainly need a good bed, a hot shower and an easy breakfast.
An upgraded room category with extra space — a good option for guests staying more than one night in Arusha, or for business travellers who want a little more room to work and relax between meetings.
Suites that give families and friends room to spread out. The Junior Family Suite is the natural choice for parents travelling with children, combined with the hotel’s kids’ meals and high chairs.
The hotel’s most spacious accommodation, for guests who want the best the hotel offers — ideal for a celebration, a longer stay or a VIP arrival in Arusha.
An outdoor swimming pool in the hotel grounds, with a poolside bar and towels provided — a good place to unwind after an international flight.
A gym and workout room for guests who want to keep active before several days of game drives.
Massages, manicures and pedicures — a pleasant way to recover after a long journey or to freshen up at the end of a safari.
Two on-site restaurants plus a coffee shop and snack bar mean plenty of choice without leaving the hotel.
A relaxed spot for a drink after a day in Arusha or a final toast before flying home.
Free internet throughout the hotel — useful for business travellers and for staying in touch before heading into the parks.
With two restaurants, a coffee shop, a snack bar and a bar and lounge, Mount Meru Hotel offers more dining choice than most hotels in Arusha. You can have a quick coffee and a snack between errands in town, a sit-down dinner after arriving from the airport, or a drink in the lounge on your last evening in Tanzania.
The hotel offers bed and breakfast, half-board and full-board plans, so you can choose how many meals to take on site. Families will find children’s meals and high chairs available. If you have dietary requirements, tell us when you book and we will share them with the hotel ahead of your arrival.
Mount Meru Hotel is on Kanisa Road in the Sekei area of Arusha, about ten minutes from the city centre. Arusha Airport, used for light-aircraft flights to the Serengeti and Zanzibar, is roughly 25 minutes away, and Kilimanjaro International Airport — where most international flights arrive — is about 1 hour 10 minutes by road.
We meet you on arrival at either airport and transfer you privately to the hotel. On the morning your safari begins, your guide collects you directly from reception, and the road west to Tarangire, Lake Manyara and the Ngorongoro Crater is easily reached from this side of the city.
A comfortable stay at any time of year. Arusha’s altitude keeps temperatures mild: warm, sunny days and cool evenings, particularly from June to August, when you will want a jacket at night.
The dry season from June to October is the most popular time for safaris, and Arusha hotels fill quickly, so we recommend booking early. The long rains from March to May and the short rains in November and December usually fall as showers, and with a pool, spa and plenty of indoor spaces, Mount Meru Hotel remains a pleasant stay in any season.
Open: All year
A pool, gym, spa, two restaurants, a coffee shop and a bar under one roof — everything you need for a comfortable night or two in Arusha.
From junior and family suites to an executive and a presidential suite, there is room for every kind of group.
Close to the city centre, its shops and its banks — convenient for meetings, errands and last-minute shopping before the parks.
Bed and breakfast, half board or full board, so you choose how many meals to take at the hotel.
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On Kanisa Road in the Sekei area of Arusha, about ten minutes from the city centre. It is around 25 minutes from Arusha Airport and about 1 hour 10 minutes from Kilimanjaro International Airport.
Yes — an outdoor pool with a poolside bar, a fitness centre and a spa and salon offering massages, manicures and pedicures.
Standard double and twin rooms, executive rooms and several suites: junior suites, a junior family suite, executive suites and a presidential suite.
Bed and breakfast, half board or full board. Two restaurants, a coffee shop, a snack bar and a bar give plenty of choice on site.
Yes. A junior family suite gives families more space, and children’s meals and high chairs are available.
About 1 hour 10 minutes by road. We arrange private transfers from either Kilimanjaro or Arusha airport, whatever time your flight lands.
Tell us your dates and we will check availability and build a personalised Tanzania itinerary around your stay.
