Top 10 Luxury Lodges in Tanzania

Back to Top Luxury Lodges of East Africa

Few decisions shape a safari like where you sleep. These are the Tanzania lodges and camps we recommend again and again — places we have stayed ourselves, chosen for character, guiding, conservation and that indefinable sense of occasion. Every one can be woven into a tailor-made itinerary; start with our Tanzania destination guide for the where and when.

1. Singita Sasakwa Lodge

   Grumeti Reserve · Western Serengeti

   The grande dame of Tanzania — an Edwardian hilltop manor with 350,000 private acres of migration country, infinity pools and a wine cellar to embarrass capital cities.

2. andBeyond Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

   Ngorongoro Crater Rim

   ‘Maasai meets Versailles’ — chandeliers, rose-strewn baths and butlers on the rim of the world’s greatest wildlife arena.

3. Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti

   Central Serengeti

   Polished five-star resort comforts deep in big-cat country, with a raised infinity pool above a waterhole elephants visit daily.

4. Greystoke Mahale

   Mahale Mountains · Lake Tanganyika

   Six open-fronted bandas on a remote beach where rainforest meets the lake — mornings with wild chimpanzees, afternoons under sail.

5. Mwiba Lodge

   Mwiba Wildlife Reserve · Southern Serengeti

   Suspended over a rocky gorge on a private reserve south of the calving plains — glass, stone and utter exclusivity.

6. Jabali Ridge

   Ruaha National Park

   Asilia’s design statement among Ruaha’s kopjes — louvred suites, an infinity pool in the rocks and a tenth of the world’s lions outside.

7. Singita Faru Faru Lodge

   Grumeti Reserve

   Sasakwa’s contemporary sibling — riverside, botanical and barefoot-chic, with the same staggering private wilderness.

8. The Highlands

   Olmoti · Ngorongoro Highlands

   Glass-domed suites high on the crater highlands — Maasai culture, walking safaris and crater access without the rim crowds.

9. Chem Chem Lodge

   Tarangire–Manyara Corridor

   Slow-safari pioneer on a private concession between Tarangire and Lake Manyara — wide verandas, wider sunsets.

10. andBeyond Mnemba Island

    Mnemba Atoll · Zanzibar

    Twelve palm-thatch bandas on a private island ringed by reef — the most coveted barefoot finale in East Africa.

ALL EAST AFRICA LODGES

Prices and availability move with the seasons — and the best rooms genuinely sell out close to a year ahead. Tell us your dates and we will check availability across the list, honestly and without obligation.