Lake Manyara Wildlife Lodge

We stayed 2 nights November 23 and 24. What a beautiful place and what a view! We loved our waiter Condo, he gave the best service and the food was so delicious. I loved the Manyara national park, we saw so many elephants and birds and a lion eating a dead hippo. Overall it was so nice but I am trying to get in touch with the manager Ajay Bahl because they have erroneously charged me for 2 rooms instead of one. The kind owner/manager offered to give us a little more space as a courtesy he opened the door between the rooms for us. we were the only people in the whole place but we should not be charged for this. I hope someone will contact me for the double charge. Thank you

Lake Manyara wildlife lodge is nestled at the rim of the rift valley escarpment wall with magnificent views of the Lake. All rooms of this beautiful lodge are facing the lake giving you mesmerizing views. If you enjoy getting close to nature this lodge offers all you wished for, great hospitality, delicious food, excellent and friendly service and a sense of calmness, needless I say more! For sure the rooms could probably use remodeling, but it is nothing that can stop you from enjoying the ambience, and the surrounding peaceful environment. I have stayed in March / 2024 and can’t be any happier with the services they provided. On March 14 after Serengeti we traveled to Lake Manyara Wildlife Lodge, with a stop in Karatu for visiting the shops. Unfortunately it got dark so fast and it was raining so bad that we could hardly see the road or the sign for the lodge. It was impossible to travel on the dirt road, and my guide took a wrong turn, getting us stuck in the mud in the middle of the road making this super dangerous! I contacted the lodge, and they did an amazing job to send us a car, but that car got stuck on a different road, then the General Manager of the lodge Ranjeet Singh Sehgal came personally to rescue us and again he himself got stuck in the mud! This took forever and the rain continued heavily! I believe we contacted the lodge at around 8:15 PM, and it took until 11:30 PM until we were able to finally get help. I can’t thank enough to General Manager Mr. Ranjeet Shegal and Mr. Stainley Manjeka enough for not giving up on us and for trying so hard to rescue us in this impossible situation. When I got to the wildlife lodge the Chef had prepared delicious food and was waiting, everyone was in place: the Chef, bartender, the receptionist and directors! It was 11:50 PM when I arrived at the lodge. This was very impressive considering the time! Wonderful hospitality ! You will not get service like this anywhere with friendly, and patient people. My special thanks for the office in Arusha to Purity Munge who kept me calm and patient. It was a terrifying experience while waiting! It will be a very good idea that the Sign for the Lake Manyara Wildlife Lodge is visible to drivers. Please see that you will work on it! I have visited several times, and I will always send my guests to stay at this lodge who are always happy with the choice. Thank you so much for a great team and the services provided and I can't wait to go back with my clients.

The location of this lodge and the views are absolutely stunning. The hotel however is very old and needs to be renovated. The views from the balconies are often obstructed by plants etc. The bathroom is very dark, the water is lukewarm. The food was really not good. The service was fine, the staff were warm and friendly. All in all not good value for money. We also had safaris organised by the lodge which turned out to be problematic as the drivers car was not registered and he didnt have a drivers licence so we were stopped by the police and had to wait about an hour at the police before we could go to the crater which is quite a big waste of precious time and it also made us very anxious .