The African Tulip is an elegant and charming Luxury Boutique Hotel in the heart of Arusha. A warm and friendly welcome awaits guests who want to experience the best of Tanzanian hospitality. The hotel has been designed with safari travellers, business persons, families, honeymooners, elite and leisure travellers in mind. It has amenities of convenience whilst offering a high standard of luxury.
The hotel has 29 guest rooms, 7 of which are suites. The rooms are individually and stylishly decorated using warm African tones. A lot of African material and local art has been used reflecting the common thread that runs throughout the hotel which is one of consistence and quality.
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Serengeti PoolRelaxing and Refreshing At Swimming Pool
Kilimanjaro Conference RoomCredit: The African Tulip Image StockKilimanjaro Conference Room
The Baobab RestaurantMulti cuisine restaurant
Deluxe roomLuxurious and Comfortable rooms
Front building
Swimming Pool
Suite room
Kilimanjaro Conference Room
Deluxe roomLeopard room
Zanzibar LoungeCredit: The African Tulip Image stockA place to be before or after the safari, enjoy a cosy ambience with fellow travelers.
Deluxe Room
Comfortable Room with King size bed or twin bed .
Direct Dialling Telephone
Free Bottled Water in Room
Airconditioning
Digital Safe Lockers
Hair Dryer
Tea/ Cofee Makers
Refrigerators
Color Television
Property Facilities
Bar, Business Centre, Conference Centre, Internet Access, Library, Mobile Connectivity, Pool, Restaurant, Secure Parking
Room Facilities
Air Conditioning, Clothes Press, Fridge, Lounge Area, Mini Bar, Private Pool / Jacuzzi, Safe, Shower, Smoking Rooms, Tea / Coffee, Television
Bird Watching, Cultural Tours, Game Drives, General Sightseeing, Hiking, Mini Golf, Museums, Safaris
Your Stay
1 Night
Bed and Breakfast
Your Rooms
1x Double Room
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Tarangire Sopa Lodge | Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park is one of Tanzania’s best-kept secrets. Close to the town of Arusha and hosting Tanzania’s highest concentration of elephant population in Africa, perhaps than anywhere else in the world. It has a horizon dominated by the magnificent baobab trees, Legend says that baobab tree once angered God and it was thrown to earth and planted upside down. The trees are known to live for hundreds of year, some say thousands of years.
Tarangire sopa Lodge has 75 large and airy rooms, accommodating 150 guests. Built to blend with the vastness of its surroundings, the Lodge nestles amongst the rocky outcrops in the north-east of the park. As the Lodge is one of only a handful in this park, visitors are often rewarded with an exclusive feel to their safari. Each of the suites has its own private lounge with mini-bar, en-suite bathroom, large bedroom with 2 queen size beds and a balcony. The Lodge has telephone facilities, satellite TV, a conference room and a uniquely-designed swimming pool with a central island.
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Tarangire Sopa LodgeCredit: Sopa LodgesBirds in Tarangire
Includes Bed, Breakfast, Hot Lunch or Picnic Lunch and Dinner (all meals) at the lodge.
Double/Twin Room Single Room Triple Room Quad Room - 2 Adults sharing with 2 Children below 16 year
Includes Bed, Breakfast, Hot Lunch or Picnic Lunch and Dinner (all meals) at the lodge
Double- 2 Adults
74
Honeymoon Suite
Property Facilities
Bar, Conference Centre, Eco Friendly, Internet Access (Complimentary), Mobile Connectivity, Pool, Restaurant, Secure Parking, Vegetarian
Room Facilities
Balcony / Deck, Bath, Disabled Rooms, Fan, Mini Bar, Mosquito Nets, Safe, Smoking Rooms, Wheelchair Friendly
Available Services
24-hour Security, Credit Card Facilities, Disability, Foreign Exchange, Laundry Service (Available), Room Service
Activities Nearby
Big 5, Wildlife Tours
Your Stay
1 Night
Full Board - Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch
Your Rooms
1x Double Room
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Spoken Languages: English, Swahili
No. Rooms: 75
Special Interests: Big 5, Birding, Nature, Wildlife
Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge | Central Serengeti
Perched high on an acacia-lined ridge overlooking the vast, grassy plains of the Serengeti, Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge seamlessly blends traditional African architecture with modern style to offer an award-winning hotel experience. Stay in stone-built, thatched-roof "rondavel" lodges, dine under a blanket of stars, and enjoy unforgettable adventures such as private safaris, guided nature walks, and massage treatments. The lodge is centrally located near the Western Corridor and Grumeti River and boasts a pool that looks out over the endless plains. Cultural entertainment is on offer, with traditional Makonde carvings adorning the rooms and the stunning domed dining room showcasing performances, heritage, and art.
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Airstrip WelcomeCredit: Serena HotelsSerengeti Serena Safari Lodge provides a unique welcome experience for its guests upon arrival at the lodge's own private airstrip, where they are greeted with refreshments and a traditional dance performance by local Maasai warriors, setting the tone for an unforgettable safari adventure.
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EntranceCredit: Serena HotelsSerengeti Serena Safari Lodge's entrance is a grand affair, featuring a soaring thatched roof supported by tree trunk pillars, and a traditional Maasai-style mural depicting a Serengeti wildlife scene. The warm, welcoming ambiance sets the tone for the safari adventure that awaits guests.
ExteriorCredit: Serena HotelsSerengeti Serena Safari Lodge's exterior is designed to blend seamlessly with its surroundings, using traditional African-style architecture and materials like thatched roofs and stone. The lodge's infinity pool and cluster of domed "rondavels" offer sweeping views of the Serengeti plains.
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PoolCredit: Serena HotelsThe Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge features an infinity pool located on the edge of a ridge, providing guests with breathtaking panoramic views of the endless plains of the Serengeti. The pool is surrounded by loungers and parasols, creating the perfect setting for relaxation and soaking up the African sun.
Balloon SafariCredit: Serena HotelsExperience the breathtaking beauty of Serengeti National Park from above with a balloon safari, where you can drift silently over the plains, visit the hippo pools of Grumeti River and watch the wildlife theatre unfold below. Starting at dawn, guests can watch as the vibrant rainbow balloon is inflated, then drift with the wind for approximately 45 minutes before landing on the plains for a celebratory champagne toast and a traditional English breakfast cooked on the burners of the balloon.
Our beautifully appointed Standard Room boasts a King bed with a hand-carved wood headboard and a private balcony with stunning wilderness views.
Our suite offers a spacious bedroom appointed with a King bed with a walk-in mosquito net, sumptuous furnishings, a dressing area and a marble ensuite bathroom. The elegantly appointed sitting room, meanwhile, enjoys panoramic views and is both tastefully and relaxingly furnished while offering a fully stocked mini-bar, a digital multi-channel TV and a direct dial telephone. In addition, 24-hour room service is available and fruit and wine will be laid out to welcome our guests. The suite is set slightly apart from the rest of the rooms and enjoys its own private access.
Property Facilities
24-hour Security, Activity Desk, Bar, Battery Charging Facilities, Business Centre, Communal Dining, Conference Centre, Disability Services, Eco Friendly, Internet Access (Complimentary), Laundry Service (Available), Meal on Request, Mobile Connectivity, Pool, Restaurant, Secure Parking, Spa, TV Room
Big 5, Bird Watching, Cooking Courses, Game Drives, Game Viewing, Gourmet Picnic, Massages, Natural History Tours, Night Drives, Practice Green, Safaris, Walks (Guided), Walks (Self Guided), Wildlife Tours
Activities Nearby
Animal Encounters, Big 5, Bird Watching, Child Friendly Activities, Cooking Courses, Cultural Tours, Fine Dining, Game Drives, Game Viewing, Health and Fitness Centre, Historical Tours, Hot Air Ballooning, Massages, Natural History Tours, Safaris, Walks (Guided), Walks (Self Guided), Wildlife Tours
Our custom-built open-sided six-person safari vehicles offer comfort, panoramic viewing, dedicated safari guides, refreshments on-board and radio-links for fast location of game. Traditionally, game-drives take place early morning (you are woken with tea and arrive back in time for breakfast) or late afternoon. They can also be timed to coincide with sundowners in the bush.
The vast and sensational Serengeti, covering 14,763 sq km of endlessly rolling savannah plains, is Tanzania's first-established, largest and most famous park wherein tens of thousands of hoofed animals roam in a constant and unremitting search for the fresh grasslands upon which their survival depends. Here, the million-plus wildebeest are the predominant herbivore and also the main prey of a huge cast of large carnivores, principally lion and hyena.
Whilst the annual migration is the Serengeti's most famous attraction, the Park is also renowned for its lion, many of which have been fitted with radio-transmitter collars so that their movements may be tracked, and additionally for its wealth of cheetah, zebra, giraffe, Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, eland, impala, klipspringer, hippo and warthog.
One of the most magically memorable of the Serengeti experiences, a balloon safari allows you to drift in silence above the splendour of the plains, to dip down to visit the hippo pools of the Grumeti River, and to enjoy a bird's eye view of the wildlife theatre as it is enacted below you.
Awakened by an early-morning cup of tea (around 5.30 am) you will be driven to the balloon take-off point, where you will meet your fully-qualified balloon pilot and watch as the team inflates the vast rainbow-coloured balloon. As dawn breaks, the balloon slowly rights itself, the guests are helped into the wicker basket (a typical balloon carries around 8 passengers and is equipped with seats and safety belts), the sandbags are cast off, and the balloon rises majestically into the cool of the morning air.
Driven by the wind, and guided by jets of hot air from the gas-burners (which allow it to rise or fall according to the pilot's direction), the balloon will fly for a period of around 45 minutes (trailed by a team of ground vehicles). Eventually, it descends to a gentle controlled-landing on the plains. To celebrate, the ground crew offer the guests a glass of chilled champagne, while the pilot prepares their personal ‘flight certificates'. Later, everyone sits down to a full English breakfast, which is traditionally cooked on the burners of the balloon. After breakfast, guests can enjoy a leisurely game drive back to the lodge.
Slow in pace and wide-ranging in scenery, the Serengeti nature walk is designed to offer gentle exercise and a fascinating insight into the world of African trees, flowers, insects, reptiles, birds and animals.
Tanzania offers more than 1,000 species of birds, half of which can be seen in the Serengeti. Most commonly spotted are the Masai ostrich and Kori bustard and, on the lakes, the lesser flamingo.
Endemic to the park are the Fischer's lovebird, the rufous-tailed weaver and the grey-breasted spurfowl. Migrant species are present between October and April and include white storks, rollers, cuckoos, swallows, Montague's and pallid harriers and Caspian plovers.
For the amateur and serious ornithologist alike, we offer a range of half or full day outings which can be custom-tailored to the interests of your ornithological party. The services of a professional ornithologist and up-to-date bird checklists are included, and picnics, bush lunches, camp suppers and sundowners can be scheduled to suit your needs.
One of the most magically memorable of the Serengeti experiences, a balloon safari allows you to drift in silence above the splendour of the plains. You will dip down to visit the hippo pools of the Grumeti River and enjoy a bird's eye view of the wildlife theatre as it is enacted below you.
Awakened by an early morning cup of tea, you’ll be driven to the balloon take-off point. There, you will meet your fully qualified balloon pilot and watch as the team inflates the enormous rainbow-coloured balloon. As dawn breaks and the balloon slowly rights itself, the guests are helped into the wicker basket, the sandbags are cast off and the balloon rises majestically into the cool of the morning air.
After a 45-minute flight, your balloon will descend to the plains, where the ground crew will greet you with a glass of chilled champagne. Later, you’ll be treated to a full English breakfast, which is traditionally cooked on the burners of the balloon. After breakfast, enjoy a leisurely game drive back to the lodge.
At Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge, our restaurant and dining experiences are as impressive as their majestic surroundings. Greet the morning with a cup of fine Tanzanian coffee or tea on your private balcony. Indulge in the choicest cuts of meat in our dining room or allow us to arrange an English breakfast or sundowner cocktails in the bush. Top off an evening with a cocktail on the terrace overlooking the infinity pool. With cuisine uniquely crafted by our experienced culinary team, the possibilities are endless.
Linked by shaded walkways and clustered around the roaring furnace of the central, circular barbecue arena, the high-domed halls of our two-tier dining room are supported by massive papyrus-topped pillars and embellished with sumptuous traditional Makonde carvings.
Breakfast and lunch are presented in buffet-style and feature a wide range of international choices. In typical safari style, we offer a full English breakfast as well as European options while our lunch menus will typically include meat, poultry, fish and vegetarian options. Our table d'hôte dinner menus feature a salad buffet, soup, entrée, pudding, cheese and biscuits as well as tea or coffee. Vegetarian options are always available. The majority of our meat and dairy products, as well as our fruits and vegetables, are sourced from the communities that surround the reserve.
It is perfectly set on a beautiful Savanna grassland of the Serengeti under the Acacia Trees proving a wonderful natural ambience preferred by people who would like to have an exciting , unique HOT LUNCH in the middle of nowhere as compared to the cold packed picnic boxes. The experience provides an unforgettable combination of hospitality and most of all spectacular scenery of dining with the animals
GENERAL OFFER FOOD A standard four course menu with active Grilling of meat To include: Salads Soup Grills done on Charcoal grills
Dessert-Sweets and Tropical fruits
BEVERAGE- will be cash Bar.
Typically, the Serengeti bush dinner takes place at a scenic location on the plains. Or it can occur at our own dedicated bush dinner site, which stands high on a hill overlooking the migration corridor. Timed to coincide with the setting of the sun, which on the Equator is around 6:00 p.m., the bush dinner will commence either with a game drive or a short stroll to our hilltop site.
Arriving at the chosen location with fabulous views across the plains, you will find that tables and chairs have already been set up. In addition, a campfire, lanterns and a bush kitchen await you.
Beginning with sundowners around the campfire, we are proud to entertain our guests with traditional marimba music while a five-course dinner is prepared on the blazing charcoal BBQ. The choice of meat, fish and poultry will be supplemented by vegetarian choices, salads, fruit and desserts from the set buffet. Also, a full safari bar will be provided.
*Minimum pax is 8 and charged per person.
An essential part of traditional safari life, the concept of having drinks whilst watching the sun go down dates back to the time of the great safaris of the 1920s. They all featured the serving of elegant “bush” cocktails against the unforgettable backdrop of the African sunset.
Timed to commence as the sun starts its descent, which on the Equator is usually around 6:00 p.m., the Serengeti sundowner begins with a gentle drive to a scenic spot. Chairs, lamps, a campfire and a bush bar with cocktail snacks will already have been set up. Musical entertainment can also be provided.
