Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge :: Arusha Tanzania Lifestyles Travels

Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge :: Arusha Tanzania Lifestyles Travels

Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge is located in the Arusha area of northern Tanzania.

Arusha is a relatively large town in northern Tanzania, a major transport hub that acts as a gateway to the famous safari reserves of Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara, and Tarangire, as well as Mount Kilimanjaro.

It is a buzzing and lively town in a scenic location at the foot of Mount Meru and with its suburbs spread out over numerous volcanic foothills. The place has a frontier-style atmosphere, with safari vehicles, stinky trucks, and cranky old taxis fighting for space on the dusty roads.

The areas to the north and east of town are extremely scenic, with coffee plantations and shamba farms covering the volcanic hills, a great place for walking and mountain biking, and containing some high-quality rural retreats.

But we don’t want to paint too pretty a picture here. Most visitors view Arusha as a rather hectic African town, which for the most part is dirty, chaotic, and run down. There are also some serious traffic issues and getting across town in the rush hour can be a major undertaking.

Love it or hate it, that’s the way most towns and cities are on this continent.

Getting there

The property is usually accessed by scheduled flights into Kilimanjaro International Airport, from where it is a road transfer of 30 minutes.

It can also be accessed from Arusha Airport, for flights from domestic locations including Zanzibar, Serengeti, and Ruaha, from where it is a road transfer of 60-90 minutes depending on traffic.

If staying here after returning by overland safari from Serengeti, it is about 4-5 hours by road from the Ngorongoro Crater and 3 hours from Tarangire or Manyara.

We usually include all the connecting transport for your trip unless you specifically ask us not to.