Arusha Coffee Lodge hearkens back to an earlier time by respecting the heritage of the original homestead from the early 1900’2. The spacious suites are housed in free standing cottages scattered throughout the grounds, each offering plenty of privacy and amenities to enable you to recover from jetlag or from your active safari circuit. With plenty of space to spread out, the rooms all include en suite bathrooms with shower and free-standing bathtubs, large beds romantically draped in mosquito netting, and ample outdoor space from which to enjoy the antics of the local monkey population. Each room also includes a private fireplace either indoors or on the outside verandah.

The Homestead houses the main restaurant The Grill Room, as well as the smaller café bistro and a bar/lounge all arranged around a central reflecting pond that (like many other places on property) often attracts the attention of the resident monkeys. The Grill Room offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner each day – we recommend requesting a table in the garden to enjoy the beautiful grounds alongside your meal. Alternatively, the Bistro is an all-day and all-night alternative with a slightly more casual menu and its own pizza oven. Our favorite dish – the corn fritters featuring fresh local produce throughout!

The charming collection of shops on property offer great shopping for all those gifts you need to bring home to loved ones (or for yourself 😉). With options ranging from a coffee shop to a Tanzanite dealer there’s something for everyone but our personal favorite is the Shanga shop. This amazing workshop is dedicated to supporting and empowering community members with disabilities. Through their on-site workshop they create works of art (often from recycled or upcycled materials) for sale in the shop. Make sure to ask for a tour of the workshop during your visit – many of the artisans even give lessons to guests!

Elsewhere on property, near the swimming pool, the Peaberries Spa offers relaxing treatments like massages, pedicures, manicures and more.