Lake Manyara Hotel is dramatically located in the very edge of the vertiginous western escarpment of the Great Rift Valley. Affording magnificent views across the lake, it is elegantly designed on two levels and presented in classic Tanzanian safari style. A tranquil safari lodge, Lake Manyara Hotel offers 100 hotel rooms, all with private balconies and stunning views across the waters of the lake.  The Lake Manyara Hotel also offers a hill-top swimming pool and sundeck with panoramic views.

Location

The Lake Manyara Hotel is located within the Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania. The park lies 3 km from the small town of Mto wa Mbu, Northern Tanzania (130 kilometres west of Arusha via the Arusha-Serengeti road: approximate journey time 1.5 hours). The national park has an airstrip.

Accommodation

Lake Manyara Hotel has 100 spacious ensuite guestrooms, each of them with a private balcony affording magnificent views over the Lake and the Rift Valley. Tastefully decorated, they comprise 2 suites, three interconnecting family rooms and 8 deluxe rooms. Additionally the lodge offers a TV lounge (satellite TV), a boutique, videos, a private landing strip, medical services, laundry and reception/communication services.

Dining and bars

The restaurant, set on the very edge of the escarpment, overlooks the lake. A team of professional chefs offer both international and local cuisine using locally grown produce. Theme nights are also offered. The bar also offers a terrace overlooking the lake. Menus at the lodge typically reflect the best of Tanzania choices, vegetarian options, safari specials and international favourites.

Conference and event facilities

Lake Manyara Hotel does not offer specific conference facilities but small events can be accommodated. The lodge makes an ideal honeymoon or Tanzania wedding venue.

Child-friendly
Lake Manyara Hotel welcomes children. Family rooms, cots, additional beds, babysitting and child services are offered.

What to see and do

Typical Tanzania safari experiences: Safari game drives in especially adapted 4WD safari vehicles (with professionally trained Tanzania safari guides), adventure bush breakfasts, lunches and dinners; cocktails around the lodge safari campfire and guided safari walks through the bush and around the flamingo-fringed lake. E Unoto Retreat also offers ornithological tours, cultural performances and visits to the local Maasai people of Tanzania.

Specific to Lake Manyara adventure safaris activities: Boating trips around Lake Manyara and its ecosystem, Flamingo-viewing; visits to the villages of the Mbu Cultural Tourism Programme offering village walks, bicycle tours and boating trips.
Mountain biking around the national park and adjacent landscapes; day game driving trips to nearby Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire National Park; visits to the Conservation Area and the Ol Duvai Gorge paleolithic site.