Meliá Serengeti Lodge
Nyamuma Hills, Central Serengeti, Tanzania
Location
Nyamuma Hills
The lodge stands on the southern slopes of the Nyamuma Hills in the central Serengeti, overlooking the Mbalageti River valley and a lagoon, around 50 minutes from the Seronera airstrip — with migration views in peak season.
Transfer
A Serengeti transfer
Fly to the Seronera airstrip, then around 50 minutes by road. An optional Safari Experience package handles the transfers and a shared-Jeep game drive.
Villas
50 rooms
Fifty rooms over two floors — ground-floor Lagoon View and first-floor Savannah Panoramic rooms, both around 33 square metres with ceiling fans, plus two 144-square-metre Serengeti Suites for families.
Best For
Who it suits
Families and value-minded travellers who want a comfortable, well-located central-Serengeti base — interconnecting rooms, a kids' programme and a flexible shared-Jeep safari add-on.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
Bed and breakfast, with an optional Safari Experience package that adds Seronera transfers, a half-day shared-Jeep game drive and a bush picnic.
About the Resort
A comfortable central-Serengeti base
Meliá Serengeti Lodge is the central Serengeti's comfortable, well-priced base — a two-storey hillside lodge on the southern slopes of the Nyamuma Hills, overlooking the Mbalageti River valley and a lagoon, with an infinity pool that looks out over the plains. Fifty rooms spread across two floors, around 33 square metres each with ceiling fans, plus two larger Serengeti Suites for families, and the setting draws migration views in peak season around June and July. It is built with families in mind — interconnecting rooms, two-bedroom suites and a Kids & Co programme — and the model is flexible, not fixed: the lodge is booked on bed and breakfast, with an optional Safari Experience package that adds Seronera transfers, a half-day shared-Jeep game drive and a bush picnic. That makes it a different proposition from the all-inclusive luxury camps — a relaxed, value-minded place to base a Serengeti trip, with the safari arranged as an add-on when you want it. Reached by a light-aircraft hop to Seronera and a short drive, it is the easygoing way into the plains.
Accommodation
Rooms & suites
Fifty rooms over two floors, each around 33 square metres with ceiling fans — ground-floor Lagoon View rooms over the valley and first-floor Savannah Panoramic rooms with private terraces and interconnecting options — plus two 144-square-metre Serengeti Suites for families.
Entry
Lagoon View Room
Sleeps two to three. Around 33 square metres on the ground floor, with a valley and lagoon outlook.
33 sqmLagoon view
Panoramic
Savannah Panoramic Room
Sleeps two to three. Around 33 square metres on the first floor, with a private terrace over the plains — interconnecting rooms available.
33 sqmPlains view
Family
Serengeti Suite
Sleeps four. A two-bedroom suite of 144 square metres with a lounge and terrace — one of two, built for families.
144 sqmTwo-bedroom
Food & Drink
Dining
Dining centres on the main restaurant, with open show-cooking islands and a terrace over the Serengeti, plus a main bar for Tanzanian coffees and local gin, and a pool bar by the infinity pool.
Signature
The main restaurant
The main restaurant, with open show-cooking islands and a terrace over the Serengeti.
Bar
The bar
The main bar, for Tanzanian coffees and local gin.
Pool
The pool bar
A pool bar by the infinity pool.
Wellbeing
Spa & pool
There is a spa and a gym, and an infinity pool overlooking the plains with a nearby waterhole. Game viewing comes as an optional Safari Experience package — a half-day shared-Jeep drive with transfers and a bush picnic, not included private drives.
The spa
A spa and a gym.
An infinity pool
An infinity pool overlooking the plains.
A safari add-on
An optional Safari Experience package adds a half-day shared-Jeep game drive.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
A relaxed Serengeti base with the safari arranged when you want it. Swim the infinity pool over the plains, take a bush picnic, add a shared-Jeep game drive, and watch the migration pass in peak season.
The infinity pool
The infinity pool over the plains.
Bush picnic
A bush picnic or breakfast out on the plains.
Shared-Jeep safari
Game viewing on the optional shared-Jeep Safari Experience, with Seronera transfers and a bush picnic.
Migration views
Migration views from the lodge in peak season, around June and July.
Kids & Co
The Kids & Co children's programme.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
To the Seronera airstrip
Fly to the Seronera airstrip, then around 50 minutes by road.
In the park
Central Serengeti
On the Nyamuma Hills in the central Serengeti, over the Mbalageti valley.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
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“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Meliá Serengeti Lodge. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Bed and breakfast, with an optional Safari Experience package adding transfers and a half-day shared-Jeep game drive.
Made for families
- A strong family base — interconnecting rooms, two-bedroom suites and a Kids & Co programme.
Note
- A comfortable, well-priced central-Serengeti base where the safari is a flexible shared-Jeep add-on, not included private game drives.
Getting there
- Around 50 minutes by road from the Seronera airstrip.
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