Mount Meru Game Lodge

🌿 SUSTAINABILITY AT MOUNT MERU GAME LODGE

We are passionate about protecting the environment and preserving the natural and cultural heritage of this land we are proud to call home.

Here are some of the ways we’re making a difference:

♻️ Since 2023, we’ve signed up to a recycling programme at Kennedy House International School—recycling glass, tins, plastics, and paper, while donating melted candle wax to a local candlemaker.

💧 Through in-room signage, we encourage our guests to be water-wise.

🍃 In our restaurant, we prioritise refillable and recyclable glass bottles over single-use plastics wherever possible.

🧴 We use biodegradable cleaning and laundry products, and provide eco-friendly in-room guest amenities.

👩‍🍳 Our team is at the heart of what we do—through ongoing training in hospitality, sustainability and professional development, we empower our staff to grow and share knowledge with our guests.

🌍 We source food locally and support our community by employing staff from nearby areas and offering internships to local tourism students.

🪵 Throughout our ongoing renovations, we prioritise reuse and upcycling, with donations of materials and furnishings to local schools and orphanages.

🐓 Food waste is repurposed—some of it supports staff livestock, for example—and we’re planning a vegetable garden using natural compost from food waste and coffee grounds.

🌳 In the past year, we’ve planted 30 indigenous trees in our Sanctuary Gardens, including the African Tulip (Spathodea campanulata) pictured.

Every small step matters—and we’re committed to continuing this journey. 💚
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✨ A special shout-out to editor Cynthia Adams and writer Laura Kyle at Ndege News, the inflight magazine of AirKenya, for this beautiful feature in their latest issue.

We’re truly delighted to share the story of our historic Lodge and the exciting renovations we’ve undertaken since welcoming new partners in late 2021.

Take a moment to discover a little piece of what makes our Lodge so special… 🌿

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As each day heads towards dusk, our team gets to work setting up our bonfire, which lights up our alfresco restaurant with a warm and gentle glow. The flickering flames, the cool night air, and the orchestra of animal, bird, and insect sounds combine to create a memorable moment in your Tanzania adventure that will stay with you long after the fire fades.

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The decoration of our 25 guest rooms and bathrooms, as well as our facilities, from massage spa to bar and lounge area and more, has not followed a formula or generic ‘one size fits all’ approach. Far from it. From fabric to furniture, wall colours and artistic accents have all been handpicked for their unique attributes and charm. Much of our decor is handmade in Tanzania, with some of it sourced further afield in Africa - such as these handcarved ceremonial Bamileke shields from Cameroon. The journey of searching and sourcing has been a memorable one, with some solid relationships made in the process, as well as rooms we are proud of. We invite you to come and savour the results.

Whether it’s a traditional English breakfast or a platter of freshly sliced seasonal fruits that fuels your early morning tank, our buffet breakfast table is designed to be an abundant colour- and flavour-filled offering that caters to a wide array of tastes.

Highlights include our bakery selection boasting spice loaves and gluten-free bread, croissants and banana cakes, and then hearty omelettes, streaky bacon, pancakes with all the zingy trimmings and traditional ‘uji’ oatmeal porridge served with cinnamon, sugar and a sprinkling of mixed nuts. Oh! And the homemade nut & raisin muesli…

We are committed to sourcing locally as much as we can, and our nutritious dishes are proudly homemade from scratch.

Should you be departing very early, we are happy to pack you a breakfast box for the road. Please talk to our receptionists the night before to arrange this. Chakula chema!
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