The lodge sits on top of the Rift Valley escarpment above Mto wa Mbu, looking down over Lake Manyara and the national park below. Accommodation is in circular thatched rondavels; the architecture and decoration take their cues from the area's birdlife. Facilities include an infinity pool facing the lake, the Flamingo Restaurant with terrace dining, the Maisha Spa, a bar and a conference room for up to 80. Beyond game drives in Lake Manyara National Park, the lodge offers canoeing on the lake when water levels allow, forest walks, mountain biking, village tours, the park's treetop walkway, and a range of on-site activities including cooking lessons and archery.
What sets it apart
Its position on top of the escarpment gives an aerial view over the lake and park that the lodges down on the valley floor do not have.
Who it suits
Lake Manyara as a first or last stop; birdwatching; families.
The essentials
| Country | Tanzania |
| Where | On the Mto wa Mbu escarpment above Lake Manyara National Park |
| Property type | lodge (rondavels) |
| Rooms | unverified. Neither the operator's own page nor Go2Africa states a total; both list standard king, twin and triple rooms plus the Losimingori Suite. |
What it costs
Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge publishes its own rates. Published on the official site: "Standard rooms start from $403 per night; the Losimingori Suite begins at $744 per night", per https://www.serenahotels.com/lake-manyara, as listed September 2026.
Rates move by season and are almost always quoted per person per night sharing, so read the property's own page before you budget.
About the photographs
The pictures on this page are stock photographs of African bush and desert country, chosen to suggest the kind of landscape you find around the Lake Manyara escarpment, Tanzania. They are not photographs of this property, and we cannot verify where any of them was taken — a stock library records the photographer, not the place. We use them rather than borrow the property's own marketing images, which would imply we had been there. For pictures of the rooms, see the property's own site.