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Kaliwa Lodge

4.0 star property
A peaceful mountain retreat near Kilimanjaro's Machame Gate where travelers can savor local cuisine, browse the library, or simply enjoy the natural surroundings

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Kaliwa Lodge welcomes travelers to a tranquil setting with a charming garden and well-stocked library. Guests enjoy in-room WiFi, drinks at the bar, and light fare at the restaurant. This upscale property consistently earns praise for its serene atmosphere.

Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Bar
  • Laundry
  • Room service
The current price is AED 689
AED 829 total
includes taxes & fees
17 Mar - 18 Mar

Room options

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Single Room | In-room safe, individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace

Single Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)

Highlights

Individually furnished
Fireplace
Connecting rooms available
Private bathroom
Free bottled water
Desk
In-room safe
Daily housekeeping
  • Garden view
  • 10 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Comfort Double Room, 1 Bedroom, Garden View, Garden Area | In-room safe, individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace

Comfort Double Room, 1 Bedroom, Garden View, Garden Area

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)

Highlights

Individually furnished
Fireplace
Connecting rooms available
Separate bedroom
Private bathroom
Free bottled water
Desk
In-room safe
  • Garden view
  • 15 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Twin Room | In-room safe, individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace

Twin Room

Highlights

Individually furnished
Fireplace
Connecting rooms available
Private bathroom
Free bottled water
Desk
In-room safe
Daily housekeeping
  • Garden view
  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Triple Room | In-room safe, individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace

Triple Room

Highlights

Individually furnished
Fireplace
Connecting rooms available
Private bathroom
Free bottled water
Wardrobe or closet
Laptop workspace
Desk
  • Garden view
  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 1 Queen Bed

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In-room safe, individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace

Deluxe Triple Room

Highlights

Individually furnished
Fireplace
Connecting rooms available
Private bathroom
Free bottled water
Desk
In-room safe
Daily housekeeping
  • Mountain view
  • 52 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Superior Bungalow, Multiple Beds, Balcony, Mountain View | Terrace/patio

Superior Bungalow, Multiple Beds, Balcony, Mountain View

Highlights

Individually furnished
Fireplace
Connecting rooms available
Free cribs/infant beds
Separate bedroom
Private bathroom
Free bottled water
Desk
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Twin Beds

About the neighborhood

Located in Machame, Kaliwa Lodge is in a rural area and on a river. Machame Gate is another place to visit that comes recommended. Explore all the area has to offer with ecotours and hiking/biking trails. Visit our Machame travel guide
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Map
Machame Road, Machame, 6967

What's nearby

  • Descending while sun rises after reaching the top of Africa's highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro! (5895m)
    Kilimanjaro National Park
    14 min drive - 10.4 km
  • Machame Gate
    14 min drive - 10.7 km
  • Moshi Golf Club
    30 min drive - 22.2 km
  • Uhuru Park
    32 min drive - 24.8 km
  • Moshi Outdoor Market
    33 min drive - 25.5 km

Getting around

  • Kilimanjaro (JRO-Kilimanjaro Intl.)
    58 min drive

Restaurants

  • Melinda's(Country Side Restaurant)
    9 min drive

About this property

Kaliwa Lodge

Upscale lodge near Machame Gate
A terrace, a garden, and a library are just a few of the amenities provided at Kaliwa Lodge. The on-site restaurant offers breakfast, lunch, dinner, and light fare. In addition to dry cleaning/laundry services and a bar, guests can connect to free in-room WiFi.
Additional perks include:
  • Free self parking
  • A roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge), express check-out, and express check-in
  • Luggage storage, tour/ticket assistance, and a 24-hour front desk
Room features
All guestrooms are individually furnished, and include comforts such as fireplaces and laptop-friendly workspaces, as well as thoughtful touches like free WiFi and safes.
More conveniences in all rooms include:
  • Bathrooms with showers and free toiletries
  • Wardrobes/closets, daily housekeeping, and desks

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle on request for a surcharge
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Things to do

  • Library

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • In the mountains
  • On a river
  • Pool loungers
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • 5 buildings
  • Built in 2012
  • Designated smoking areas
  • Mosquito nets

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service

More

  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Fireplace
  • Individual furnishings
  • Laptop workspace
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Contactless check-in available
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
This property provides WiFi up to 200 MB per person, per day.
Please note that this property is located approximately 15 miles (25 kilometers) outside of Moshi.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 50 per vehicle (one-way)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts cash
Cashless transactions are available
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

Kaliwa Lodge Machame
Kaliwa Lodge
Kaliwa Machame
Kaliwa Lodge Lodge
Kaliwa Lodge Machame
Kaliwa Lodge Lodge Machame

Frequently asked questions

Is Kaliwa Lodge pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much does it cost to stay at Kaliwa Lodge?

As of 7 March 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Kaliwa Lodge on 17 March 2026 start from AED 689, excluding taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Kaliwa Lodge?

Check-in begins at 2 PM.

What time is check-out at Kaliwa Lodge?

Check-out is at 11 AM.

Does Kaliwa Lodge provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle that runs on request. A fee of USD 50 per vehicle applies.

Where is Kaliwa Lodge located?

Situated on a river, this lodge is 6.3 mi (10.1 km) from Machame Gate.

Can I cancel my reservation for free and receive a full refund?

Yes, this property offers free cancellation on select room rates, because flexibility matters! Please refer to the property cancellation policy on our site for more details about any exclusions or requirements.

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Reviews

Kaliwa Lodge Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

9.2

Cleanliness

8.8

Location

9.6

Staff & service

8.6

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 50 out of 77 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 21 out of 77 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 77 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 77 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 77 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Melanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Amazing view from the deck, great service and rooms have everything you need
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Alex

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Kaliwa lodge is 1hr from airport & Mt Kili walking points. You must arrange transport with lodge to go anywhere as the lodge is very isolated. Located amongst banana plantation down a very bumpy dirt road. Lodge is surrounded by walls and is secure. The lodge has a garden courtyard with rooms around yard. Large deck overlooking a green valley and Mt Kilimanjaro. Room & ensuite is functional with adequate space. Dated modern decor, large netted comfy bed, good hot water & WiFi. Dinner was good & had breakfast box. Staff are great. Birds at night & early morning can be a nuisance for light sleepers. Dinner & drinks at reasonable prices.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Tabitha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Beautiful but not a comfortable sleep!

Lovely space and great staff. The room had no ventilation, the bed was extremely hard, not enough hooks in the bathroom to put wet towels, storage space in the shower to put the shampoo and body wash, and not enough counter space for toiletries. The breakfast was excellent and the coffee was delicious.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alex

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This was a wonderful zen stop for us in Kilimanjaro. The staff treated us like family and the food and drinks were amazing.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kofi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were incredible and so helpful. View is perfect
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Eugene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hidden gem

Phenomenal
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Mt. Kilimanjaro viewing deck was my favorite.

10/10 Excellent

Melissa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We enjoyed our stay at Kaliwa. The staff members were lovely--the people were the highlight of our stay. The rooms are practical but tastefully decorated, very clean, and pleasant. I'm very grateful that the Kaliwa team was accommodating when we realized that my father's CPAP breathing machine would need overnight electricity. Their quick thinking was very appreciated. The food was very nice and we enjoyed our stay very much.

10/10 Excellent

Phil & Laura

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Perfect Place to Recover from Long Flights

We had been promised a driver to take us from the airport to the lodge, and he was there waiting in spite of the l-o-n-g entry process and the late hour. And, he is a very good driver, even where the roads were iffy. We were offered a late light supper, which was perfect. In the morning, the manager greeted us with "Come see the mountain. It's the first time in a month!" He led us to a huge deck jutting out over a gorge, and there in front of us was a crystal clear Kilimanjaro. Wow! Kaliwa Lodge offers several add-on excursions. We chose to do a short walking tour the first day to get the kinks out and a longer walking tour the second that included lunch and a tour of a coffee plantation. Both were well worth it to us. The grounds of the lodge are lovely and beautifully maintained. The rooms consist of one long building with several units and then some that are back-to-back units. We had one of the latter and loved it. The simplicity and great bed also helped us leave the frazzle of travel behind. Breakfast is included in the room rate and was both generous and healthful. We stayed for three nights and had the regular dinner twice and lunch once. The rates for these were very reasonable and the wine prices also.

2/10 Terrible

Charles

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Avoid, I stayed here in August 2024. I should have left a review before now, however, was waiting for the police to review my complaint but nothing appears to have happened. I stayed here before climbing Kilimanjaro and had over $1000 in cash stolen from my hotel room whilst I slept. The hotel staff searched the room thoroughly but the monies never turned up. This is obviously a serious accusation and have thought twice about posting this review but believe it is necessary to alert anyone else staying at this property. The hotel is supposed to be on a gated enclosure so can only conclude it was a member of staff responsible for the theft.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Mounir

Liked: Staff & service
Het is prachtige omgeving midden in de natuur en met een fantastisch uitzicht op de berg Kilimanjaro. Prijverhouding per nacht versus de kwaliteit van de kamers vonden wij niet in verhouding staan. Echter kan ik deze accommodatie wel aanraden. Super vriendelijk personeel die enorm hard hun best doen om het jou zo comfortabel mogelijk te maken. Het bed is prima en zo ook het eten. Transfer naar het vliegveld was ook prima geregeld en de chauffeur was ruim op tijd. Tevens hadden ze de koffie en de ontbijt pakketten voor ons klaargezet. En aangezien wij om 03:30 uur richting het vliegveld moesten was dit buitengewoon goed geregeld.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

stephane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Dépaysement et détente totale

Très bel emplacement, en pleine nature et quelle vue. Le personnel est aux petits soins. Le dîner ainsi que le petit déjeuner était délicieux et bien copieux. Nous avons passé un excellent séjour. Nous avons également profité de l'excursion aux eaux chaudes via l'hôtel et avons adoré. Merci beaucoup
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Erik

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice stay near kilimanjaro

We enjoyed very much our stay at this property. Very warm welcome, great service. The breakfast with the view on the kilimanjaro is spectacular. The only negative point was that credit card machine didn't worked and we had to pay in cash.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Pierre

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Séjour fantastique

J’ai passé un séjour fantastique, le cadre était magnifique calme, reposant et réellement en harmonie avec la nature le personnel était adorable et hyper réactif de l’accueil à mon départ. Je recommande vivement.
Chambre comfortable et préparée avec beaucoup d’attention
Petit déjeuner de très bonne qualité
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021

6/10 Okay

KAREN

Liked: Staff & service

kaliwa

facilities are okay. periodically lost electricity and hot water. the staff are wondferful, however.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

kilimanjaro

Beautiful views of Kilimanjaro from deck !!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Juuso

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Unforgettable stay

I want to thank Inger, Marvin and all of the Kaliwa Lodge staff for an incredible stay at the foot of Kilimanjaro. Not only is the place unique and astonishingly beautiful, you feel most welcome and all of the staff is always ready to help you and even share personal stories and local info when you're eating or hanging around in the lobby. An added plus for the lunch and dinner menus, not once did I taste even anything mediocre, was really surprised the high quality of the food, better than in most good restaurants in Tanzania or Kenya - special mentions to the chicken curry and the spaghetti arrabiatta. The place is a bit out of town but the experience is more than worth it. And you never forget the moment when you see Kilimanjaro in the morning sun for the first time from the hotel terrace. I would rate Kaliwa Lodge as a top 5 stay in all of my travels. Juuso from Finland
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Richard, Düsseldorf

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The lodge is really great. It was our best stay on our Tanzania Trip. The German Managers are very nice and helpfull. They have great terrace with view to the top of the kilimanjaro and a nice garden. We also did the "machame walk" which you can book there. It was a very nice half day trip. We whould defenetely recommend to stay there.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great little place, breathtaking views, friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2017

10/10 Excellent

Johanna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

We warnt to come again

It was very beautiful. Very kindly staff
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Nicolas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing place ! Amazing staff ! All good
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

kl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
good hotel. but it is expensive.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It is in a unique location, very quiet and peaceful. The deck is very nice.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

HITOSHI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

まさにキリマンジャロの1点のみ

まさにテラスからのキリマンジャロのみ。 他にメリットを見つけるのは難しい。 ミニバスで安価にアクセスできるが、明るいうちの到着が必須。 ミニバスは意外と頻繁に出ている。Machame Roadと国道の交差点での乗り継ぎも特に問題ない。 朝食は期待できない、まさにキリマンジャロの1点。
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The view of Kilimanjaro was great. Did see it but is very weather dependent. Staff were brilliant. Nothing was too much trouble!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019