★★★★
Holiday home
Usa River
9.3/10

Hillside Retreat – Africa Amini Life

Elegant Accommodation: Hillside Retreat – Africa Amini Life in Usa River offers a holiday home with a sun terrace, garden, bar, and a year-round outdoor swimming pool. Guests enjoy free WiFi, ensuring connectivity during their stay. Comfortable Amenities: The property features family rooms, an outdoor play area, and a children’s playground. Additional facilities include a coffee shop, outdoor seating, and a terrace with mountain views. Free on-site private parking is available. Convenient Location: Located 40 km from Kilimanjaro International Airport, the holiday home is near attractions such as Lake Momella (10 km), Olpopongi Masai Cultural Village & Museum (31 km), and Ngurdoto Crater (20 km). Guests appreciate the scenic views and proximity to nature.

Top location: Highly rated by recent guests (8.9)
Free private parking available on-site

Book now — best price guaranteed!

Kids

Children of any age are welcome.

Dogs

Pets are allowed on request. No extra charges.

Address

Ngare Nanyuki Village, Arumeru district, Usa River, Tanzania, Usa River, Tanzania

Facilities

Outdoor swimming pool Airport shuttle Non-smoking rooms Room service Free WiFi Family rooms Free parking Bar Breakfast Houses Kitchen Mountain view Garden Pets allowed Swimming pool Terrace

Gallery

a bedroom with a bed and a chandelier at Hillside Retreat – Africa Amini Life in Usa River

a bedroom with a bed and a painting on the wall at Hillside Retreat – Africa Amini Life in Usa River

a large pool of water in a yard at Hillside Retreat – Africa Amini Life in Usa River

a man and woman sitting at a picnic table with food at Hillside Retreat – Africa Amini Life in Usa River

a plate of food on a table with a glass of wine at Hillside Retreat – Africa Amini Life in Usa River

a bedroom with a bed and a desk and a chair at Hillside Retreat – Africa Amini Life in Usa River

a living room with a couch and a table at Hillside Retreat – Africa Amini Life in Usa River

a boy and a girl are looking at two sheep at Hillside Retreat – Africa Amini Life in Usa River

a porch of a house with a wooden deck at Hillside Retreat – Africa Amini Life in Usa River

More photos on Booking

Reviews

Anouk 9/10

Netherlands 🇳🇱

Pros: Amazing place. It is an NGO owned place, run by locals . Great food and very helpful staff.

José 9/10

Brazil 🇧🇷

Wonderfull stay, magical place!

Pros: Most beautiful location and landscaped gardens, the views of Kili and Meru are stupendous. Attentive and helpful staff. We did to great safaris and Kelvin, our guide, has been amazing. Food was delicious in every meal. Had the greatest time there.

Cons: Overall cleaning was reasonable, but could be better.

Ruben 10/10

Belgium 🇧🇪

Absolute recommendation for anyone!

Pros: It was the most warm arrival and departure we could have wished for. Such motivated and friendly people, always ready to help. We enjoyed our stay so very much. The community initiatives they are doing is really inspiring and with so much respect to the country and its people, and just by booking this accommodation, you could be contributing to this as well.

Helmuth 10/10

Austria 🇦🇹

it was inspiring and vibrant - I’ll sure to come again

Pros: very friendly service, especially to mention- lucas and ezra. but the whole team is extraordinary……

John 9/10

Netherlands 🇳🇱

Lovely, relaxing and insight in local projects from Africa Amini Life.

Pros: Perfect cabins/views, friendly personnel and delicious food/meals. Nice hiking in the mountains.

Cons: It is remote unless you come for the mountains, Arusha N.P. (accommodation at the gate / border of the park) or relaxing and enjoying the nature and views) You have to travel around the N.P. (Otherwise paying entrance fee ($59 pp)

Bart 10/10

Belgium 🇧🇪

Unbelievable experience

Pros: The luxury of the accommodation is wonderful, the back patio with a stunning view of Mount Meru an unbelievable place to enjoy breakfast and dinner. The staff is super friendly and helpful. Oh and you're supporting an NGO that does fantastic work for the local Meru and Masai people.

Cons: Nothing really, only that we only had 1 night to spend there.

Matthias 10/10

Germany 🇩🇪

Very friendly, lovely stuff, nice location

Pros: Very calm location, close to the park, nice on the hillside

Mohammed 9/10

Austria 🇦🇹

For Nature lovers

Pros: Friendly welcoming staff, the design, location in the middle of the forest

Cons: The road condition to reach the hotel is not the best also the distance is a bit far

Janine 10/10

United Kingdom 🇬🇧

A really special place to relax and enjoy the beauty of Tanzania

Pros: Wonderfully remote and breathtakingly beautiful location. Accommodation is very tasteful and comfortable. The team led by Lucas greeted us with the warmest of welcomes and were so attentive throughout our stay. The food which is locally produced is delicious and plentiful. With proceeds contributing to the local community, this really is an amazing treasure of a hotel.

Cons: Nothing. It requires careful following of instructions to find - it is very remote (which we loved)

Tobias 10/10

Germany 🇩🇪

Pros: Just wow! We stayed at the large house and we absolutely stunned by the incredible view onto Mt. Meru. The staff is extremely friendly and helpful. We did several of the offered activities and loved all of them. We loved it so much that we extended our stay. It was our favorite place to stay in our whole Tanzania journey.