Mount Meru Hotel

A four-star hotel in the middle of Arusha with 178 rooms and suites. Air conditioning, televisions, minibars, safes and tea and coffee things as standard, with executive and presidential suites adding sitting and dining rooms.

Two restaurants, two bars, room service around the clock, an outdoor pool and a gym. At this size it runs as a proper hotel, which is either the appeal or the drawback depending on what you want from the night before a safari.