Rooms and occupancy
About 167–171 rooms and suites
City five-star · meetings · Tanzania
Gran Meliá Arusha, Simeon Road, Arusha city
Simeon Road, Arusha city
Overview
The Arusha arrival hotel we specify when the group needs meeting rooms, a spa and a Mount Meru view before the northern circuit. RedLevel suites for the top of the rooming list.
We brief Gran Meliá Arusha as part of a meeting, incentive, conference or executive retreat — not as a consumer hotel checkout. Availability is on request from the Arusha desk, with Nairobi and Mauritius covering hub and island programmes.
Location
Gran Meliá Arusha sits in Simeon Road, Arusha city, Arusha, Tanzania. There is often no street address in the bush — the pin is the property name, the airstrip, or the hotel road in town.
Map of Gran Meliá Arusha.
Airports and access
- About 10 km / 20 min from Arusha Airport (ARK); about 48 km / 45–60 min from Kilimanjaro International (JRO)
- Kilimanjaro International (JRO): Primary international gateway for northern safari groups and Kilimanjaro climbs — about 40–45 min to Moshi, 50–60 min to Arusha
- Julius Nyerere International, Dar es Salaam (DAR): Commercial capital; useful for south/coast combinations
- Arusha Airport (ARK): Domestic safari charters and scheduled hops to Serengeti airstrips
- Abeid Amani Karume, Zanzibar (ZNZ): Beach finale — treat as its own destination page
Nearby programmes
- Ngorongoro Crater floor · Full day
- Serengeti game drives & migration positioning · 2–4 nights
- Tarangire baobabs & night skies · Half or full day
- Arusha city, coffee and culture · Half day
- Lake Manyara tree-cover and escarpment views · Half day
Accommodation details
Occupancy limits
Occupancy follows the inventory above: sharing versus single is the usual swing on a MICE rooming list.
Bed configurations
Doubles, twins and singles as the property actually holds them — we collect the rooming list before we lock the block. We do not invent a suite mix the lodge has not confirmed.
Room sizes
Published square metres are a consumer-hotel spec. We brief the category — tent, suite, villa or room — and any ground-floor or interconnecting need in the annex.
This stay is briefed when the list needs a working room as well as beds. Meeting-room capacity is confirmed on proposal — bush lodges are typically 80–120, not a 400-person plenary.
Services and amenities
What we actually brief for this stay. Paid extras, spa hours and meeting-room AV are confirmed in the proposal — not as a consumer extras menu.
Wi-Fi & connectivity
- — Wi-Fi
Pool, spa & gym
- — Infinity pool
- — Spa and gym
Restaurant & bar
- — Rooftop bar
- — Three restaurants
- — RedLevel butler service
Meetings & business
- — Meeting rooms and business centre
- — Meeting rooms
Parking & transfers
- — About 10 km / 20 min from Arusha Airport (ARK); about 48 km / 45–60 min from Kilimanjaro International (JRO)
On property
- — Mount Meru views
- — Safari staging
- — Incentive scale
Photo gallery
Overview, main area, suites, restaurants and bar, pool, and experiences.
Policies
Check-in and check-out
Hotel hours are confirmed when we contract the block. Typical city and beach houses use afternoon check-in and late-morning check-out; we request early or late as the diary needs it, subject to the hotel.
Cancellation
Cancellation follows the programme contract and the supplier behind this stay — not a one-line website percentage. Peak safari, gorilla lodges and island peak are the least flexible lines. Force majeure and airstrip clauses sit in the annex.
Children
Family rooms and interconnecting stock are requested with the rooming list. Age rules, cots and extra beds are confirmed with the hotel — not assumed from a brochure.
Pets
Not for MICE rooming lists unless the property and the brief both say otherwise. Service animals are a named conversation, not a website toggle.
Payment
Payment is through Serengeti Experience DMC as part of the programme invoice: a confirmation deposit to hold the block, staged supplier payments, and a final payment before arrival. This is not a consumer booking engine and we do not take card payments on this page.
Other terms
Gran Meliá Arusha is contracted subject to availability. Park fees, conservancy fees, gorilla permits and internal air are separate lines unless the proposal says they are included.
Planner notes
We do not publish star ratings or scraped guest reviews. Fit is scale, access and the operations annex — not a 4.8 average that we did not collect.
The Arusha arrival hotel we specify when the group needs meeting rooms, a spa and a Mount Meru view before the northern circuit. RedLevel suites for the top of the rooming list.
FAQs
How do groups reach Gran Meliá Arusha?
About 10 km / 20 min from Arusha Airport (ARK); about 48 km / 45–60 min from Kilimanjaro International (JRO) Tanzania airports we actually use: Kilimanjaro International (JRO) — Primary international gateway for northern safari groups and Kilimanjaro climbs — about 40–45 min to Moshi, 50–60 min to Arusha Julius Nyerere International, Dar es Salaam (DAR) — Commercial capital; useful for south/coast combinations Arusha Airport (ARK) — Domestic safari charters and scheduled hops to Serengeti airstrips Abeid Amani Karume, Zanzibar (ZNZ) — Beach finale — treat as its own destination page
Can we hold a meeting at Gran Meliá Arusha?
Yes, at lodge or hotel scale — a closed board or incentive debrief, not a 400-person plenary unless this is already a city or beach house with that room. The Arusha arrival hotel we specify when the group needs meeting rooms, a spa and a Mount Meru view before the northern circuit. RedLevel suites for the top of the rooming list.
When should we contract Gran Meliá Arusha?
July–October for classic migration incentives; February–March for calving and photography; June and November for value without sacrificing wildlife. Kilimanjaro climbs follow the same dry windows — late June–October and January–early March — with extra nights for acclimatisation, not a shorter route. Flagship safari and gorilla inventory still wants 12–18 months. City board nights can often be placed in 6–9 months.
Do you publish a nightly rate for Gran Meliá Arusha?
No. Availability and the commercial are on request through Serengeti Experience DMC as part of a meetings, incentive, conference or retreat programme. We will not invent a website price the lodge then contradicts.
Can we book Gran Meliá Arusha without a MICE programme?
This page is for incentive houses, corporate travel buyers and event planners contracting through Serengeti Experience DMC. We confirm the block, the rooming list and the operations annex together.
Do we need yellow fever certificates for Tanzania?
Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Zanzibar require a yellow fever vaccination certificate upon arrival. We collect it with passports on the rooming list — do not leave it to the airport queue.
Do guests need Zanzibar inbound travel insurance if the programme includes the island?
Zanzibar requires all non-resident foreign visitors to purchase mandatory inbound travel insurance issued exclusively by the Zanzibar Insurance Corporation (ZIC). Buy it online before travel at https://inbound.visitzanzibar.go.tz/
