This place is one of the best places to relax and unwind before and after a safari. It’s very close to the Kilimanjaro International Airport, therefore catching a flight, even... read more at midnight won’t be a problem . The staff are excellent.
The food is homely, freshly made prepared with local fresh ingredients, is delicious.
The rooms are tastefully decorated with modern amenities but with African esthetic touch. There are shady trees and the hotel ground is huge, the pool is good too- ideal for children to play around. It’s quiet and laidback. So many different birds visit regularly. They thrive in this garden full of fruit trees and the air in the garden smells of sweet nectar.
Suggestion- the online payment system needs to be improved, ACs need to be serviced and just as suggestion, the hotel management may plant more colourful flowers like roses and calendulas etc as the soil and climate is ideal. The manager Mr Abuu, and staffs Yohana and Tegemea are particularly very helpful, kind.
All staffs are very efficient and kind

  Planet Lodge visit - Great start to my Safari. Great team members from the front staff and restaurant team. Food was great and had many food choices. Once you enter the... read more lodge area, you can see it is a private setting. The grounds have lush bushes. The room has A/C and are very large. The bed was very comfortable. Highly recommend

  we spent 2 night in this hotel. 1 night when we arrived to Tanzania and 1 night when before departure. The room is very comfortable, clean and huge. Catering services... read more are professional, foods really tasty, and staff extremely polite. Hotel is able to everything what you want. really close to the airport, 5 minutes by car and the hotel have a minibus between the lodge and airport. Best place after and before arrival, departure.

  Brilliant staff and great atmosphere - This place is amazing mainly because the staff are amazing. The lodges and accommodation are great and food is varied with traditional samples on the menu. But the staff and... read more home from home feel really make it special. We had such an amazing warm welcome from everyone. Thank you so much. Highly recommend. We are here now and looking forward to coming back before we finish our holiday.

  Great place to stay near the airport. - Pickup at the airport was right when we exited customs. The agent, Angel helped us with our bags and led us to our car where the driver, Alex was waiting.... read more Checkin was seamless and we were led to our comfortable room. I removed one star bc our bathroom had a leaky toilet tank and our shower floor slanted so the water spill out to the main floor. However, on the plus side, the staff was extremely friendly and very responsive to our needs. Breakfast had great variety and I enjoyed the made-to-order omelet. I would highly recommend this lodge if a convenient stay close to the airport is needed.

  Very good to stay - After the camping safari it was perfect to rehab. Fantastic stay! Breakfast various and tasty. Kind Service. Clean Rooms. The garden is pretty and the poolside good to refresh. The... read more beds was kingssize and quite comfortable. Nothing we missed. Thank you for the nice service at our stay.

  Wonderful accommodations at the Kilimanjaro Airport Plant Lodge Hotel. - The Planet Lodges Kilimanjaro Airport Hotel is a wonderful accommodation. The staff is friendly, the property is well taken care of and the rooms are spotless.

  Overall a always a pleasant stay here, nice facilities and clean property. Lots of positives to list, things we liked: really nice clean pool and good quality pool towels; nice... read more shower with good pressure, hot water doesn't take very long so little water wastage in a watter sensitive area (shower mixer would be better option to reduce even further time wasting trying to get the right temp, just a suggestion!), modern safety box, good AC for those hot and humid days, TV and channels are standard for a 3star property, good free wifi connectiity, we liked the flip-flops in the room thought it was quirky as opposed to the normal slippers - it's more of a flip-flop-type property so it works, figuratively not pretending to be a 'slipper property' :), fresh fruit at breakfast really tasty. So a lot going for it really!

Things we thought we work or things we thought weren't nice to experience at all: $15 for a very average pizza we thought is simply too expensive, if you are accustomed to an 'international standard pizza' this simply doesn't cut it; not a fan of of the standard 3-course meal for $50pp, leaving any other options quite expensive even for internal standards - not sure why things are so expensive here, there's no need for it (?). Breakfast was included which was great otherwise $12pp if for some reason you book room only. The so-called 'beef' sausages aren't worth it in today's standard, it's highly processed and pink on colour (??), this shouldn't be the case with great butchery (Meat King) available in Arusha. Eggs were fine good yellow yolk (not underfed white yolk), bacon OK, a bit chewy the back bacon but very little fat which was great. Ironically coffee not great at all with great local Tanzanian coffee - way too strong and don't think anyone tasted before offering it, asked for a bit of milk in my coffee but got masala spicy tea instead which was some weird spicy caffeine taste, anyway not an issue just didn't drink it. Not a ran of the 'homemade' cost-saving yogurt, just not what I considequality yogurt but might be fine others. Good pastry offering of you like baked goods, nice fresh juice though.

In summary. Great overnight property with nice facilities and kind staff trying their best to accommodate your every need which is really lovely, can't fault the people at all, they make for a great East African experience. Only reservations is food quality and pricing - it's simply too expensive for what you get, that's a Management component and if they get that right and get a bit more tomorrow grips with international standards I think they have a busier restaurant and/or even higher occupancies. Location is great to Airport proximity.

Oh and John the driver need uniform of sorts, confusing when some random man collects our luggage and puts it into his car, he's a nice guy though but needs some sort of identification perhaps.

Over to you!