Chem Chem Safari Lodge offers eight stylishly elegant suites, each with a spacious bedroom, en-suite bathroom and outdoor shower. The earthy tones, stone floors and natural materials used throughout merge to create an inherently organic and harmonious whole.

The walls are adorned with spectacular black & white photographs of Tanzania and the rooms are so beautiful that guests could quite easily spend the whole day indoors. The outdoor area features an additional small lounge with a day bed where guests can simply lay back, relax and read a book.    

Each room is protected by several shade-giving trees and positioned a good distance from the next to ensure maximum privacy. Wooden walkways lead out from the main building before turning into pathways made of large pebbles, which guests must follow to reach their respective room. Please request a room close to the main building if you are unsteady on your feet.    

The main building itself sits in a romantic palm grove. The curio shop can be found near the entrance from where a wooden walkway leads into the lounge, the dining wing and the library. Here the view opens out over the plain to the front of the lodge and to the well-frequented water hole. The best view of all, however, can seen from a kind of platform integrated into the building, which allows visitors to take in Lake Manyara and from where the silhouette of the Great Rift Valley can be made out through the haze of the African heat.

Chem Chem also features a spa and swimming pool. The pool is tucked away in a private corner of the lodge and is truly beautiful – well worth the short walk.

Chem Chem's portfolio also includes: Little Chem Chem & Forest Chem Chem

The lodge is situated approximately 5 minutes’ drive from the eastside of Lake Manyara in a private concession reserved exclusively for guests of the lodge.

Tarangire National Park is located on the other side of the road, the entrance gate to which can be reached in approximately 30 minutes. However, Chem Chem guests often prefer to do game drives in the private concession of Little Chem Chem which borders Tarangire National Park.

Tarangire is first and foremost famous for its large herds of elephant, which wallow along the rivers and in the swamps during the dry season. The concentration of wildlife during the dry season can be extremely impressive, with good numbers of lion, leopard and buffalo; lots of zebra and wildebeest also migrate to the park.

Lake Manyara offers the same wildlife in smaller concentrations, but against the spectacular backdrop of the beautiful lake. Flamingos and pelicans can often be seen on the lake.

The lodge offers game drives and bush walks in the private concession, sundowners on the shore of Lake Manyara and excursions to Tarangire National Park or the private Little Chem Chem concession. Visit to a Maasai village are on offer as well.

The game drives and walks in the private concession allow you to get very close to wildlife as off-roading is permitted in the private concession. Night drives are permitted in the private concession.

SwissAfrican Travel Service
Dammstrasse 27
8702 Zollikon
Zurich, Switzerland


Telephone: +41 (0)44 451 40 51