Our Stay At Chele Chele
This house, with its grounds and lovely staff, is my favorite place in Tanzania. This was our third time at the house... we have come every year around Easter time and it is the perfect house for family and relaxation and evenings by the fire and cricket games on the lawn and dips in the pool and huge Easter egg hunts. It is truly a wonderful place for people of all ages and generations. Its the place to come with your friends and family to enjoy each others' company in a beautiful setting. The staff are really responsive and friendly and helpful. The host is efficient and thoughtful - they even surprised us with a cake for my son's birthday this time! The host also has a safari company and vehicles so it is very easy to arrange day trips to Arusha National Park and into Arusha town to have lunch or go to the Cultural Center and poke around. But it's also just as easy to stay on the property and never leave! Everything you need/want is there... It is truly heavenly! Thank you so much Aziz and the staff at Chele Chele Villa: Mwanaidi, Lomitu, Adele, and Peter... and Richard (Tandala Expeditions) for making our stays at this house such wonderful experiences.
Wow - amazing property with beautiful house and garden. Great views of Kili; perfect for families and a great place for a little R&R! Aziz made sure we had everything we needed and his staff were excellent. We stayed for the Kili marathon and are already planning to go back next year if not sooner.
My family thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Chele Chele Villa. It is situated in a tranquil paradise, conveniently located for safari trips with all the amenities one could want. The staff including Richard, Lomitu, Mwanaidi and Hidaya treated us with kindness and immediate attention to every detail. If we needed anything, it was taken care of right away. The grounds are spectacular and the interiors are beautifully designed. Waking up in the main bedroom is unbelievable with the sounds of many birds, monkeys playing, and the view of Mt. Kilimajaro! The pool below that window is the perfect size and immaculately groomed for swimming all day. Everyone had a wonderful room and perfect baths with good water and pressure! Good internet service, plenty of space for everyone to spread out for privacy but also lots of meeting rooms for fun gatherings. The art on the walls made us feel like we were at home. When asked, we all replied we would want to stay longer and will definitely return to this this special place of beauty. Our host was attentive and helpful with all the arrangements. We even had a tree to decorate for the holidays! Thank you so much for a most memorable family time. The children loved the trampoline, pool and playing on the veranda with their entire family together.
Once again, we had a lovely stay in our favourite spot in Tanzania. Every time we stay at this beautiful house, we leave feeling relaxed and ready to face the heat of Dar again. We have brought many different friends and family members to stay at Chele Chele and it never disappoints. Mwanaidi, Lomitu and the rest of the team ensure that we do not want for anything and Richard is a very attentive manager, always on hand if needed (though he rarely is as everything runs like clockwork!) Looking forward to staying again. And again!
I stayed at this "amazing house" (nickname given among friends) for a second time, this time with my visiting family. The house and the garden are just amazing. Rooms, living room with fire place, terraces, every piece of equipment is high standard, comfortable, and arranged with taste. Staff is friendly and extremely helpful. You can stroll for hours through the immense garden just looking at the diversity of trees and wildlife. I watched birds, my parents monkeys. Beginning of October, jacarandas were blooming: an amazing (again) spectacle. A highly recommended place to relax on Mt Meru slopes.
The house and gardens are beautiful, everything is as pictured, even better. The sound system is excellent; you can play music in the living room/outdoors and upstairs in the master bedroom. The staff were extremely helpful; I highly recommend requesting a cook as the meals were delicious! Aziz was a great host and responded to my queries quickly. He arranged for someone to direct us to the house from Usa River, which was very helpful. We would definitely stay here again!
We zijn door de manager Richard en zijn staf uitstekend ontvangen. De kok heeft ons iedere keer weer verrast met heerlijke maaltijden. Richard was ten alle tijden bereid ons te helpen. Met een bezoek aan de dokter, geweldige begeleiding bij een uitstapje en boodschappen halen. Dit is een prachtig vakantiehuis, op een mooie locatie en met uitstekende voorzieningen. Binnen is een mooie eetkamer en zitkamer met openhaard, mooie slaapkamers en voldoende badkamers. Buiten is een mooie veranda, prachtige tuin met trampoline en een groot zwembad. We waren met 11 personen, waar onder 5 kinderen. De kinderen konden in de tuin heerlijk spelen. Zwembad en trampoline werden veel gebruikt. Het is een prima huis om uit te rusten en uitstapjes te maken. Wij hebben een bezoek gebracht aan Arusha National park, een Maasai dorp en we hebben een geweldige fietstocht gemaakt langs kleine dorpjes. Een echte aanrader voor wie een huis in deze regio zoekt.
The staff at Chele Chele made us feel extremely welcome and worked hard to make us feel at home. We thoroughly enjoyed the lovely garden and surrounds and peaceful atmosphere. Would recommend the Villa to anybody as a first stop to visiting nearby and far off safari destinations in the Arusha region.
This house is absolutely heavenly. It is actually better than it looks in the pictures. A huge and beautifully maintained property with trees, birds and monkeys. A view of Kili from the veranda. Spacious rooms, elegantly decorated. Everything works and is well thought out. Great for kids - they can explore, swim, play all day while you relax. And the best part is the cook Mwanaidi and other caretakers who make you feel so at home. They were always there to help and make our stay comfortable, and yet they gave us our privacy as well. Wonderful people. Wonderful house. And Aziz was very helpful, giving us all the information we needed prior to arriving. We will be back!
This house is everything, and much more. The grounds are stunning, and the house is gorgeous. Usa River is a pleasant, attractive area, and the walk to the village and up the hill are about as good as it gets. In other words, you can book this place for a week, and not leave. Mwanaidi, the cook, was fabulous: she was funny, kind, creative and confident in her skills. (Her chapatis are brilliant.) There's a great sound system, a wonderful pool (although COLD!), and the place is very tastefully decorated with a Maasai theme. And when the clouds clear, you can have a stunning view of Mt. Kilimanjaro while you're enjoying your breakfast! Highly, highly recommended.
