Mbalageti Serengeti — Hotel in Simiyu

Just got back from our 9 day safari, sleeping almost every night at a different hotel and Mbalageti is the one I cannot recommend. Rats, ants, spiders and scorpions, all in one night.... it is just too much. The location was good, it was a beautiful drive crossing a river with monkeys, and looking out from the porch area of the restaurant was beautiful. The pool was full of insects, the bar people were not super nice (could be the only not nice people all trip). The food was very good, beautiful display, tasty indian food and nice staff. The room they gave us at first, 18, was huge but it was clearly not well-maintained with missing railing, literal piles of bat poop around the entire house, rat poop also in little piles along the walls inside, and ants eating crickets on the floor inside. The views were a good distraction from the broken board on the floor and the rotten wooden deck. When i walked in the bathroom two rats ran across and sneaked out through the seam between the rocks and the tent material. I prayed they were gone for the day and didnt say anything to my family. My son discovered ants around the bidet in the other bathroom, and when I sprayed them with mosquito repellents all hell broke lose..... millions, I mean millions of ants came out of the volcanic rock that made the wall, they were pulling out the colony's eggs and were moving in like balls that would fall on the floor.... i have never seen anything like that. Along with the ants a spider as big as my open hand also came out of the rock and jumped out almost to my shirt. House of horrors. We moved to room 1 and everything was spotless, clearly recently cleaned and tidied. Next morning we were informed that our driver was bit by a scorpion that got in his pants as he showered before our drive. They gave him ibuprofen and said he was good to go. They didnt have any antidote or any means to treat anything serious in such a remote location. For these very unpleasant reasons, I cannot recommend this lodge to anyone. I liked the time limit with the electricity, I liked the walkie talkie situation, I enjoyed seeing the baboons stealing our food.... but having been to many tented lodges, this was the worst...

One of the best experiences me and my family had. The staff is so friendly best I have ever seen in all my years of traveling. The location is perfect sitting right on top of a small mountain/hill, one time we came home to the hotel and there was zebras and baboons sitting right next to us not scared and not running away. The rooms were excellent really roomy and the bathroom was nearly as big as the entire bedroom. However, I wish there was Wi-Fi in the rooms but I noticed that no hotels here have in room Wi-Fi so it’s fine. Something special I want to add is that we met the owner of the hotel and he is a really honest and kind person he literally made our entire trip happen he planned everything for us and he went as far as calling people he knows to get that done. Definitely a...

Great location at the top of a mount within Serengeti. View from the restaurant is incredible. Individual lodges are well spread out, so you have to walk more than usual to get to reception or the restaurant. When dark, Maasai warriors walk you to the restaurant/reception. It is common to see wildlife around the lodge (I witnessed zebras). The individual lodges are decent, with a mosquito net bed; showers are pretty good. Buffet at the restaurant was wonderful, with salads, hot dishes, a live cooking station, soups and desserts. Wifi is basically non-existent, as you can expect in the middle of the Serengeti. It's a great place to stay when exploring...