Arusha, Tanzania
Onsea House
The personal approach to Onsea House leaves a lasting impression. Every guest is treated with the utmost care. The daily fresh flowers in your room are a beautiful touch. This bed and breakfast truly lives up to its home-from-home ethos. The personal approach to Onsea House leaves a lasting impression. Every guest is treated with the utmost care. The daily fresh flowers in your room are a beautiful touch. This bed and breakfast truly lives up to its home-from-home ethos.
The personal approach to Onsea House leaves a lasting impression. Every guest is treated with the utmost care. The daily fresh flowers in your room are a beautiful touch. This bed and breakfast truly lives up to its home-from-home ethos. The personal approach to Onsea House leaves a lasting impression. Every guest is treated with the utmost care. The daily fresh flowers in your room are a beautiful touch. This bed and breakfast truly lives up to its home-from-home ethos.
Location
Onsea House is situated on top of a hill with wonderful views across the Monduli Mountains, the Maasai steppe and the slopes of Mount Meru, providing an idyllic setting for sundowners. While the lodge lies only a few minutes from the centre of Arusha and 40 minutes from Kilimanjaro airport, the setting is tranquil and rural, and you can relax in the well laid out gardens.
Accommodation
There are five comfortable and tastefully decorated rooms, two in the Country Inn and three in the Family Suite. The family suite boasts sunset views and has its own private garden, relaxing area and a magical outside bath. Adjacent is the self-contained Guest Cottage which has two large rooms, a living room, kitchen and shared terrace which leads to the refreshing pool. This is great for families or groups of friends travelling together.
Onsea House provides exclusivity and privacy. Each room has a serene colonial feel and is beautifully furnished with a luxurious four-poster bed (or twin) elegantly draped in mosquito netting. All have their own en-suite bathrooms with a bath and shower. The terraces offer a breath of fresh air after writing in your journal on your wooden desk.
Onsea House provides exclusivity and privacy. Each room has a serene colonial feel and is beautifully furnished with a luxurious four-poster bed (or twin) elegantly draped in mosquito netting. All have their own en-suite bathrooms with a bath and shower. The terraces offer a breath of fresh air after writing in your journal on your wooden desk.
Jump into the outdoor floodlit swimming pool before a visit to the lawn bar and terrace, gazing out on spectacular views. This impeccable paradise is completed with the main house's lounge, cocktail bar and a superb choice of indoor and outdoor dining areas.
Onsea House is known for its culinary excellence. Freshly made brasserie dishes are accompanied by the finest wines. Michelin skilled chef Axel Janssens will prepare a fusion of exquisite European and African delights and seasonal specialities.
Onsea House is known for its culinary excellence. Freshly made brasserie dishes are accompanied by the finest wines. Michelin skilled chef Axel Janssens will prepare a fusion of exquisite European and African delights and seasonal specialities.
Experiences
- Take a guided cultural walk to the Baraa Primary School, an Onsea-sponsored community development project.
- Explore the diverse flora and fauna of nearby Arusha National Park with your expert guide.
- Find peace at the natural hot springs of Maji Moto. Tucked away in a lush green forest, around two hours drive from Arusha town.
- Join a Mount Meru Walking Safari for an 8-kilometre trek from the foot of Mount Meru. Watch the monkeys and birds in the old, dense forest they call home.
- On our Arusha City Tour a local guide will show you the Cultural Heritage Museum and the busy local market.
Positive Impact
We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.
Community
Onsea House’s company policy details that the retreat works with locally hired staff who benefit from lots of extras, such as healthcare, child education and rent, supporting the local community at large. They also train staff in more than just ‘getting the job done’ and make an effort in supporting local schools in extra-curricular in-house training.
Community
The Watoto Foundation supports boys living on the streets in and around Arusha. Onsea House are enthusiastic supporters of their “Child in the Sky” centre that provides young boys with a safe living environment where they can play, study and learn a profession to enable them to take care of themselves once they leave the centre. They have a carpentry workshop in which some of the retreat’s furniture has been made and all eggs used in the kitchen come from their free-range chickens.
Community
Baraa Primary School is within walking distance of Onsea House and has been fully renovated and extended in collaboration with the Belgian iThemba Foundation. 2000 children benefit from free education for a better future for the village of Baraa. Machweo encourage guest visits and support where possible, supported by “Pack For A Purpose”, an organisation whose mission is to positively impact communities by assisting travellers who want to bring meaningful contributions to the destinations they visit.
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