First of all, there are some misleading things about this listing. Trip Advisor insists that a region be included in the locations. Unfortunately, anything inside of Kilimanjaro Region is automatically listed as inside Kilimanjaro National Park. This is a few hours away from the national park. It is near Gonga in Same District (pronounced SAH-may) in Kilimanjaro Region. Secondly, the... More

Ive stayed here several times on my way to Pangani as its roughly the halfway point from Arusha to the beach, and early starts from the motel get you to the beach early morning. Its close to the National Park, the food is good, the rooms are modest and comfortable, and the staff are helpful. I will continue to visit!!

We stayed at the Elephant Motel on a small cross country trip in Tanzania on our way to a voluntary project. The reason we stopped at the motel was to be close to Mkomazi National Park. The national park is rather new and has very little in the way of tourism. They do however have some great conservation work going... More

Elephant Motel offers good value for money. The rooms are very reasonably priced and the location in Same town just 6 km from the entry gate to Mkomazi National Park makes the hotel a very convenient base for exploring the park. Mkomazi was recently (2008) gazetted as a National Park and the infrastructure in the park is not yet very... More

First up. A Geography lesson for TA. Despite telling TA (TWICE) that the town of Same (pronounced Sarmay) is NOT in Kilimanjaro NP which is barely visible some 200 kms north, I see they insist in saying it is. Don't be fooled by this. Same is in the lee of the North and South Pare Mountains about 150 kms from... More