2026 editionNo. 25
Chem Chem Lodge
Burunge Wildlife Management Area, Tanzania
Why Chem Chem Lodge is one of The World’s Best 100 Lodges 2026.
Chem Chem pioneered the idea of the slow safari between Tarangire and Lake Manyara. Rather than chasing a checklist, guests walk, track, dine and watch elephants move through a vital migration corridor, returning to an elegant lodge whose service and sense of ease are as persuasive as its setting.
The essentials.
- Destination
- Burunge Wildlife Management Area, Tanzania
- Property
- Slow-safari lodge
- Operator
- Auberge Safari
- Opened
- 2011
AddressChem Chem Lodge, Burunge Wildlife Management Area, Lake Manyara, TanzaniaOpen map ↗
Edition factsThe record at a glance
- Position
- No. 25
- Lodge type
- Slow-safari lodge
- Destination
- Burunge Wildlife Management Area
- Country or region
- Tanzania
- Management in 2026
- Auberge Safari
- Opening year
- 2011