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The lodge is located in stunning surroundings above Soni, less than half an hour drive from Mombo on the Dar–Arusha highway. Maweni is the perfect entry point to the Usambaras and a cool stop-over for weary travellers. Here’s a map.Fabulously wealthy sisal baron Abdulla Karimjee built Maweni as a mountain retreat, we believe sometime in the forties. The property is now owned by the Bumbuli District Council and managed by Maweni Farm Ltd under a lease contract. More about the history.Read a book. There is no TV.Walk around aimlessly in the serene garden full of interesting trees and birds.Take the steep path through shaded coffee and cardamom plots up to the foot of the big cliff. There are no fences.After dinner, wind down around the fireplace. Tell stories. Go out at night, look at the stars (no light pollution) and listen to the owls, bush babies and tree hyraxes. Sleep in cool mountain air. No need for air condition.Wake up to the sounds of birds and eat a healthy breakfast with the thieving monkeys jealously watching from the nearest tree.The West Usambara Mountains – divided in the middle between Lushoto and Bumbuli districts – offer great hiking through a vast and varied mountain landscape with friendly villages, dark rainforests
