What a fantastic way to start our Honeymoon. We booked directly with Tent with a View for both stays at Selous Mountain Lodge and Sadaani. Communication was good and the staff were very patient with all my questions so I can't thank them enough for that. We flew from Dar to Sable Mountain Lodge for an hour and arrived at lunch time. We were picked up by Rama the Guide and once at the Lodge shown to our room before lunch was served. What a pleasant surprise!!

I was not sure what to expect and I have to say I was not disappointed we stayed in a tented Banda (number12) over looking the Ngorogoro Mountains which was wonderful to wake up to every morning... Make sure you sleep with the tent sides up to appreciate how beautiful it is. Our room ran purely on sola power (no sockets) and the water once heated up was lovely and warm - room was clean and spacious and we arrived to a miniature bottle of bubbly and a cup cake which was very nice!

We stayed 4 days and did half day safaris and one full day safari and can not rave enough about how wonderful it was. Rama was so knowledgably about all the animals, birds, trees and plants. We were so lucky to see so many animals roaming around which includes getting with in meters of 3 lions (who had just eaten so didn't mind us). Highly recommend the early morning safari! Watch out for the nasty tsetse flies they have a mean bite!

Food was excellent - 3 meals a day. Breakfast consisted of fruit followed by egg, bacon, beans and toast with tea or coffee. Lunch depended on what you were doing - if you do the full day its a sandwich, fruit, cake, fizzy drink and water. If you are at the lodge it could be vege pizza or delicious samosas. Dinner was the most extravagant meal of the day - 3 course followed by tea or coffee. Drinks are not included and range from $2 for fizzy drinks, mixers, water. $3 for beer, vodka or spirits. Never had any wine as it is sold by the bottle at $20.

We had a fantastic time and met some lovely people and highly recommend Sable Mountain Lodge for your safari adventure in Tanzania - make sure you have a dip in the spring water pool too!!! very refreshing.

We stayed for 3 nights which we feel was the perfect amount of time. We took the train and arrived in the evening for a meal. The staff were great and really friendly. Our stone banda was comfortable. The location is beautiful and the whole setting is very picturesque, especially around the top bandas. Pool looked nice. All the food and the service was great. We had an excellent guide in Rama who was very knowledgable. Saw lion, giraffe, elephant, lots of types of antelope, monkey, hyena, crocs, hippo, buffalo, baboon, warthog etc etc but no rhino (hardly any in the park which is bigger than Switzerland) no leopard or cheetah. There are no electricity points in your room but If your camera runs out of battery they will charge it up for you in their office. The type of safari you go on is decided upon the night before. We were a little disappointed with this because we weren't able to do what we wanted because they didn't have enough drivers (despite their website saying there had to be a min of 2 people for a safari to take place). but there were a lot of people staying in the lodge. We ended up doing the full day safari with boat - twice.
Unfortunately you didn't get a complimentary beer/glass of wine/soft drink with your evening meal.
There are two 'watering holes' on site, one, confessed the staff, rarely has any animals near it, the other is so small (paddling pool) you need your binos!
This is the third safari we have done and we were impressed but it doesn't beat Shamwari, SA - not even close.

I couldn't recommend Sable Mountain enough, it's a truely unique experience far removed from the hussle and bustle of crowds.

We took the train from Dar which was great arriving at night we didn't see any game but the last hour of the journey goes through Selous Reserve and so if it's bright you may spot some game.

The staff and service at Sable were both fantastic, the food was great and the beer cold. Each member of staff was very knowledgeable in thier area and made us feel informed and welcome. The safari was fantastic, we met only one car on our full day drive.

Sable Mountain has fresh spring water and so you can drink directly from the taps and there is a spring water swimming pool.

Everyone working at Sable made a real effort to make our stay enjoyable. It was my birthday during our visit and they even prepared a birthday cake especially, which was delicious.

we travelled up from Dar on the train - an experience not to be forgotten - sadly no white wine (ho ho) but surprisingly lovely cold beer! Dave who's been working at Sable Lodge for a long time was in the next carriage to us and checked on us from time to time to give us an update as to how far we'd go to go (it's a long journey - 5 hours ish) Arrived in pitch dark and travelled by Jeep to the lodge. Were given a very warm welcome by Mia, the Manager, and had a much longed for cold gin & tonic and a very nice supper which was most welcome. There were only two other guests there so we all ate together and after spending the night in our lovely luxury tent (with very comfortable bed) arranged a whole day safari with "Stan the Man". This was fantastic - as we only really had one full day there - we did the safari - the game was great - it's not a densely populated part of the game reserve - as in not many lodges - so there's a great air of exclusivity about it. We saw all sorts of game (apart from that elusive leopard!) and it was good to be the only vehicle observing. Loads of fantastic birds too. We had a packed lunch which we ate with Stan in the middle of Lake Tagalala. Stan caught a flying fish by default is it literally jumped into our boat. We, on the other hand, had a yet another great supper and stayed up late as we were having such a great time. The next day, sadly, we had to leave to fly to our next destination. I would so recommend this place, and wish we'd had longer there.