Zanzibar Island
This large hotel has an amazing beachfront location, but the bedrooms are unappealing and the bar-restaurant is a little tired around the edges. There are…
Must-see hotels in Tanzania
Northeastern Tanzania
If you get stuck overnighting in Muheza, try this simple but cheery place about 2.5km from the bus stand en route to Amani Nature Reserve. It's on the…
Dar es Salaam
This large, undistinguished hotel offers inexpensive although very mediocre rooms. Room size and condition vary considerably, so ask to see several. There…
Western Tanzania
Some rooms here have sofas, all have wear and tear. Showers may or may not be hot, but there's a bar and in-house restaurant, and the staff are friendly…
Western Tanzania
This fair-value spot by the bus-truck stop has adequate concrete-cube rooms with bucket showers and squat toilets. It only has electricity at night for…
Western Tanzania
The Atupenda Guest House is one of the few options for spending the night here. The rooms are very basic, with pit toilets and bucket baths, but the owner…
Northeastern Tanzania
This is a reasonable shoestring choice with no-frills rooms, but no food available. It's up the hill behind the bus stand (about seven minutes' walk).
Northeastern Tanzania
This very basic place offers bucket baths and dark, no-frills rooms. It's along the main road in Mtae. Meals are available nearby.
Northeastern Tanzania
This budget place is on the hill behind the bus stand (about seven minutes' walk). No food is served and the rooms are basic.
Northern Tanzania
This unnamed and unsigned bucket-shower guesthouse is in the green-fronted building right near the entrance gate into town.
Nungwi
This beautifully situated, upmarket place was a standout in Nungwi for years, with a low-key ambience, luxurious sea-view chalets in mature tropical…
Zanzibar Island
Occupying one of the most scenic locations on the island at the tip of the peninsula, Ras Michamvi sits on a bluff with expansive views. Idyllic, deserted…
Zanzibar Island
Pili Pili House is a three-bedroom beach house on a beautiful stretch of sand at the village of Bumbwini, 20km from Stone Town, about 5km beyond the…
Zanzibar Island
Waikiki is a fun and friendly resort where Italian ownership means good coffee, great food (including pizza and ice cream) and a legendary Friday party…
Nungwi
This hotel has comfortably furnished rooms in a neat multistorey complex overlooking a swimming pool, with a deck on high stilts above the beach. It's…
Zanzibar Island
On a broad beach among palms and mangroves, Menai Beach Bungalows offers a unique opportunity to see a corner of the island so far unaffected by tourism…
Zanzibar Island
As an exclusive lodge on a private island, peace and privacy is guaranteed here. However, at the time of research this lodge was closed for renovation…
Serengeti National Park
This Seronera icon burned to the ground in January 2015, and the property – built on and around the boulders – was being rebuilt at research time in mid…
