Arusha
This excellent place is ideal for families or those who want their own spacious serviced apartment with kitchen, dining and lounge area. Apartments have…
Must-see hotels in Tanzania
Northeastern Tanzania
Rooms at this reserve-run resthouse have bathrooms, three twin beds and a rustic mountain feel. There is hot water for bathing and meals are available,…
Mikumi National Park
This camp, about 500m northeast of the park gate, has attractive stone cottages with shaded verandahs and views over a grassy field frequented by grazing…
Northern Tanzania
A few kilometres south of town along the escarpment, this lodge offers unbeatable views of Ol Doinyo Lengai, and good ones of the lake too, including from…
Tarangire National Park
Though it’s set off from the park southwest of the gate, Roika sits in the bush and is visited by lots of wildlife, especially elephants. The 21 widely…
Zanzibar Island
Matemwe Lodge, at the northern edge of the village, is a luxurious hotel with a dozen spacious and impeccably decorated bungalows, all with sea views and…
Zanzibar Island
Next door to (you guessed it) Original Teddy's Place, there's a choice of seven-bed or four-bed dorms, small bandas (thatched-roof huts) or larger…
Pemba
Eschewing the usual African-style building involving wooden poles and palm-thatch, this vast luxury resort goes for whitewashed stone – for the villas,…
Lake Manyara National Park
A unpretentious ambience, closeness to nature and memorable cuisine are the hallmarks of this well-regarded camp. It’s about 6km down a rough road from…
Dar es Salaam
Part of the South African Protea chain, this hotel is styled something like a motel, with accommodation units (all with kitchenettes) arranged around an…
Zanzibar Island
Small, neat and stylish, Sea View Lodge has just 10 rooms in bungalows (five facing the beach, five set back in the garden) and a calm professional air…
Zanzibar Island
This local-style place is near the fish market and the effective centre of Matemwe village. It's an odd combination of simple rooms in a two-storey…
Zanzibar Island
This aptly named hotel sits on a low coral cliff jutting into the sea at the southern end of Jambiani. Spacious bungalows have smart furnishings, and…
Zanzibar Town
Lighter and brighter than many Stone Town hotels, the Seyyida eschews dark wood in favour of white tiles. Rooms are modern and styled in neutral tones,…
Zanzibar Island
South of the village, where the beach is quieter (although the sea still busy with kiters), relaxed and friendly Kilima Kidogo has 10 straightforward but…
Western Tanzania
Next to the visitor centre at Kasekela, this amenable place has six simple rooms with electricity mornings and evenings. Two overflow facilities have…
Arusha
One of the first hotels in town (though it barely resembles its former incarnation) and now one of the best, the Arusha's smack in the city centre, but…
Zanzibar Town
This long-standing backpacker favourite is in the scruffy end of town near the dhow harbour. It's not especially clean, and downstairs rooms are dark and…
Tarangire National Park
Unlike any other lodge around Tarangire, Maramboi sits amid palms and savannah on Lake Manyara’s southeastern shore, 17km from Tarangire’s entrance. The…
Dar es Salaam
Well-equipped, centrally located business traveller apartments with views over the city or the harbour. Some rooms have mosquito nets, and all have modern…
Northeastern Tanzania
This classic safari-style camp is the only permanent camp in Mkomazi National Park. Its five tents are set amid baobabs and thorn acacias in the northern…
Northeastern Tanzania
This lovely, rustic church-run place in a quiet setting 4.5km from Lushoto town has camping, a variety of rooms and several self-catering cottages. The…
Northern Tanzania
Friendly Babylon has straightforward, clean twin- and double-bedded rooms clustered around small, attractive gardens. It’s often somewhat more flexible…
Zanzibar Island
The Mahali is packed tight between other hotels on the central section of beach, but once inside it's spacious, relaxing and very good quality. Rooms are…
Northern Tanzania
This 98-room lodge is well located on the eastern crater rim (the sunset-watching side) – it's convenient for Empakaai and the Crater Highlands, less so…
Nungwi
At the far southern (quieter) end of the west beach, Nungwi Inn has rooms in spacious bungalows with palm-thatch roofs. All have a small veranda, and most…
Mikumi Park Cottages & Resthouse
Mikumi National Park
About 3km from the gate, the park cottages and resthouse offer rooms in attached brick bungalows, all with bathroom, fan and air-con, and meals on order …
Northeastern Tanzania
Elephant Motel has simple, pleasant rooms, a restaurant serving up decent meals, a children's playground and a campground. It’s on the main highway 1.5km…
Northern Tanzania
Kudu – signposted to the south of the main road at the southern end of town – has large, comfortable rooms in individual cottages scattered around the…
Northern Tanzania
Kibo is where Hans Meyer stayed before he began his famous ascent of Kilimanjaro. (Another prominent guest in more recent times was US president Jimmy…
Zanzibar Town
Serena is a chain with hotels and lodges all over East Africa, and its Zanzibar location is hard to beat: with a huge shady patio set above the beach and…
Zanzibar Island
In a spacious sandy garden just a few steps from the beach, this place has 'delux' rooms in a concrete block, beach bungalows and 'eco' (wood and thatch)…
Nungwi
Large, long-standing, efficient: Amaan (pronounced amaani by locals) has over 100 rooms, ranging from small garden rooms to medium rooms around the pool…
Nungwi
Sazani is a low-key place with a local ambience and 10 basic cottages on a small hillside leading down to the beach and overlooking the sea, about 2.5km…
Mwanza
This centrally located three-star place with five-star pretensions offers a variety of rooms (some with all-glass showers). If you want a one-stop shop…
Zanzibar Island
This amenable budget option has a handful of bungalows (some two-storey), most with a small veranda, set in a sandy garden. There's a Rastafarian vibe,…
Northeastern Tanzania
This long-standing place has 18 straightforward rooms, all with fan and TV, a small garden and a large outdoor thatch-roof restaurant. It’s in a quiet…
Pemba
Above a row of shops on the main road, at first glance this hotel is unappealing, but once inside the rooms are clean with TV, mosquito nets and hot water…
Zanzibar Town
In the scruffy but authentic part of town near the dhow harbour, this friendly place has clean and simple rooms with Zanzibar beds and mosquito nets, plus…
Western Tanzania
Spotless, quiet, secure and cheap. You can't really go wrong at this church-run place where the foundation stone was laid by John Paul II himself. The…
