Dar es Salaam
This large resort has rooms in two-storey rondavels lined up along the waterfront, all with TV, minifridge and sea views. In addition, there are 28 self…
Must-see hotels in East Africa
South Coast
Named after the spit of sand exposed by low tide, Sand Island consists of 10 spacious, airy, self-catering cottages overlooking the sand. Each has its own…
Zanzibar Town
This attractively restored building has a prime waterfront location, including a patch of private beach (separated from the sea and public beach by a…
Rwanda
The location (on a well-trimmed property fronting Lake Kivu) alone would make this one of Gisenyi's best options, but the six brick bungalows and four…
Kenya
One of the longest-standing lodges in Kenya, having first opened in 1958, this property was overhauled in late 2014 and is now an excellent choice at…
Northeastern Tanzania
The rustic Tona Lodge is the former mission house of Jakob Dannholz. It is an amenable base with views, camping and serviceable, albeit overpriced, rooms…
Northern Tanzania
A fine tented camp in the narrow sliver of land between Mt Kilimanjaro and the Kenyan border, Kambi Ya Tembo has 14 comfortable safari tents and views…
Kigali
Welcome to the real Hotel Rwanda. While a colonial South African hotel was used in the movie, the real deal is more of a motel-like construction that…
Northern Tanzania
At the southern end of Engaresero in a grove of trees, this tented camp is a little rundown and the tents are a tad dated, but it's comfortable enough…
Masai Mara
The 11 tents here have elevated decks, vibrant earth tones of bogolan mud cloth from Mali and zebra-print textiles. The open kitchen is a surprise, while…
Western Tanzania
The cosy Mango Tree bandas are set in the forest about 100m from the shore in Kasiha, about 10km south of park headquarters. While they lack lake views,…
Northeastern Tanzania
The highlights at this lodge are the fine views over Mkoma Bay and the subdued ambience. Accommodation is in raised tents of the sort you find in upmarket…
Masai Mara
Just outside Sekenani Gate, Mara Explorers Camp is a fine budget option, with dome tents or camping up to en suite tents and cottages. The accommodation…
Zanzibar Island
This beachfront place has a very friendly and refreshingly low-key ambience. Guests can choose from two types of bungalow: small and simple, or spacious…
Western Tanzania
This hotel is atop an escarpment overlooking the lake. The double and twin cottages are within a large walled compound roamed by zebras. Rooms are…
Kenya
The Ark dates from the 1960s, and has petite rooms and a lounge that overlooks a waterhole. An excellent walkway leads over a particularly dense stretch…
Zanzibar Town
Dating from 1885, this building once belonged to a minister to Sultan Barghash, and today it's a stylish hotel above a first-class coffeeshop. Eight rooms…
Uganda
With good tours and buoyant staff, this is the most popular budget option in Murchison. Basic bandas (thatched-roofed huts) are good value though not…
Dar es Salaam
Triniti offers informal lodge-like accommodation in detached wooden bungalows set in a mature garden. While rooms are small, they are painted spotlessly…
Zanzibar Town
This efficient, friendly, family-run place offers 18 rooms in a characterful house fringed with balconies and decorated with stained-glass windows. Rooms…
Lamu Island
This lovely Swahili house, just behind Peponi Hotel, is decked out with carved plasterwork and pastel accents. Some rooms have fine sea views, as does the…
Northern Tanzania
This place has expansive, trim grounds, hot-water showers, tents for hire and chalets of varying sizes. It’s about 5km north of Marangu and 700m east of…
Lake Manyara National Park
Run by a sprightly Slovenian pensioner, this personalised place, in a bush setting amid baobab and euphorbia trees, has four straightforward safari tents…
Southwestern Uganda
Just outside the northern sector of the park, Simba is a good budget camp popular with many tour groups. Rooms are spotless with canopy beds and stone…
Zanzibar Island
With bungalows clustered around three pools, set amid gardens and palms, Dhow Inn is neat and stylish. In the rooms, beige-on-white interiors soothe heat…
Octagon Safari Lodge & Irish Bar
Northern Tanzania
The lush and lovely gardens at this Irish-Tanzanian–owned lodge mean you’ll soon feel far away from Karatu. The cottages are small but comfortable, and by…
Masai Mara
With over 100 rooms, this is one of the largest lodges in the Masai Mara and at busy times it can feel like a real package-tour production line. That said…
Kigali
An attractive, secure compound in a residential area, this efficiently run haven of peace occupying a low-slung building is one of Kigali’s most solid…
Kigali
A Kigali institution out in the suburb of Remera, the spotless rooms here are in well-proportioned single-storey units dotted around a lush garden. It's…
Zanzibar Island
South of Paje, in a very spacious garden on a small slope overlooking the sea, are a few bungalows; those lower down are bigger. A major draw is the bar…
Zanzibar Island
Conceived as a community development project between a group of Germans and Bwejuu villagers, this small place has four simple rooms in two bungalows in…
Nairobi
Staying at this luxury tented camp inside Nairobi National Park helps you forget that one of Africa's largest cities is just a few kilometres away. The…
Amboseli National Park
Around 2km from Kimana Gate, Kibo Safari Camp gives you the experience of a tented camp without asking the prohibitive fees of the lodges inside the park…
Rwanda
This recreation of a traditional village is one of the most original places to stay in the area. Although it is mainly used to provide day trippers with a…
Lamu Island
This resort is quite luxurious, in a rustic, end-of-the-world, banda-on-the-beach kind of way. The 13 bandas (thatched-roof huts) are made solely of local…
Arusha
Kigongoni’s tranquil hilltop perch about 5km past Arusha gives it an almost wilderness feel. Spacious cottages, all with porches, fireplaces and wide…
Kenya
This atmospheric lodge was last decorated in the 1950s, when wood panelling was the height of interior design, and some of the plumbing seems to date from…
Northeastern Tanzania
On the northern end of Ushongo beach, Emayani has a row of pleasant rustic bungalows strung out along a fine stretch of sand. The ambience is very natural…
Kampala
A slice of the Mediterranean in Africa, Le Bougainviller’s 20 sleek rooms are split across two gorgeous buildings sharing a courtyard. The best rooms have…
Uganda
For a room with a view, Nile Safari is the pick of the lot, with each of its stilted cottages featuring superb Victoria Nile outlooks from private…
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