Nyinabulitwa Country Resort & Safari Camp
Southwestern Uganda
An intimate little family-run place on the lake’s south shore with five bandas (thatched-roofed huts) and an excellent campground. With a beautiful garden…
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Southern Rift Valley
Combining an ostrich farm and a hotel is a fairly unusual idea, but, then again, why not? Certainly the simple but comfortable farmhouse accommodation and…
Zanzibar Town
With just nine large rooms over three floors around a central covered courtyard, this hotel has a peaceful and spacious ambience. Rooms are decorated in…
Zanzibar Island
This long-standing Japanese-run place is hidden among the palm trees in a quiet beachside compound at the northern edge of Paje, slightly removed from the…
Kampala
The first hostel to open its doors in Kampala, the Aussie-owned Backpackers is a relaxed escape only a short taxi ride out of the city centre. The…
Northeastern Tanzania
This tranquil spot, complete with cows grazing on the hillsides, has individual rooms in separate cottages with a shared common area. The rooms are…
Southwestern Uganda
In an effort to provide more affordable accommodation in Queen Elizabeth National Park, UWA has acquired a range of properties along Mweya. The pick are…
Dar es Salaam
Laid-back Kipepeo, 8km south of the ferry dock, has raised chalets with balconies just back from the beach. Closer to the water, but behind a fence and a…
Pemba
A long-time favourite for travellers in Wete, and now in an improved location, this place has simple rooms with mosquito nets. Mr Sharook the owner is…
Kenya
If you haven't arranged your accommodation with one of the many touts offering Mt Kenya climbs, head to Transit Motel, 2km south of town. This is a large,…
Northern Kenya
If you don't mind the rather faded rooms, this basic lodge has a deliciously peaceful setting overlooking the lake known as Gof Sokorte Dika. Expect…
Northeastern Tanzania
On a small cliff set well back from the water, Bahari Pori has pleasant, Zanzibari-bedded safari-style tents set around manicured grounds overlooking the…
Zanzibar Town
The Karibu’s spartan atmosphere and widely displayed 'rule' notices are compensated by a very convenient location. Accommodation is in dorms of five to…
South Coast
This secluded overlanders' favourite is great fun when there’s a crowd staying, with makuti (thatched-roof) lodgings peeking at the ocean from between the…
Northern Tanzania
Accommodation at this family homestead is in bungalow-style rooms or modernised Chagga huts, all surrounded by dense stands of banana plants and other…
Southwestern Uganda
UWA's accommodation at the park headquarters has camping, simple bandas (thatched-roofed huts) and safari tents on wooden platforms, all with shared…
Marich Pass Field Studies Centre
Northern Kenya
Just north of Marich village, this is essentially a residential facility for visiting student groups, but it also makes a great base for independent…
Tsavo West National Park
Feeling like a Mexican hacienda grafted onto the soils of Africa, this whitewashed colonial relic has a lovely hilltop perch and is steeped in history –…
Dar es Salaam
Sunrise has a decent beachfront location but rather average accommodation in closely spaced rooms just in from the sand or air-con ‘executive’ rooms in…
Northeastern Tanzania
This lodge is 3.5km from Lushoto town centre in a lovely forested setting. Rooms are fine for the price, albeit somewhat cramped and not quite up to the…
Uganda
Well outside the park in the small township of Karenga (8km from Kidepo's gate), this simple roadside guesthouse is a good option for those wanting to…
Northern Kenya
The Desert Museum has a dozen bandas on the bluff overlooking the lake. The views are the best you will find in Loyangalani, though the bandas are…
Nungwi
This friendly place has simple bungalows around a tiny well-kept garden. It's near the beach, but the sea view is obscured by a two-storey hotel at the…
Changuu Private Island Paradise
Zanzibar Island
Fifteen thatched cottages make up this island hotel, but at the time of research it was closed for renovation with no re-opening date available. However,…
Kigali
An acceptable midrange option with no (bad) surprises up its sleeves, the Okapi benefits from a decent location that’s within easy walking distance of the…
Kigali
This intimate, well-managed little auberge (inn) has a small swimming pool and gorgeous flower garden but rooms don’t come anywhere near the quality they…
Selous Game Reserve
This laid-back budget camp is located about 1km outside the eastern boundary of the Selous near Mtemere gate and just west of Mloka village. It has raised…
Nairobi
The elaborate lobby here is rather more prepossessing than the rooms, but it’s hardly worth complaining when you’re essentially getting a suite for the…
Amboseli National Park
Safari tents with simple furnishings and tiled floors make for a decent midrange choice around 3km southeast of Amboseli's Kimana Gate. Travellers like…
Southwestern Uganda
This community-run place down the road from Nyakalengija is at the base of the hill just outside the park boundary, with an attractive setting and…
Eastern Uganda
Sipi’s original backpacker option, this small, laid-back operation has a good view of the falls from its wonderful rickety terrace and unhindered views of…
Kenya
One of six special campsites in Meru National Park (there are no public campsites), Chuma is deepest into the park nestled along the Rojewero River. You…
Dar es Salaam
This popular downtown hotel offers modern rooms, courteous service, a handsome buffet breakfast and a rooftop restaurant. Add to that a free daily shuttle…
Uganda
Yebo is a good budget option and one of the few camps in the park that actively celebrates its authentic local qualities. The basic mud-wall bandas have…
Dar es Salaam
Centrally located right in the thick of things on Morogoro Rd, just a five-minute walk from the Zanzibar ferry terminal, Rainbow distinguishes itself with…
Rwanda
The Gorillas would not be your ideal honeymoon hotel but the amenities are fine, the location close to the beach very convenient and the oasis-like garden…
Southwestern Uganda
Right on the forest's edge, this simple but delightful camp has flat tent sites and dark mud-brick bandas (thatched-roofed huts) with paraffin lamps and…
Kenya
This is a major base for Mt Kenya climbers and the operators of Old Moses Hut and Shipton’s Camp on the mountain. Popular with overland trucks, there are…
Lake Naivasha
Scruffy and sociable Fisherman's Camp attracts a young, backpacker crowd keen to eat and drink in the restaurant and hang out at the volleyball court. It…
Nairobi
Believe it or not, this big hotel opposite the National Archives once belonged to the posh Sarova chain, and while structurally not much has changed, room…
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