Western Tanzania
This comfortable, well-run camp has a prime setting overlooking Katisunga, making it the best place for in-camp wildlife watching. The six tents have…
Must-see hotels in East Africa
Rwanda
This is the best top-end option in Musanze and the best value in this price range. While it's certainly very pricey, you do get attentive and efficient…
Selous Game Reserve
Impala Camp has eight well-spaced, nicely appointed tents in a prime setting on the river near Lake Mzizimia. Its restaurant overlooks the river and has…
Zanzibar Town
Probably the best-value budget accommodation in town and extremely popular with backpackers, Jambo runs like clockwork. Nine spick-and-span rooms with…
Northern Kenya
Hands down the most extravagant, yet serene, place to stay in northern Kenya. Its half-dozen Moorish-style 'tents' (each the size of a small house) have…
Lake Naivasha
Right on the shoreline, this gorgeous budget spot has comfortable bandas (thatched huts), simple twin rooms with woolly blankets and one of the cleanest…
Amboseli National Park
This wonderfully conceived site is one of the most exclusive ecolodges in Kenya, commanding a superb elevated spot with perfect Kilimanjaro vistas. The…
Zanzibar Island
Set in a patch of forest, this secluded luxury lodge has 10 villas with high thatched roofs and curved walls reminiscent of seashells. They're impeccably…
Chumbe Island Coral Park Lodge
Zanzibar Island
Overlooked by its landmark historic lighthouse, about 12km south of Zanzibar Town, Chumbe is a real island getaway combining style, exclusivity and…
Selous Game Reserve
This friendly place is the closest camp to Mtemere gate. It has cosy, river-facing 'mud huts' with bathrooms, plus small standing tents surrounded by…
Masai Mara
Some of Mara North's most beautiful lodgings, Serian (which means 'serene' in the Maa language) overlooks the Mara River with the Oloololo Escarpment as a…
Serengeti National Park
One of the most highly regarded places in the Serengeti, this camp has 20 large, stunning tents with decks, set around a kopje by the Grumeti River where…
Jinja
Gately's stylish rooms boast high ceilings, mosaic tile floors and batik fabrics. They're split between a lovely garden house and loft apartments and a…
Southwestern Uganda
Right in the park and next to the UWA headquarters, this deluxe forest lodge is perfectly located for chimp tracking. Luxury stone cottages have timber…
Tsavo West National Park
Run by the same people as Severin Safari Camp, Kitani is located 2km past its sister site, but is equally good value. These thatched concrete bandas …
Zanzibar Island
Bellevue is deservedly popular for its efficient management and laid-back atmosphere. Set in lush gardens on high ground overlooking the sea, rooms are in…
Southwestern Uganda
Providing a wonderful experience for guests, this ultrapopular Belgian resort suits all budgets. Beyond the warm welcome and helpful service, there's…
Source of the Smile Guesthouse
Jinja
With cool tropical design, a gorgeous garden and pool, this relaxed guesthouse indeed invites smiles. Its Icelandic owner and local staff are helpful and…
Amboseli National Park
Set on its own private 24-sq-km conservancy close to Kimana Gate and with its own airstrip, Tawi Lodge is our pick of the places southeast of the park…
Kenya
Easily the pick of the accommodation if you're not staying in the park, the Lutheran Guesthouse occupies a handsome house on a farm 1km west of the…
Dar es Salaam
With its Le Corbusier–style modernist lines, spacious rooftop terrace and shady courtyard, family-run Alexander's is a true boutique hotel. Its 17 stylish…
Zanzibar Town
Zanzibar's first dedicated backpackers hostel, Lost & Found is perfect for travellers on a tight budget. It's clean, modern, safe, friendly and well…
Northern Tanzania
Self-described as ‘Versailles meets Maasai’, this eclectic rim-top lodge (actually three separate lodges) has every luxury you could want. Few spaces lack…
Lake Naivasha
This charming guesthouse is run by the charismatic and elegant Dea. The main house has three guest rooms and is a gorgeous chalet of Swiss inspiration,…
Northern Tanzania
A place that makes you feel special, this relaxing lodge fills a renovated colonial farmstead and the decor is gorgeous down to the last detail. The…
Serengeti National Park
These ‘private mobile camps’ combine the best aspects of tented camps and budget camping safaris and are the best way to get a deep bush experience in the…
Southwestern Uganda
One of Uganda's best park lodges lies just outside Mburo's eastern border, with rustic tent-cottages spread along the ridge. All have amazing views,…
Diani Beach
Among the loveliest of Diani's beachfront boutique hotels, the Maji – which means 'water' in Swahili – is simply gorgeous. The water feature in the…
Selous Game Reserve
This long-standing, unpretentious camp is run by the Fox family who own camps throughout southern Tanzania. Set in a fine location on a wide bend in the…
Nairobi
The fabulous collection of stylish suites – at what was one of the first genuine boutique hotels in Kenya – is perfect for well-heeled sophisticates who…
Nairobi
Sophistication and style are the hallmarks of this stunning boutique offering. Every room is different according to its theme – the slate-grey colour…
Northern Kenya
One of the remotest camps in Kenya, Kitich falls squarely into the luxury-tented-camp category, but staying here is unquestionably a wild-Africa…
Uganda
Just outside the park boundary, this stylish addition delivers excellent value. It sits on a low ridge with expansive park views and visiting zebra and…
Masai Mara
Considered one of the premier camps in the area, and run with the kind of casual efficiency that brings guests back, Kicheche Bush has well-spaced,…
Arusha
Set smack in the middle of a shade-grown coffee plantation and elegant through and through, this is one of the most talked-about properties in Arusha. The…
Northeastern Tanzania
This lovely lodge has spacious, open-style beachfront cottages in varying sizes, all set around a mangrove-fringed cove. There's a dhow, snorkelling, sea…
Kenya
Built by the local community, these timber-and-canvas bandas with coconut-palm-thatched roofs get the balance right between being genuinely rustic yet…
Arusha
An intimate and sophisticated boutique B&B on a quiet street southeast of the centre, this place has the feel of a tranquil enclave for people in the know…
Zanzibar Island
With a small collection of palm-thatched huts and bungalows in a garden on the beach, this place has a laid-back and welcoming atmosphere. Although simply…
Zanzibar Island
Closely linked to Airborne Kite Centre, this delightful place has rooms in a large house and safari tents (with private bathroom), plus a tree house, all…
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