Western Tanzania
Set under big trees in a prime location overlooking the Chada flood plain, this place promotes a classic safari ambience. It’s at its most Hemingway-esque…
Must-see hotels in East Africa
Nairobi
Tribe, with its modern rooms, suites and split-level lofts, is full of colour and flair. It's handily adjacent to the Village Market shopping centre, and…
Masai Mara
This highly recommended safari camp is the jewel in the Ashnil crown, overlooking a bend in the Mara River and with fabulous wildlife watching close by…
Western Tanzania
This is a low-key and enjoyable luxury camp with well-appointed safari tents that boast big four-poster beds, weathered storage chests and piping-hot…
Zanzibar Island
An unexpected find among the large resorts along this stretch of coast, Zan View is a friendly little place with spotless rooms in a house overlooking a…
Mikumi National Park
This pleasant camp is set on a rise about 7km south of the main road, with views over the distant plains. The 16 elegant tented en suite cottages each…
Northeastern Tanzania
This reliable, good-value place has tidy gardens, quiet, spotless rooms with hot water, TV and window screens, plus a restaurant (meals Tsh6000 to Tsh10…
Northern Tanzania
Beautiful wood-floored safari tents and an attractive bush setting close to the Lemala ascent-descent road make this place an excellent choice. Although…
Arusha
Not far from the centre, but set in quiet and pretty gardens, Mvuli offers some of Arusha's best midrange accommodation. Rooms are large and comfortable…
Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
Northern Tanzania
The popular Serena sits unobtrusively in a fine location on the southwestern crater rim near the main descent route. It’s comfortable and attractive …
Serengeti National Park
A rare foray by Serena into the world of tented camps, Kirawira makes you wonder why it doesn't do it more often. The camp, ringing a low hill, works a…
Northern Tanzania
Part of the excellent Nomad Tanzania portfolio, this lovely place opened in 2016. Lying as it does beyond the main Serengeti–Ngorongoro thoroughfare on…
Jinja
A relaxed guesthouse with smart safari-themed rooms with flat-screen TVs, safes and attractive Ugandan art. Cottages around a lovely bamboo garden and…
Serengeti National Park
One of the original mobile camps and now one of the most exclusive, Nomad Tanzania's mobile camp has six tents and some of the best guides in the…
Serengeti National Park
This classic Serengeti lodge is exclusive and strikingly situated (the views are awesome) on a private concession just outside the northeastern park…
Southwestern Uganda
Of the most atmospheric of Bwindi's luxury lodges, this one is tucked within the park's boundaries. Its eight sumptuous safari tents have mahogany…
Nairobi
Brimful of personality and styled to resemble a traditional Swahili village, this original place has appealing rooms with whitewashed walls, lovely little…
Western Tanzania
With stunning views over the grasslands, the large safari tents here have four-poster beds, carved wooden showers and plenty of privacy. The defining…
Western Tanzania
Gombe’s only private lodge has a shady, waterside location with just seven tents that offer a certain class and sophistication in the jungle. The tents…
Southwestern Uganda
While the idea of slick modern hotel rooms in such a pastoral setting is confounding, Mucha pulls it off. Choose between volcano views or creek-side rooms…
Southwestern Uganda
Opened in 2016, this gorgeous lodge features stilted cottages sloped above the valley floor. Rooms feature African design accents, woven ceilings and…
Nairobi
Handy for Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (6km away) and/or Syokimau railway station, this fine little townhouse has tidy, simple rooms that are…
Dar es Salaam
Serena has an unbeatable location in enormous gardens overlooking the golf course of the Gymkhana Club, and a lovely, large swimming pool. Rooms offer all…
Masai Mara
Extremely attractive, light-filled safari tents just outside Talek Gate overlook the river and have a star quality lacking in many of the older Mara camps…
Kenya
Inhabiting the rocky slopes of a kopje that rises above the Tsavo plains, Kipalo Hills is a wonderful hideaway with superlative views. The nicely spaced…
Southwestern Uganda
Queen Elizabeth's iconic, classic safari lodge has a commanding location with excellent views over Lake Edward and Kazinga Channel, with herds of hippos…
Jinja
Situated 15km downstream from the rafting starting point, Hairy Lemon's isolated location on a small island makes it the perfect getaway retreat. More…
Rwanda
The campsite at the park's reception centre is currently the only option at Uwinka. There are several choice spots, many with impressive views overlooking…
Kenya
This ambitious ecolodge consists of just four rooms – three in plexi 'eco-bubbles' and a brushed concrete one next to a 2000-year-old baobab, crowned with…
Kenya
A bit like a Swiss chalet, the River Lodge is a lovely collection of dark, cosy cottages and rooms embedded into a sloping hillside that overlooks the…
Tsavo West National Park
Tsavo vantage points don’t come any better than this – the views are simply magnificent and there’s a waterhole right by the restaurant. It’s all enough…
Kenya
This relaxed ecocamp has the most perfect position, between the forest, the creek and the stars. Accommodation is in atmospheric traditional huts – choose…
Zanzibar Island
Located in the centre of Paje, at heart of the action, this long-standing and deservedly popular place has well-appointed bungalows in the slightly…
South Coast
The only private island resort on the tip of a sacred sliver of land originally caused controversy for wiping out a chunk of native forest (they've since…
Zanzibar Town
At the time of research, the latest addition to Zanzibar Town's growing roll call of large luxury hotels, the Park Hyatt is in two attached buildings (one…
Pemba
About 9km south of Mkoani, the charming Emerald has seven comfortable rooms overlooking a neat garden and pool, with a view to the sea beyond. The low-key…
Northern Tanzania
This pleasing white lodge house set in leafy grounds is a fine place to rest for a few days and an equally fine waystation en route between Moshi and West…
Northern Tanzania
An intimate, remote camp in wonderful opposition to the large corporate lodges on the crater rim, Olduvai is built around a kopje with postcard views of…
Northern Tanzania
Right up against Ngorongoro Conservation Area, this unpretentious hilltop lodge has 15 large tents (two are family sized) with forest or valley views, the…
Pemba
This low-key hotel has 16 rooms, white-painted with minimal decor, in a row of double-storey buildings set back slightly from the beach; the upstairs…
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