Maputo
This solid, no-frills hotel lacks pizzazz, but its 36 small rooms are serviceable and reasonably comfortable, and the ambience is familial.
Must-see hotels in Zambia, Malawi & Mozambique
Mozambique
If you’re coming from the north and get stuck in Vila Gorongosa, this place – which is not azul (blue) at all, but white with yellow trim – has no-frills…
Northern Mozambique
This family house at the island’s northern end has a quintet of clean but view-less downstairs rooms (each with bathroom and air-con) and a larger…
Northern Mozambique
This place has clean, air-conditioned rooms and is currently favoured by Moçimboa's growing contingent of natural-gas workers. It also has Moçimboa’s best…
Malawi
This faded banana-and-pastel-green beachfront place has a sandy patio with scattered loungers, a little bar and a Caribbean vibe. Clean rooms have vividly…
Lilongwe
Behind its decrepit exterior, this three-floor, 48-room monolith boasts restaurant, gym and more marble than Persepolis. The rooms are comfy and colourful…
Malawi
Four simple rooms with modern bathrooms and fans just before the Likhubula gate, plus two basic external rooms sharing ablutions at the rear of the…
Malawi
Five minutes' walk from the town centre, this old-fashioned place sits in a leafy garden and has a welcoming veranda. The seven rooms are tired but clean…
Malawi
So-so en-suite rooms with grotty bedspreads, TV, bare white walls and a few sticks of furniture. On the upside, the hotel is close to the main bus station…
Zambia
It's a bit overpriced, especially as there's no air-con, but Dazi's en-suite rooms are sparkling clean. There's an appealingly kitsch bamboo bar on the…
Mozambique
Although it acts primarily as a beach bar and restaurant, ever-popular Biques, set on a breezy rise overlooking Macuti Beach, also offers limited camping…
Northern Mozambique
At the northeastern edge of town, this above-average resthouse has clean, low-ceilinged rooms with flat-screen TVs and mosquito nets. Staff are friendly…
Malawi
Built in 1886, this tin-roofed, turreted old dame has an air of faded grandeur. Choose between a room up top and a brick-red chalet in the garden of roses…
Zambia
The most comfortable option in town is these rondavels fitted out with modern interiors including cable TV, wi-fi and air con. It's within a secure…
Northern Mozambique
With clean if unremarkable rooms, the Brasília is set on improving its standing among the city's newer, bigger competition – it was undergoing…
Northern Mozambique
Clean, quiet, slightly cramped rooms are available in this small private home opposite a coffee plantation. It's about a 10-minute walk from the dhow port…
Lilongwe
This tranquil site is next to the green, and campers can use the bar-restaurant with its terrace, kids' playground and pool. There's a basic ablutions…
Mozambique
The inaptly named Moderna isn't exactly a bastion of shining modernity these days, but it still serves as a good budget bet, with adequate rooms, most…
Maputo
Unexciting but clean and fair-value rooms in a three-story building in an unexciting but reasonably convenient location. There's also a restaurant.
Zambia
Open year-round, Nkondo offers a comfortable self-catering option with safari tents with attached bathroom. There's a common kitchen to cook up meals. It…
Northern Mozambique
Faced with a raft of newer, plusher competition, the Lurio struggles to impress, with bland rooms, an average restaurant and a slightly old-fashioned feel…
Mozambique
This small, well-located guesthouse, just back from the beach and up from Clube Náutico, has a handful of comfortable, mostly spacious rooms, some with…
Mozambique
This pleasant place in the town centre has clean, comfortable twin-bed rooms set in large, manicured grounds. All rooms have fridge, window screens and…
Northern Mozambique
Near the park, with several basic, dark rooms (most lacking exterior windows) in the main house and a common area with TV. If you want to stay with the…
Mozambique
Ideal? This place might live up to its name if you're on a shoestring and are happy with a flat bed with few embellishments. There's a small attached…
Pemba
Your only overnight option in central Pemba won't win any hotel beauty pageants, though rooms are better than the dark reception area suggests. Bank on…
Northern Mozambique
Karibuni is Ibo on a budget, with very basic rooms in local-style thatched huts and space in a small garden to pitch your tent. Meals can be prepared, but…
Mozambique
Bright paintings give a bit of ambience to this otherwise rather soulless hotel. Rooms – located around a central cement courtyard – are dark, with…
Zambia
Set in an open area, the campsite at Kabwe features views over the floodplain where sitatunga wander by. It has flush toilets, outdoor hot showers and an…
Northern Mozambique
If the Montebelo hotel's full (often the case), you can usually find digs next door in this plain but light-filed hotel with large rooms and its own…
Maputo
This peach-coloured establishment has a sleepy reception area and bland but mostly spacious rooms in a convenient central location.
Northern Mozambique
Directly in the village centre, this place has solar-powered lighting and a row of no-frills, clean rooms. Each has a small double bed. Meals can…
Northern Mozambique
Stay with the locals at this central guesthouse. Rooms are a tad scruffy and dark – and the water might not be piping hot (or hot at all) – but they'll do…
Zambia
The newest campsite in the park is more open then the others and looks out to grassy plains. It's close to the big tree, Fibwe Hide and hence is a popular…
Mozambique
Just back from the river, and just off the N103, Hotel Nhungué has unexciting but spacious rooms set around a courtyard. All come with air-con and chunky,…
Zambia
Camping at the orphanage is an option for those travelling with a tent, and rates include access to its fully equipped self-catering kitchen plus hot…
Villa das Arábias Boutique Hotel
Maputo
The serviceable rooms at the conveniently central Villa das Arábias have bright-red doors with faux-Arab decor. Note that some rooms have interior windows…
Zambia
At Lake Waka-Waka accommodation is in the form of a small community campsite with basic bucket showers, barbecues and long-drop toilets. Bring your own…
Northern Mozambique
Very basic rooms with double bed, bucket bath, fan and no nets. It’s at the western end of town, two blocks north of the main road.
Mozambique
Bog-standard African resthouse with dark, grubby-looking rooms that do, at least, have running water, air-con and soap.
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