Movenpick Royal Palm Hotel 
Currently the only five star hotel in Dar-Es-Salaam. It fully lives up to the reputation and standard of the International chain. Located on the edge of the city centre, the hotel features 240 luxuriously-decorated rooms, a choice of two restaurants, a fully equipped business center and a swimming pool.

Holiday Inn 

The Holiday Inn is situated within walking distance of the central business district. The hotel offers elegant décor and comfortable rooms, well-lit work area with a cell phone re-charger and computer modem point, satellite TV and a safe. Rooms on the upper floors offer stunning views across the Indian Ocean and Botanical Gardens. The restaurant looks onto a delightful terrace dining area and pool deck. 

Hotel Seacliff 

Around 8 kms from the city center, this 75 roomed hotel offers a wonderful blend between traditional structure and quality of service. It is located on the edge of a cliff, overlooking the Indian Ocean. All rooms are stylishly finished complete with air conditioning, satellite colour TV and mini bar.

New Africa
Newly re-furbished and under new management, this hotel is acknowledged as being of a four star standard. Located in the heart of the city's banking and shopping district.

Courtyard
Located 12 kms from the Airport. All rooms are tastefully decorated and fully air-conditioned, equipped with modern amenities including, ISDN telephone, Voice and Data connectivity, personal safe, minibar, TV with satellite programmes, swimming pool, a business centre, library, The Langi Langi Restaurant and a Open House Coffee shop. Non-smoking rooms are available on request.

Golden Tulip

The Golden Tulip Dar es Salaam has appointed 84 full sized rooms of 38 square meters each, 4 executive suites, 2 diplomatic suites and 1 Presidential Suite. All rooms and suites have sea view with private balcony and offer all the comfort you would expect of an international hotel on the East African Coast.

All rooms are air conditioned and are equipped with satellite television, data ports, a large writing desk, in-room safe, direct dial international telephone and tea/coffee making facilities. The bathrooms are all marbled finished and equipped with hairdryers. We offer 24 hour room service and laundry services.

Coral Beach
Located 20 minutes out of the city center, all 22 air-conditioned rooms have breath-taking sea views, en-suite bathrooms, Satellite TV, minibar, safe, and a King Size bed. The hotel Also features a beach-front restaurant, gym, jacuzzi, sauna, as well as offering conference Facilities. 

Peacock Hotel  buy mq007 watch phone

Located on the edge of the city centre close to the Kisutu fruit and vegetable market. This is a mid range priced hotel and of very acceptable quality. On the whole, it offers very good value for money considering the location and quality.

White Sands 
Another Dar Es Salaam beach hotel. Well kept and run, thatched roofs and shining ceramic and marble floors. Self ranked at 4 stars.

Beach Comber
The Beachcomber is a beach hotel on the shores of the Indian Ocean. Built inch by inch through indigenous skills and supervised by a world-renowned interior decorator, this hotel offers the comfort and hospitality of a 4 star resort while depicting the rich cultures and colors of African heritage as its best. All rooms are air-conditioned and fitted out with phone, TV and minibar. Laundry and dry clean services are available. Recreational facilities are a swimming pool, a health club (gym, sauna and steam-bath), internet cafe. 

Jangwani Sea Breeze
The hotel has 34 rooms, spacious and comfortably furnished. All rooms are air-conditioned and have en-suite bathroom, TV, Mini Bar, Safe and Telephone. There is also a Business centre, Internet cafe. Dining can be either in the spacious dining room with the romantic surrounding of the garden and courtyard pool or at the seaside garden with white sandy beaches and beautifully landscaped gardens where you an enjoy the sea, the sun and a fresh breeze.

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Protea Apartments
These serviced apartments are tastefully furnished and equipped with all amenities required for a long term stay. Located 15 minutes out of the city center, it is secure and very popular for the corporate traveller looking for the privacy of a personal apartment. Breakfast is served in a central restaurant, and a limited room-service menu is available at certain hours.

Ras Kutani 
Sitting alone in a secluded area of Dar Es Salaam, Ras Kutani is as far away as you can get from the relatively more crowded Bahari Beach and White Sands. Many clients prefer to fly a private charter to this exclusive beach hotel, to avoid the long drive over unpaved roads. Pristine beach, turquoise blue ocean.


Amani Beach Club

Situated close to the Ras Kutani, some 30 kms from Dar es Salaam, the hotel is situated amidst 40 hectres of indigenous woodland where ten luxury cottages blend perfectly with the natural surroundings. Rooms are large and tastefully furnished.


BAGAMOYO
Bagamoyo lies 76 kilometres north of Dar es Salaam. Bagamoyo was the starting point of the slave caravan routes and also the terminus of the European missionaries. While in Bagamoyo, visit the Kaole ruins (dating back to the earlier part of 15th century) and the first Roman Catholic Church in Tanganyika built by the Germans in the 1880.s. Do not forget the museum, which houses numerous historical artifacts. There is also splendid beach where one can swim and enjoy.

Hotels in Bagamoyo

Paradise Beach Resort
Located on the beach front, the hotel features 68 rooms divided into standard and superior rooms. The hotel features a central reception area and swimming pool, restaurant serving a la carte and buffet meals, and a choice of recreational facilities. All rooms are air-conditioned, and consist of ensuite bathroom, satellite TV and mini-bar (in superior rooms).

Livingstone Club 
This hotel is one of the more upmarket hotels relative to the other options available in Bagamoyo. With European management, their target market is foreign tourists looking for a beach holiday, in a remote part of the country, away from the large holiday resorts. Various types of sporting activities and entertainment is arranged by the hotel.

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MAFIA ISLAND

Mafia Island is the quintessential scuba divers retreat. A small island just off the mainland, it was rather inaccessible until recently when scheduled charter flights began. With only two tourist lodges on the island, you can rest assured that you will not be confronted with an influx of tourists fighting for space on the beach! 

It is an island retreat for beach lovers, diving enthusiasts and big game fishermen alike. The Chole Bay is Mafia's protected deep water anchorage and marine park. Just outside the bay, along the length of the island, runs an unbroken reef boasting some of the most spectacular and colourful coral gardens in the world. The Mchangari vertical wall just outside the bay drops from 5 meters to 25 meters, and is famous for its range of big fish and sharks (especially between the months of November and January for sharks).

Hotels in Mafia Russian cruise

Mafia Kinasi Lodge
A small luxury lodge for a maximum of twenty guests. Built with natural materials and traditional palm thatching, the lodge is situated on a hillside over-looking the bay and islands of Chole, Jibondo and Juani. Rooms are decorated with hand made furniture, each with an elevated wooden veranda shaded under thatch, private bathroom, armchairs, tables and hammock. Catering is based on fresh seafood, vegetables and fruit in addition to the established Swahili cuisine and barbecue. Activities that can be organised include swimming, snorkelling, scuba diving, game fishing, sailing, bird watching and excursions to nearby ruins.

Pole Pole Bungalows
The resort consists of only ten bungalows. Bungalows have wide verandas looking onto the sea and are built entirely out of wood and raised on stilts. Each bungalow covers 60 sq m with personalized fixtures and furnishings. The floors are made out of hard wood, the furniture from mahogany and the door and window frames from doussi. Bathrooms have double washbasins and king-size showers.

Mafia Island Lodge
Lying in the Indian Ocean to the south of Zanzibar and a 30 minute flight from Dar-Es-Salaam, Mafia Island is a paradise for lovers of scuba diving and fishing. The lodge is located at the sea's edge on Chole bay and stands some 400 metres from the beach. Built from coral stone, the 40 rooms are at garden level with a veranda overlooking the ocean. The restaurant serves local specialties, seafood and fish. Facilities include fishing, wind surfing, sailing, boat trips to neighbouring islands and diving. Qualified divers can rent diving equipment from the hotel. 

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PEMBA
Pemba consists of gentle, undulating hills and deep verdant valleys which are all covered with a dense cover of clove, coconut and mango plantation. A more fertile land it is difficult to imagine. But it is not just the landscape that gives Pemba its magical reputation. Pemba is brilliant and renowned for deep sea diving and snorkeling. .

Whilst on the island, one can make day trips to the following places of interest:

Pujini Ruins 
These are the ruins of a fortress, dating from the 13th century, constructed in a style otherwise unknown on the East Coast of Africa. There are many conflicting stories relating to the founder of this town, but most name him as Mohammad bin Abdulrahman. He is said to have exerted his influence on the mainland from Pate to Kilwa and out into the Indian Ocean as far as the Comoros. He was a great boat-builder, favouring the matempe style, a prodigious builder of mosques and a fine bowman. 

During an extremely successful life as a merchant and pirate in the region, he decided to site his capital at Pujini, in a location on top of a hill, with only distant access to the sea, in order that he might defend his great wealth from raiders. The citadel was constructed with a massive earth rampart and moat and the walls were built with stone carried 40 km by porters from the North of the island. The site could be reached by sea, but only after careful navigation through the reefs and then up a twisting mangrove creek and a narrow canal.

Chake Chake
The largest town on Pemba, its capital and its administrative centre is Chake Chake, located about half way down the Western coast of the island at the head of a narrow creek. The old town is set on a ridge, from where it is possible to look down through the early morning mists over the rusty tin roofs to\ the silted creek below, where only the occasional dhow now ventures when the tides will allow. 

Chake Chake Fortress
The oldest surviving building in the town is the Old Fortress, which is thought to date back at least to the eighteenth century and possibly as far back as the Portuguese occupation (1499 to 1698). 

Ras Mkumbuu 
The ruins of the ancient town of Ras Mkumbuu are located at the head of the peninsula to the North of Chake Chake creek. Sited just above the beach, the town must have commanded a wide panorama of the surrounding area and the sea out past Mesali Island to the mainland beyond. 

Whilst visiting Ras Mkumbuu by boat, it is just a short diversion to Mesali Island, allegedly a hideout of the legendary pirate Captain Kidd, who is said to have left buried treasure here in 1698. The island has an idyllic beach and is famed for the quality of its diving. It is claimed that 40 of the 60 coral genera are represented, along with around 240 different species of fish.

Chwaka Ruins 
The ruins of an 18th century town thought to be the capital of Pemba during a period when the island came under the control of the Mazrui Arabs of Mombasa. The town included a substantial mosque and fort and the remains of six tombs of members of the Mazrui family including one inscribed with the name "Mbarouk bin Khatib" and a date of 1807. The Mazrui were overthrown by Seyyid bin Said and his Busaidi Arabs during the early 19th century and the town fell into decay.

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Hotels in Pemba

Fundu Lagoon 
Nestled into the secluded, undiscovered part of the Pemba Coastline, the lodge comprises of 20 bungalows, two bars and a restaurant with a modern specifically designed and hand-crafted architecture to blend with the natural surrounding of the fertile isle. Rooms offer luxury accommodation either directly on the beach or high ridge of the peninsula, all with superb sweeping views of the bay, making Fundu Lagoon a perfect honeymoon retreat. Each room has a private and en-suite bathroom, fans and minibar. Furnishings are stylishly throughout and made from natural, local materials.

The bungalows are built on hardwood stilted decks, located discreetly amongst the trees on the beach and in the hillside overlooking the bay, all with their own sense privacy yet giving full and easy access to the amenities. Each bungalow has its own hardwood-paneled bathroom with walk-in shower with hot and cold running water and presents the exclusive Fundu Lagoon product range created from local resources.

Specially designed canvas interiors sit beneath Zanzibari roofing. Coconut wood furniture adorns the individual south-facing balconies. Combined with mini bar, ceiling fans and full room service each bungalow provides all the comforts and space one would need.

Manta Reef 
Set on a Peninsula with sunsets and sunrises over the Indian Ocean, the lodge is strategically positioned for easy access to the western shoreline and the eastern coastline. The 15 cabins are on raised stilts offering stunning views of the Indian Ocean. All cabins are ensuite and have their own private verandas. The lodge is in essence, a retreat for ocean enthusiasts with a fully stocked dive centre and a fleet of boats to cater for snorkeling, diving and fishing.

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PANGANI

The name Pangani owes to the river that runs through northern part of this Historical Town. Pangani is an ancient town, and is believed to have been established before the 6th Century BC and played an important role during the slave trade era. It was a trading port dealing mainly with slaves and ivory. Several historical sites in and around the town serve as reminders for the strong Arabic influence and the later German, British colonial era in Tanganyika. 

Nowadays it is mainly a fishing town dotted with coconut trees, providing beautiful beaches for quiet vacation. Pangani is situated about 50km south of Tanga on the mouth of River Pangani that flows from the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Attraction: Pangani Falls, a water fall that provides electricity for Tanga, Dar es Salaam, Arusha and Moshi. Pangani River hosts birds and crocodiles. Maziwi Island is a nature reserve which provides ground for snorkeling opportunity and dolphin tour. A walking tour though the town allows one to see some of old buildings that are over 200 years old, as well as visits to a former slave labor camps and slave market site.


Hotels in Pangani

Protea Pangani
The luxurious Protea Hotel Pangani River, built on a clifftop 70 metres above the majestic Pangani River Mouth, occupies an estate of some 150-acres. Overlooking the ancient Swahili town of Pangani, which has a rich and interesting history of Arab and African Cultures, the hotel commands a stunning panorama across the sparkling blue waters of the Indian Ocean and the mouth of the Pangani River, recreating the Feeling of a comfortable and welcoming East African plantation home with country club style. 

Accommodation comprises 38 air-conditioned and spacious rooms, with non-smoking rooms available on request. Dining facilities include a restaurant and bar, with conference and banqueting facilities. Sporting and leisure activities include a swimming pool, fishing, hiking and horse riding.

The Tides 
Nestled in a secluded and idyllic stretch of the Tanzanian coast, where the Indian Ocean laps the shores of East Africa, there can be found a small and intimate beach lodge of unique distinction. This discreet and charming lodge consists of 7 colorful and spacious beachside cabanas, with en-suite facilities. The rustic makuti-thatch roofs that ripple in the Indian Ocean breeze, vibrant Caribbean architecture and collection of traditional artifacts and Swahili furniture conspire to create a distinctly unique environment in which to unwind your mind.

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