Mikumi National Park
This park campsite is located near Choga Wale in the north of the park; be especially careful eating and storing food here as there are likely to be…
Must-see hotels in Tanzania
Southern Highlands
This private residence has 10 comfortable modern, if uninspired, guest rooms and a good restaurant serving excellent Indian food. A sociable weekend spot…
Northern Tanzania
Where the road ends and the walking trail to the waterfall begins, this campground has simple amenities but a nice, shady location. There are no cooking…
Southern Highlands
Tidy, good-value, no-frills rooms in a convenient, central location, with a small restaurant downstairs. Offers a gentle welcome to the colonial centre of…
Tarangire National Park
A bare and unkempt compound 6km before the park gate it may be, but it’s cheaper than camping inside the park, and the showers are warm. Bring your own…
Northern Tanzania
The double rates are a touch overpriced and the rooms are let down by the cheap bedspreads, but this is a generally good deal out here, around 3km from…
Southeastern Tanzania
This small, local-style guesthouse a short walk east from where the dhows land has basic but adequate rooms. Meals can be arranged with advance notice.
Central Tanzania
This bright-green place up the hill just east of the municipality office is Katesh’s best lodging, and the most convenient for climbing Mt Hanang.
Southern Highlands
Basic rooms, basic meals and a pleasant setting overlooking the lake. Turn left just before the bridge as you enter town on the road from Mbinga.
Mikumi National Park
Of the park's four ordinary campsites, the one closest to the park headquarters is reasonably well equipped with toilet facilities and a shower.
Southeastern Tanzania
Clean, modern and comfortable rooms, a restaurant and a relatively convenient location about 1.8km from the bus stand make this a good choice.
Zanzibar Town
In a handy location, just off Kenyatta Rd, this hotel has spacious rooms and bathrooms, but some are surprisingly dark and a little dated.
Northern Tanzania
Close to Ghorofani, this place has simple campsites, most of which are sheltered with semi-permanent structures made from local wild palm.
Southeastern Tanzania
This place, opposite the easy-to-find Brigita Dispensary, has clean rooms, all with fan, TV and one double bed. There's no food available.
Moshi
The cheapest place in the city centre has clean, no-frills rooms around a small, (mostly) quiet courtyard. It's popular with volunteers.
Southern Highlands
This two-storey church-run place is set on a small rise overlooking the lake. It has simple rooms, a pleasant garden and meals on order.
Lake Victoria
Despite cramped rooms (some with hot water) and peeling paint, this OK place is Nansio’s best lodging. It has the top restaurant, too.
Lake Manyara National Park
One of two public campsites in the park, Campsite 1 is close to park headquarters and the park gate, with toilet and cold-water shower.
Southern Highlands
An acceptable and clean town-centre option, Sativa's has reasonable facilities, and a decent restaurant and bar are around the corner.
Zanzibar Town
This unpretentious place has bland but reasonably comfortable rooms. Not all have nets or air-conditioning, so choose carefully.
Central Tanzania
The bizarrely named hotel is a cheery yellow-painted place with clean rooms, hot water, mosquito nets and en-suite bathrooms.
Dar es Salaam
Camping with your own tent is possible on Mbudya with advance arrangement (by calling, or when purchasing your boat ticket).
Nungwi
Safina has simply furnished no-frills bungalows (some with air-con) set around a scruffy garden, just in from the beach.
Mwanza
This is where the big, overland tourist trucks stop. It has a great lakeside location, hot showers and security.
Southern Highlands
Simple, clean rooms and meals with a garden setting. It's along the main road before the tarmac begins.
Northeastern Tanzania
Anjela Inn has unappealing, noisy doubles in the main building and larger, quieter rooms in an annex next door, plus meals on order. It’s 10 minutes on…
Southern Highlands
The functional Genesis, on the highway 2.5km east of the Ifakara junction, has small, closely spaced rooms (ask for a newer one), a restaurant and an…
Mwanza
This hotel is ageing and very tatty, but its shortcomings are easy to overlook if you've just disembarked from a 24-plus-hour haul on the Central Line…
Northeastern Tanzania
There's a basic guesthouse and camping at this local secondary school at the top end of Usangi. If you sleep at the school, you can prepare your own meals…
Northeastern Tanzania
This dilapidated and unsignposted local guesthouse is in Saadani village, just down from the bus stand. It's only worth considering if you have no other…
Southern Highlands
The new brick bandas constructed by this Tanzanian chain are comfortable enough, but little has been done to make them blend with the stunning natural…
Dar es Salaam
Located in Ubungo village is this three-storey hotel with basic, serviceable double-bed rooms with mosquito nets, fans (some also have air-con) and en…
Northeastern Tanzania
In a colonial-era building opposite Jamhuri Park, this place is faded and very scruffy, with only the remotest whiff of character. The double-bed rooms…
Zanzibar Island
This large hotel has an amazing beachfront location, but the bedrooms are unappealing and the bar-restaurant is a little tired around the edges. There are…
Northeastern Tanzania
If you get stuck overnighting in Muheza, try this simple but cheery place about 2.5km from the bus stand en route to Amani Nature Reserve. It's on the…
Dar es Salaam
This large, undistinguished hotel offers inexpensive although very mediocre rooms. Room size and condition vary considerably, so ask to see several. There…
Southeastern Tanzania
This long-standing local guesthouse has friendly staff, spartan, scruffy rooms with fan, cheap food on order and a noisy, central location at Kilindoni’s…
Western Tanzania
Some rooms here have sofas, all have wear and tear. Showers may or may not be hot, but there's a bar and in-house restaurant, and the staff are friendly…
Southeastern Tanzania
About 800m from the bus stand along the Newala road, this place has a handful of reasonable rooms – some with bathrooms, others with a bathroom just…
Southeastern Tanzania
This is one of the cheapest bets near the bus stand, with basic rooms – all with bathroom and fan – but no meals. Parking is available in the church…
