Tarangire National Park
Near the seasonal Minjingu River, this place has 10 rather unsightly rondavels, but each has big windows and indoor/outdoor showers. Views, including of…
Must-see hotels in Northern Tanzania
Serengeti National Park
Twiga offers simple but decent rooms with electricity and hot showers, and satellite TV in the lounge. Guests can use the kitchen, or meals can be cooked…
Moshi
Walk past the seamstresses plying their trade just off Kilima St, and climb the stairs to this quiet, friendly place with simple, tidy rooms. It's ideal…
Arusha
Unremarkable but clean and fairly spacious rooms are on offer here – they're just about fine for the price (ask for a discount anyway), but be prepared…
Northern Tanzania
Signposted off the main road just before the Lake Manyara National Park gate, this bright-peach building is meticulously maintained by the friendly owner,…
Arusha
Run by the Catholic diocese, this no-frills place hosts long-term volunteers and short-term budget travellers. Rooms vary, and several of the self…
Arusha
There's a buzz about this place in more ways than one – it's popular for those looking to hook up with other travellers, but the absence of mosquito nets…
Moshi
This long-standing midrange option has tired but adequate rooms with safari colours of the kind you'll see fading in the sun at roadside furniture…
Serengeti National Park
It's neither a mountain nor a resort, but 'no-frills tented lodge on a big rocky hill' doesn’t have the same ring to it. It’s perfectly comfortable, but…
Northern Tanzania
There's not much shade to be had in this large fenced compound, but the views of Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano are superb. Rooms, in thatched bands, are simple…
Northern Tanzania
This stately old-style building is surrounded by gardens and forest 3km west of Marangu's main junction. It has spacious, somewhat dated rooms (some with…
Moshi
The long-popular Buffalo Hotel has straightforward rooms, all with private bathroom. Avoid the ground-floor rooms and head up the stairs; there’s no…
Moshi
In a secure compound in the Shanty Town area northwest of the city centre, off Lema Rd, Sal Salinero offers 27 large rooms in a mock-Italian villa with…
Arusha
This is a no-frills but reasonably reliable place. Avoid the claustrophobic ground-floor rooms, some of which have no exterior window, and go for the…
Northern Tanzania
This unassuming place has a mix of large and small cottages (all priced the same) set in quiet grounds just 1km south of Ngongongare gate. The proprietors…
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire's public campsite is just a short drive into the park near the northwestern tip. It has a good bush location and simple cold-water facilities…
Arusha
Naaz is short on atmosphere but otherwise OK value, with comfortable 1st-floor rooms in a convenient central location by the Clock Tower. Rooms aren't all…
Northern Tanzania
Engaruka Ruins Campsite is dusty but shady, with acceptable ablutions. You can use its tents for free and meals are available on request. It's handy for…
Lake Manyara National Park
Shaded Campsite 2, set amid sausage trees and other vegetation near the Endabash River about an hour's drive from the park gate, has relatively new toilet…
Northern Tanzania
The Lutheran Hostel has simple, clean rooms with hot water, and good meals (Tsh10,000). Hostel proceeds go towards a vocational training centre for local…
Northern Tanzania
This place on the main road at the eastern end of town is often busy with overland trucks. Camping facilities are fine, and the rooms are, too, with their…
Northern Tanzania
This is one of many local guesthouses lining the dusty streets of the busy Bawani area of Karatu, just south of the main road behind the Bamprass petrol…
Moshi
Rooms here are small and sit somewhere between basic and simple, but they have cable TV and hot water. The main reason to stay is the guests-only rooftop…
Arusha
This overlander-oriented place has good facilities, including hot showers, a bar-restaurant with cheap meals and a vehicle-repair shop. It’s 25km west of…
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…
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…
Northern Tanzania
Close to Ghorofani, this place has simple campsites, most of which are sheltered with semi-permanent structures made from local wild palm.
Moshi
The cheapest place in the city centre has clean, no-frills rooms around a small, (mostly) quiet courtyard. It's popular with volunteers.
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.
Northern Tanzania
This unnamed and unsigned bucket-shower guesthouse is in the green-fronted building right near the entrance gate into town.
Serengeti National Park
This Seronera icon burned to the ground in January 2015, and the property – built on and around the boulders – was being rebuilt at research time in mid…
