The best accommodations Tanzania

Masailand Safari & Lodge is a 3-star hotel offering spectacular views of Mount Meru, one of its most beautiful features. It's an ideal base for climbing Kilimanjaro, exploring the Ngorongoro Crater or the Serengeti. A total of 54 rooms, including 18 executive suites, are spotlessly clean and spacious, with air conditioning and double-glazing to ensure a peaceful stay. You'll appreciate the hotel's vacation atmosphere, with its outdoor swimming pool, gym and sauna for relaxation.

The superb café-restaurant on Pajé's central beach has been enlarged to create an elegant lodge with stylish, airy Swahili rooms. On one side are double or family suites (triples or quadruples), on the other are magnificent new lofts, with fully equipped kitchens, for greater independence. The units are designed for 2 to 5 people, with fully equipped kitchens and hotel services (breakfast, reception, housekeeping, etc.). Mr Kahawa has a beautiful central swimming pool and is right on the beach.

Ndani House is an absolutely magnificent, contemporary vacation rental house located in the green, residential district of Burka in Arusha. A design rarely seen in Arusha, which is more accustomed to a safari style. Here, everything is beautiful, designed and uncluttered, right down to the small turquoise pool in the garden. The rooms are ultra-bright, thanks to large, small-paned windows that add character to this already nobly furnished house. There are 4 fully-equipped 2-bedroom twin suites, ideal for families.

This small, intimate hotel in the second row near the beach is a good plan for modest budgets, while offering original decoration: each room is enhanced by a mural created by a different local artist. The central house is centered on a small swimming pool bordered by pretty vegetation. The rooms are sober and charming, with ceiling fans and/or air conditioning, tea/coffee making facilities and simple but functional bathrooms. The beachside restaurant serves fine Swahili specialties.

Set on the beach at the southernmost tip of Paje, this 5-star Relais & Châteaux cocoon is spread over 4 hectares of tropical gardens, ensuring perfect privacy. The 1, 2 and 5-bedroom villas have plunge pools and are furnished with delicate luxury, some with kitchens and roof terraces. The hotel boasts a restaurant as elegant as its pool, three bars, a wonderful spa, tennis courts and a yacht club offering kitesurfing, wingfoil, sailing, diving...

This charming new address on Jambiani beach has just six rooms. They are very inspired, with Swahili arabesques sculpting the openings, beautiful flooring, exposed beams and cut-wood partitions. The makuti roofs shelter terraces furnished with hammocks or sofas. Some are air-conditioned. The restaurant serves fusion, Mediterranean and Swahili cuisine. Refreshing pool in the garden.

This large resort is set on the front line of Uroa beach, in the utmost privacy on this quiet side of the island. Its large buildings are crafted from coral stone. The swimming pool and coconut grove separate the buildings from the white-sand beach bordered by the turquoise ocean. The hotel is made up of luxurious villas and suites, some with several rooms reserved for families, equipped with air-conditioned Zanzibari beds. On-site activities.

Here's an innovative hotel in Zanzibar that relies on the serenity of beige and white, the omnipresence of natural materials, sophisticated, uncluttered design and beautifully crafted furnishings to offer a soothing, chic ambience, ideal for a relaxing vacation. Designed with honeymooners in mind, romantic dinners can be arranged on the beach, as well as a range of activities and excursions for all. Rooms are designed for couples in particular, but families can stay in a villa or large suite.

Located on the magnificent Michamvi Pingwe beach next to The Rocks, Shanuo Beach Bungalows offers breathtaking views of the crystal-clear sea. This resort is designed in the traditional Zanzibar architectural style, with makuti roofs and wood throughout. The bungalows overlook the sea and let you enjoy the gentle sound of the waves. The on-site restaurant serves local and international cuisine. Shanuo Beach Bungalows offers a wide range of activities, including kitesurfing, sailing and snorkeling.

Villa Tulia is a set of two private villas in Matemwe. With 4 bedrooms each, they are ideal for large families or groups of friends. Each house is set directly on the beach, with its own private swimming pool. Here you can enjoy both the privacy of a home and the service of a hotel, as breakfast is served every morning, the houses are cleaned daily and a security service is provided. Each room has its own bathroom, and the boho chic Swahili design is magnificent.

This human-sized camp of just 10 tents is conveniently located in the center of the Serengeti National Park. "Osero" means "bush" in Maasai, because it's lost in the wild, close to wild animals. The tents, equipped with large, comfortable beds, are double, triple or family-size, and each has a spacious bathroom, straw mats and, in some cases, a sofa. The camp can directly organize safaris for its guests, a hot-air balloon outing, etc.

Sunshine Group Zanzibar consists of two sister properties, Sunshine Bay and Sunshine Marine Lodge (linked by a free shuttle bus), and Dive Point Zanzibar, the island's most renowned diving center. Located opposite Mnemba Island, they offer sumptuous views. Designed in a chic, elegant Swahili style, their comfort is similar, but they offer a different experience: the first is more intimate, with a small beach, while the second is more dedicated to training divers. Prices are very reasonable for the standard offered.

This lodge, owned by Kimgoni Tanzania Safari, has 20 comfortably equipped double tents. It is located in the center of the Serengeti National Park, via the Fort Ikoma circuit. It's the perfect place to watch the cats of the "infinite plain", an area teeming with lions, cheetahs and leopards. It's also an interesting location during wildebeest migration. The tents are furnished with cozy, colorful beds. Meals are excellent.

Farm of Dreams has 48 small self-catering cottages with breathtaking views of the Ngorongoro Crater. The rooms are full of charm and feel comfortable, yet have privacy and, again, views. For groups and families with children, there are connecting rooms on the side for added peace and comfort. Everything is provided to make your stay a pleasant one. Large swimming pool at your disposal. Ideal for travelling to the Ngorongoro Crater, around Lakes Eyasi and Manyara or in Tarangire.

Dawn Cottages is a charming retreat before or after climbing Kilimanjaro. Its serene, "eco" atmosphere in the middle of nature yet in the city is relaxing. It offers 6 suites with kitchen and living room: 4 two-bedroom units and 2 one-bedroom units, all fully equipped. An ideal lodge for Kili climbers, families, couples, business guests, safaris on the northern circuit and independent travelers. It has a superb, friendly café-restaurant serving cuisine concocted from organic ingredients from the garden.

This is the latest boutique address to open in Stone Town, a city spin-off from the Sharazad Boutique Hotel in Jambiani. An arty little gem in the pedestrian streets. Sculpted wooden balconies, Zanzibarite-style beds and bathrooms, wax cushions to enhance a white universe, soothing designer wooden furniture... the hotel is magnificent. The vast suites have a refined look thanks to the omnipresent waxed concrete. Delicious little restaurant on the patio.

This business hotel brand, present in many African countries, has a hotel in Dar es Salaam in the heart of the city's business center. The hotel is very classical, with rooms designed in white and red tones; they are equipped with all the necessary comforts while remaining affordable. Bathrooms are perfect, with hot shower pressure, while the hotel's must-have is a pleasant rooftop bar-restaurant.