Places to stay, from budget guesthouses and boutique hotels to large international properties, grouped by area and style.
15 places · Updated November 12, 2026
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A 180-room harbourfront hotel on Kivukoni Front with an infinity pool, the Level 8 rooftop bar, an Anantara spa and views over the port and the old city.
View details — Hyatt Regency Dar es Salaam, The KilimanjaroHotel
Luxury seafront hotel in Shangani combining the 19th-century Mambo Msiige mansion with a modern wing, with 67 rooms, an infinity pool, spa and beachfront.
View details — Park Hyatt ZanzibarHotel
A five-star garden hotel on Ohio Street with 230 rooms and suites, a large outdoor pool, the Jahazi seafood restaurant, a spa and views over gardens and a golf course.
View details — Dar es Salaam Serena HotelHotel
Seafront hotel created from an 18th-century residence and the 19th-century Extelcoms House, with 51 rooms and suites, a pool, spa and rooftop seafood restaurant.
View details — Zanzibar Serena HotelHotel
Boutique hotel in a restored aristocratic home on a pedestrian lane in Kiponda, with antique-filled rooms, a courtyard restaurant and a rooftop tea house.
View details — Emerson SpiceHotel
A five-star harbourside hotel on Sokoine Drive with 193 rooms, 60 serviced apartments, an eighth-floor infinity pool and five restaurants and lounges.
View details — Johari RotanaHotel
Privately owned 15-room hotel on Hurumzi Street with antique-style rooms, some with open-air baths, and a rooftop restaurant with sunset views over the old town.
View details — Emerson on HurumziHotel
A 174-room, four-star hotel at Azikiwe Street and Sokoine Drive, on the site of the city's oldest hotel, with harbour views, an outdoor pool and a 24-hour grill.
View details — Four Points by Sheraton Dar es Salaam New AfricaHotel
A business hotel on tree-lined Garden Avenue next to the Botanical Gardens, with a pool, gym, free Wi-Fi and the Baraza café, grill and bar.
View details — Southern Sun Dar es SalaamHotel
Fourteen-room design hotel in Shangani by interior designer Nelly Levin, using local materials and Zanzibari details, with a restaurant and candlelit rooftop cocktails.
View details — The Neela Boutique Hotel Stone TownHotel
A good-value hotel in the Slipway waterfront complex on the Msasani Peninsula, overlooking Msasani Bay, with restaurants, shops and boats to Bongoyo and Mbudya.
View details — Hotel SlipwayHotel
Beachfront hotel in Shangani, open since 1994, with sea-view balcony rooms, two pools, a private beach area, a gym and an oceanfront seafood restaurant.
View details — Tembo House HotelHotel
All-suite boutique hotel on Gizenga Street with ten individually themed suites, a rooftop restaurant, Swahili cooking lessons and a Zanzibar coffee ceremony.
View details — Jafferji HouseHotel
A relaxed beach camp in Kigamboni, a few minutes from the ferry, with beach bandas, camping, a bar and restaurant, a pool, kayaks and island boat trips.
View details — Mikadi Beach Camp and BackpackersHotel
A 146-room beach resort on the north coast, about 25 km from the city centre, with a private beach, pool and jetty bars, watersports and trips to Mbudya Island.
View details — White Sands Resort and Conference Centre