Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
places for camping are at Pugu Hills (
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)
, and at the beaches north and south of
town at established campgrounds.
CITY CENTRE - KISUTU AREA & WEST OF AZIKIWE STREET
Sleep Inn
HOTEL $$
( 022-212 7340/1, 0784-233455;
www.sleepinnhoteltz.com
;
Jamhuri St; s/d US$50/60;
) This good-value highrise has a convenient location in the heart of the Asian
Quarter and clean, pleasant rooms with fan, air-con, refrigerator and small double bed.
Rates include a good breakfast. There are many restaurants nearby for meals.
Harbour View Suites
BUSINESS HOTEL $$
( 022-212 4040, 0784-564848;
www.harbourview-suites.com
;
Samora Ave; s
US$110-200, d US$120-210; ) Well-equipped, centrally located business
travellers' studio apartments with views over the city or the harbour. Some rooms have
mosquito nets, and all have modern furnishings and a kitchenette. There's a business centre,
a fitness centre, a restaurant and a blues bar. Very popular and often full. Underneath is JM
Mall shopping centre, with an ATM and supermarket.
Jambo Inn
HOTEL $
( 022-211 4293;
www.jamboinnhotel.com
;
Libya St; s/d US$20/26, with air-con US$30/
36; ) In the busy Kisutu area, this travellers' haunt has a mix of twin- and double-
bedded rooms with fan, flyscreens in the windows, hot water and a good, cheap restaurant
(closed Wednesday) with Indian dishes, burgers and other standards. There have been sev-
eral travellers' complaints about thefts from luggage.
Econolodge
HOTEL $
( 022-211 6048/9; econolodge@raha.com; Band St; s/d/tr Tsh20,000/27,000/35,000,
with air-con Tsh33,000/38,000/45,000; ) Clean, bland albeit good-value rooms hidden
away in an aesthetically unappealing highrise around the corner from Safari Inn and Jambo
Inn. Continental breakfast is included; otherwise there's no food.
Safari Inn
HOTEL $
( 022-213 8101, 0784-303478; safari-inn@lycos.com; Band St; s/d with fan Tsh22,000/
28,000, with air-con Tsh26,000/35,000; ) Another popular travellers' haunt in Kisutu,
just behind Jambo Inn. There are no mosquito nets, and no food is available.
