Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Moravian Conference Centre
HOTEL $
( 025-280 2853; Nyerere Rd; s/d Tsh15,000/ 25,000, s/d/tr without bathroom or break-
fast Tsh7000/14,000/20,000; ) Rooms are spare, but African art and bright paint
livens up the rest of this concrete compound 1kmeast of the bus station. Meals are cheap
and good, and the shared facilities are some of the cleanest in Tanzania.
Datoo Guesthouse
GUESTHOUSE $
( 025-280 2862; Soko Matola Rd; r Tsh10,000) Funky decoration, hot showers and a
below average price make this reasonably clean spot the pick of the pack around the bus
station.
Mbezi Forest Hotel
HOTEL $
( 025-280 2746; s/d Tsh25,000/30,000; ) The rooms could use some new paint, but
are quite cosy overall, and the garden restaurant is a bonus. It's in a quiet, nondescript
neighbourhood out past the Moravian.
Bethlehem Centre
GUESTHOUSE $
(Mpanda Rd; s/d without bathroom Tsh5000/6,000;
) The cheapest rooms in town are
simple but clean.
GETTING THERE & AWAY
As all locals will tell you, Sumry is the best bus company and you should use it if possible.
Of course, since everyone knows this, it's best to book ahead. Ticket offices are located
just outside the bus stand. Sumry has three morning buses daily to Mbeya (Tsh15,000 to
Tsh17,000, seven hours) via Tunduma. To Mpanda (Tsh14,000, five to six hours), Sumry
departs daily at 8am and 2pm.
Most trucks, both large lorries and small 4WDs, depart from various points (just go and ask
around) behind the three OilCom petrol stations on the main road. You can also private-hire
4WDs here. One exception is that trucks to Kasesha, on the Zambian border, park in front
of Datoo Guesthouse;
Click here
for details about crossing to Zambia there.
KALAMBO FALLS
Variously reported as anywhere from 211m to 250m high, and often misrepres-
ented as the Africa's second-tallest waterfall (as far as uninterrupted drops go, it
