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water. This is a consideration in cooler areas, especially during winter, although staff will
almost always arrange a hot bucket if you ask.
»In Swahili, the word hotel or hoteli does not mean accommodation, but rather a place for
food and drink. The more common term used for accommodation is guesti (guesthouse) or,
more formally, nyumba ya kulala wageni .
»There are many mission hostels and guesthouses, primarily for missionaries and aid-or-
ganisation staff, though some are willing to accommodate travellers, space permitting.
»In coastal areas, you'll find bungalows (small thatched-roof cottages with wooden or
stone walls) ranging from simple huts on the sand to luxurious en suite affairs.
HOTELS & LODGES
Larger towns offer from one to several midrange hotels with en suite rooms (widely re-
ferred to in Tanzania as 'self-contained' or 'self-containers'), hot water, and a fan and/or an
air conditioner. Facilities range from not so great to quite good value, with prices averaging
from US$30 to US$60 per person.
At the top end of the spectrum, there's an array of fine hotels and lodges with all the
amenities you would expect at this price level (from US$100 or more per person per night).
Especially on the safari circuits there are some wonderful and very luxurious lodges cost-
ing from US$150 to US$500 or more per person per night, although at the high end of the
spectrum, prices are usually all-inclusive. Some park lodges offer discounted drive-in rates
for those arriving with their own vehicles.
TENTED CAMPS & FLY CAMPS
Tented Camps
'Permanent tented camps' or 'luxury tented camps' stay in the same place from season to
season. They offer comfortable beds in spacious canvas tents, with screened windows and
most of the comforts of a hotel room, but with a wilderness feel. Most such tents also have
private bathrooms with hot running water, as well as generator-provided electricity for at
least part of the evening.
Fly Camps
'Mobile' or 'fly' camps are temporary camps set up for one or several nights, or perhaps
just for one season. In the Tanzanian context, fly camps are used for walking safaris away
from the main tented camp or lodge, or to offer the chance for a closer, more intimate bush
experience. Although fly camps are more rugged than permanent luxury tented camps (ie
they may not have running water or similar features), they fully cater to their guests, in-
cluding with bush-style showers (where an elevated bag or drum is filled with solar-heated
water). They are also usually more expensive than regular tented camps or lodges, since
provisions must be carried to the site.
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