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This is an excellent lodge in many ways. The accomodation is very spacious and each room has a huge windowed 'balcony' where you can sit in your rocking chair and take in the scenery. There is a lovely restaurant, which, although very large and busy (in peak season) provided great food and great service. It is quite cold at night (in August), so they have a big log fire in the centre of the bar.
Due to its prime location on the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater, the views from this lodge are fabulous! The Sopa lodge is on the opposite side of the crater from the other crater lodges and is therefore the only one th experience views of the sunset. Theme: HotelAddress: Ngorongoro Crater
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A large lodge with a good standard of accomodation. As per usual for Tanzanian safari lodges the rooms are located in 2 storey 'huts'. We had a ground floor room, which looked out in to lots of undergrowth. The first floor rooms probably have a better overview of the scenery. There seemed to be quite a lot of biting insects about. Make sure to use the mosquito net at night, and insect repellant when by the pool or walking in the grounds.
There is a very nice 'free form' pool with an island in the middle on which you can sunbathe should you so desire! Also, we enjoyed our close encounters with the Hyrax that have made their home in the grounds. Theme: Hotel
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 our cabin at KIA lodge by tompt The KIA lodge is literally minutes from the airport of Kilimanjaro. Luckely it is not a very busy airport so you don't have disturbed nights by the airplanes. The lodges has several cabins and you can see the mountain from many windows or just go outside. (Unless, like us, you arrive in the dark and leave very early) The breakfast was a buffet with very western dishes like fried eggs, bacon and so on. The gardens are lovely and the swimming pool on top of a hill has great views. At night you can sit at the campfire and have a drink.
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by lauren6 We had a wonderful time staying in public campsites in and close to the parks. For the most part, we were the only people staying there even in high season. Lions, elephants, and hyenas came up to the camp. To be alone under the African sky is something special. Don't be afraid - go for it! Theme: CampgroundComparison: about average
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This is a fabulous hidey hole in the depths of the African village of Karatu. Irish owned with an English country garden and African living, it is intimate, clean, well run and a delight indeed. My room was upgraded from our very lovely twin room to a room with 3 double beds and a real fire (the evening can be chilly) and separate bathroom.
The staff, namely Lenbis, who after serving us our evening meal, escorted us to the local night club, African style. The rooms are almost quality tent like, wonderful.
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 'Volunteer' House in Dar by Bwana_Brown There was quite a hodge-podge on this trip! My first night on the road did not go too well - I was hitch-hiking and was stranded on the Great North Road in Zambia south of Chilonga. As darkness fell, I wandered off to the side of the road and slept under the stars in my sleeping bag - hoping that no snakes would be attracted to the warmth! A lorry picked me up the next day and I made it to the Tunduma border crossing. An all-night bus ride to Dar Es Salaam got me to my first contact with fellow 'volunteers'. I stayed with them in both Dar (see Photo) and later-on at Moshi, at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro. On my bus trip from Dar to Moshi, there was a 10 hour wait for the bus to be repaired, resulting in our arrival at about 2 AM. Since I did not know where I was going, I again threw the sleeping bag onto the first lawn that I came across and found myself being stared at by the locals in the morning as they went about their business. There was an interesting stay at a very lively hotel in Nairobi as well as in the quarters of the African staff at the Ngorongoro game park when I returned to Tanzania. As on my outward bound experience, I was overtaken by rain and darkness when hitch-hiking back to Moshi from Ngorongoro and very brazenly rolled out my sleeping bag in the front 'room' of a nearby village hut that was filled with wooden carvings. Other than hearing the rats moving about and being awoken by the owner speaking Swahili and shining a flashlight in my face at some point in the night, it at least kept me dry! At the house in the photo, it was interesting for me to note that the legs of the bureaus containing food items had to sit in cans of water to keep the ants at bay! Altogether,costs were free to very cheap! Theme: Hostel
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Although I can only speak from my experience, our accommodation was 'just like the locals live' - 5 girls cramped into a small room along with backpacks are just enough personal space to roll out your camping map and craw into your sleeping bag! It was a tight fit! Theme: OtherDirections: We visited Iringa for 4 weeks were we did community work with the locals, which included building a small bridge, teaching and collecting water daily.
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by kucha Camping out in the large tents, luke warm showers, up with the sunrise and sharing campfires at night with hyenas, lions, etc. Theme: Campground
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by cosmopolit While overlanding mostly camping, occasionally hostels or 'hotel' for the benefit of hot showers.
Food shopping can be quite a challenge depending on season and draught but that's the kind of shopping I love. To find the stuff you gona have for diner or just being creative with what's available. Theme: CampgroundComparison: least expensive
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You will find 5 star to minus 5, and there are plenty, in my hometown try mwanza hotel, in Dar try Kilimanjaro or Africana. Theme: Hotel
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