Hotel berhampiran Tanganyika Outdoor Safari, Arusha

Bei Ankunft wwar man verwundert, dass wir das Hotel günstig über booking gebucht haben (auf dem Tresen lagen übrigens Discount-Preistafeln aus). Also warten bis die Rezeption die Preisfrage mit dem Manager geklärt hatte. Okay - Check-In. Unser Zimmer war ausreichend groß, das Bad recht klein. Warmes Wasser war vorhanden. Wir hatten einen Balkon mit Blick auf die chaotische Bushaltestelle. WLan gab es in allen Bereichen. Abends hatten wir zwei Bier im restaurant getrunken. Beim Bezahlen wieder Diskussionen. Überall lagen Preistafeln - und dann sollte jedes Bier 1000 Tsh mehr kosten. Nach etwas hin und her haben wir es günstiger bekommen - allerdings hatte man dann kein Wechselgeld. Irgendwann haben wir uns in der Mitte getroffen. Zum Frühstück gab es ein Buffet - Klopse, Bohnen, Kartoffeln, Ei, Toast, Obst, Saft, Tee, Kaffee...Das war gut. Kartenzahlung war nur mit Gebühr möglich. Also haben wir bar bezahlt. Die Englischkenntnisse des Personals lassen sehr zu wünschen übrig.

這家酒店其實是公寓，晚上過了時間前台無人值守，衹有不會英文的老大爺值班，藉助谷歌翻譯才勉強完成入住，花了很長時間確認我已經提前付款。進到房間，在阿魯沙算還可以的設施吧，但是要注意房間沒有飲用水，要自己買，還有就是熱水要提前開開關，量也不大，很快就洗完。周圍算是阿魯沙中心，晚上可能有點吵鬧。

We are not fussy travellers by any means, however I would not recommend or stay at this hotel again. The rooms are so old, no fridge the showers were terrible, the taps leaked, the cold tap didn’t work, the room we were given had no bedside tables. Rooms were humid, smelt musty. Black hair in my bed. Bedding creased and old. Fitted sheet didn’t fit the beds. Towels so rough and old need replacing. We had no spare toilet rolls in the bathroom. No attention to detail at all. It was old hostel standard at an expensive cost. It’s a $50 a night standard at a push. Breakfast were also very poor. Weak watery coffee, no option for barista made coffee or decent African coffee. The food was mainly only hot Indian food & only bread and omelette as an alternative option. Confusing given we are in Africa we expected more African options and catering for other nations with hot breakfast options. Dinner options was 95% Indian food again. Given you are stuck at night in your hotels due to safety a better variety of dinner food would be welcomed as we didn’t want to eat Indian two nights while travelling East Africa. Hotel guests were loud shouting and moving around on upper floors keeping us awake. After complaining more than once the staff did their best to assist but it was not a pleasant stay at all. We were then woken up at 6am by people ringing our room doorbell. The location is right amongst the local part of town so you cannot leave at night. You will be pounded on leaving your Safari jeeps or when being picked up (it’s fine but a heads up). I’d recommend staying by the clock tower as walking distance to massi market, and a great coffee shop for African food and good coffee (Coffee Culture).

1) It is cheap 2) Bed was comfy 3) Showers were hot Cannot ask for much more as a solo backpacker! I believe there is also wifi but I never used it myself. It is also very well situated, within walking distance of the bus terminals, which is very useful given the buses to most places tend to leave at ~6am, and also close enough to restaurants and places to buy food around the city.

I always feel so relaxed in Arusha when I stay at Kiteme Lodge, for business trip Kiteme Lodge is always my second home. The staff and services are of internatuonal standard, food is very nice and cheap.. one of the best thing the place is very close to Arusha bus stop and Arusha airport.