AMANI BEACH CLUB

Tanzania Mainland Coast

Amani Beach Club: Our View

A really great option for those who want to stay on the mainland with all the luxuries of a western hotel. Fabulous swimming pool and large open rooms with all the mod cons (apart from televisions) possibly needed. Food is of a good standard and currently the lodge offers great value for money. Possibly the greatest selling point, however, is the beach which runs all the way from Dar es Salaam to Mtwara and, while not the white sands of Zanzibar, is rugged and beautiful!

We give Amani 3 palms as it is excellent value for money. The remoteness of the lodge and great standard of rooms do it justice.

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Amani Beach Club: Fast Facts

$120 per person per night (high season)

Our Rating

Located approximately 60km South of Dar es Salaam
Horse riding along the beach is available at an extra cost
Family friendly
A good sized pool
10 spacious semi detached en-suite chalets with AC

Amani Beach Club: The Detail

Having been discovered around 15 years ago by an Italian businessman, this stretch of mainland Tanzania consisted of untamed bush and a beautiful, unkempt and palm fringed beach. This beach has remained one of Tanzania’s best kept secrets as it is not easy to access by road from Dar es Salaam. Over the years, the hotel has changed in feel as management has been and gone, but the essence of the lodge, simple and relaxed, has remained the same.

With only 10 rooms, the lodge has a sense of exclusivity and is the perfect hideaway for either a couple of nights or a whole week. Each of the rooms is a vast and spacious marble-floored cottage with opulent bathroom and air conditioning. Rooms are packed with Arabic-style antiques surrounding a large four-poster bed swathed with nets and chintzy cushions.

The hotel is set in wonderfully colourful gardens awash with vibrant bougainvillaea’s around a huge and ancient old baobab tree. The Beach Club also has a large and clean swimming pool at by the beach, and a choice of two restaurants for dining on the beach or in the main building.

Amani Beach Club: Client Reviews

The Amani resort at the start of our trip was excellent. Again, we were the only ones there one night, and only one other family was there the other nights. The staff walked us to a local village about an hour away where we could see how the locals lived. This was not a tourist venue, and it was the only chance we had on this trip to experience native living conditions. Because Ras Kutani burned and we couldn’t stay there, and because Ras Kutani is listed at
Harald Loeffler 2011

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One of our favourite hotels on Zanzibar and one of the best along the East African coast. The beach here is the best on Zanzibar and unlike much of the east coast, is free of hawkers and general hustlers. Nungwi village just down the coast is a great place to go out and have a few drinks or a bite of lunch.

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