Accommodation

Dar es Salaam

Experience urban living at its most cosmopolitan at Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel, located at the heart of the city centre business district, just moments from sandy Indian Ocean beaches, a bustling fish market and eclectic crafts markets, boutiques and restaurants. A garden oasis of tranquillity and charm, our five-star Dar es Salaam hotel promises the warmest of welcomes, vibrant experiences and vivid memories of your stay.

For discerning business and leisure travellers with a taste for the very finest, our distinctive five-star hotel is a place to call home. Exceptional security and impeccable service as well as world-class amenities and cuisine create the perfect retreat within a thriving metropolis.

Acclaimed as one of Tanzania’s most prestigious hotels, Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel offers a perspective that is the essence of the city itself: diverse and stylish yet exceedingly relaxed and down-to-earth.

Welcome back to our landmark Dar es Salaam hotel, beautifully refreshed for your comfort. With modern meeting rooms, exceptional dining, a pool, gym and comfy rooms in a tree-lined location near the ocean, we invite you to discover our Dar es Salaam hotel. 

Baraza celebrates Tanzanian produce with ocean-fresh seafood, Spice Island flavours, mountain-grown coffee and tea, exotic fruits of the season, and premium grill cuts. Join us for dining in the comfort of the lounge-café, at the bar, overlooking the show-kitchen or on the sun terrace.  

A choice of adaptable Dar es Salaam venues are equipped as-standard with inclusive business-basics for events of 10 to 100. Competitive group rates, customizable packages, and in-house meeting experts ensure a productive and memorable business experience. 

Refreshed for even more comfort, our selection of rooms and suites are as perfect for a business-break as a safari-stopover. Every room features a large comfortable bed, views overlooking the historic Botanical Gardens or the city, as well as air-conditioning, a workspace, bath and shower, flat-screen TV and mini-bar.

Guests can connect to free uncapped WiFi from the pool to the gym and everywhere in between. Stay productive in the business centre, enjoy 24-hour room service, relax in the gardens, and plan your Tanzania holiday with our on-site travel and tour operator and our experienced guest relations team.

You will know that you are travelling first class when you see your name on the hand-held board of our uniformed chauffeur. You will then be speedily and comfortably transferred from the airport, through the city to arrive in the ocean side, ambassadorial, residential area of Oyster Bay.

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Whether it is just for a few hours or overnight – we do not envisage our guests staying any longer – you will be pampered and receive a similar type and standard of hospitality you have received (or are about to receive) in the small, luxurious properties of the Southern Tanzanian game parks and the Indian Ocean Islands. And when it is time to leave for the airport, the chauffeur is waiting – It’s all part of the service.

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The Oyster Bay is like staying with friends, a beautiful large home and garden with eight luxurious ocean facing guest suites, spacious in the extreme (70 sqm) with luxurious bathrooms, air-conditioned, fabulously furnished in contemporary African style, the suites reflect modern day Africa in a timeless setting – balmy, equatorial, coastal, Dar es Salaam. You will feel that you are staying somewhere special and that your ‘enforced’ stay in Dar es Salaam becomes yet another highlight of your holiday. Extensive lounges and terraces overlooking mature gardens,  swimming pool and within secure walking distance of the Oyster Bay shopping centre.

Make the Holiday Inn Dar es Salaam City Centre hotel your relaxing retreat in the heart of the bustling Tanzanian capital.

Just 20 minutes drive from Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaams major business district, Holiday Inn Dar es Salaam City Centre is a peaceful haven away from the city streets. Your sleek guest room is a stylish home from home with air conditioning to keep you cool. Unwind with flavoured shisha under the thatched canopy of rooftop Al Dar Restaurant, overlooking the Indian Ocean.

Host your presentation in one of our 5 modern meeting rooms with wireless Internet, and ask about our good-value package to enjoy refreshments and a 3-course lunch. Holiday Inn Dar es Salaam City Centres business district location puts embassies, banks and government offices on your doorstep.

Our helpful staff can help plan wildlife safaris or trips to Zanzibars aromatic spice plantations. The ferry terminal for exotic Zanzibar is just a 10 minute walk from the hotel.

Follow a workout in our hotel Mini Gym with an indulgent facial in the spa. The menu is as colourful as the decor in Gaucho Restaurant, where mouth-watering Tanzanian dishes like pumpkin and sweet potato curry are served.