Nungwi House

ok with this budget

The hotel is in a strategic position, a few minutes from the beach. The staff is very friendly and available for any need. The air conditioning didn’t work our last night but this place is 100% value for money. Special thanks to Mariam, Tito and all the people of the team for their smiles and kindness.

We cancelled our stay at an airbnb to stay at Nungwi House on very short notice. After one month traveling around Tanzania, Nungwi House had the best accommodations of our entire trip. They had air conditioning in the room, which was great, they had a tasty breakfast, super friendly staff, regular cleaning, hot water in the showers, and a quiet place to stay. They are not right on the beach, but they are a very, very short walk from everything you need including grocery stores, restaurants, bars, and the beach itself. They are also very close to taxis and are happy to help you get a cab. They were very kind and allowed us to store our stuff with them for over eight hours after we checked out and even offered us the chance to shower when we returned to take our things before a long flight. Someone mentioned that you can't drink the tap water but this is Africa: you can't drink the tap water anywhere! And bottled water is dirt cheap at the grocery store right outside. If you are traveling on a budget, this is the place you want to go!

Rooms are small and modest with few place for clothes. There is air conditioner that we didn't use because it was not needed. Only one towel per person. Issues with hot water after the power outage. Things that were not working (drying knob) we reported to the staff but were not fixed. One of our two rooms didn't lock well and sometimes we found it unlocked after the cleaning service. Rooms are cleaned daily and towels changed after 3 days. Lining was not changed. All rooms are ground floor. We had a small lizard in the room. Yard is ok but needs regular gardening. Location is awful, at the dusty parking square with the noise all the night. There is a shop, souvenirs and pharmacy close to the guest house. Also plenty of restaurants nearby. Breakfast is the same every day and the content is acceptable - fruits, egg(s), toast, pancake, jam, margarine, chocolate topping, peanut butter, tea or coffee. You also get fresh and tasty avocado and passion juice every day. No drinking water. The fork and knife they put directly on the table that is not clean. We found ants in the margarine and saw a rat in the kitchen. After that I stopped consuming breakfast.