Recommendations for Africa

Part of this blog is supposed to be tips from our RTW travel but I have yet to post any of our top picks...so here are the ones from the Africa leg. I rate them below:

Safari Makers (Moses) - 10. See comments below. By far, safari has been the best experience on my RTW travels.

Impala Hotel, Arusha, Tanzania - 6 (basic and a bit boring. Breakfast was awesome though!)

Kibo Hotel, Marangu, Tanzania - 6 (rooms were kind of ghetto but management nice and prepared us a late night meal when we arrived late)

L'Oasis, Arusha, Tanzania - 7 (lots of character with good food although bathrooms could be nicer. Food service was very slow but yummy)

Kitete Beach, Paje, Zanzibar - 5 (would be much higher if mgmt not so sketch, next door Paje By Night had great pizza and pasta)

Aman Bungalows, Nungwi, Zanzibar - 5 (basic rooms, no atmosphere)

Jollyboys, Livingstone, Zambia - 7 (great atmosphere with tons of activities to choose from. We stayed in the ensuite doubles. Rooms are basic with showers that sometimes clog but what rooms lack, place makes up with the other fun lively backpackers)

Capetown Backpacker, Capetown, S. Africa - 4 (basic rooms with hot water. We stayed in triple with shared bathroom)

Stumble Inn, Stellenbosch, S. Africa - 3 (would be a 1 if they didn't have the cool bar; the most ghetto hostel so far. Don't stay here as rooms are bare and empty and FREEZING)

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Our safari was through Safari Makers which we highly recommend. Our primary contact Gideone was very helpful and always answered our million email questions. He also got us a better deal on our flight to Zanzibar after. If u do decide to go with Safari Makers, u should def book with Moses our guide. Moses went out of his way to make sure we saw as much as possible. He had an incredible wealth of knowledge about animals and was very fun! We can't say enough great things about Moses.

Zanzibar
We spent half our time in Paje and the other half in Nungwi. In Paje we stayed at Kitete which was gorgeous and next to the beach but sketchy management. Manager Lawrence seemed to be price gouging us on everything including giving us restaurant bills that weren't even ours!!
In Nungwi, we stayed at Aman Bungalows which were decent and unassuming. Nothing all that interesting with the hotel rooms.