The Old Boma Hotel
Mikindani & Mtwara, South Tanzania
Luxury hotel
Luxury hotel
€ 70 tot€ 90 pppn (loging & breakfast)
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About The Old Boma Hotel
The tastefully restored Old Boma Hotel overlooks Mikindani Bay and the harbor in southern Tanzania.
The former German Fortress from 1895 is a national monument with all desirable hotel facilities, but retaining its original features and charm. The Old Boma Hotel is one of Southern Tanzania’s best kept secrets.
Without doubt the best hotel in the area.
The property
The spacious rooms have high ceilings. the hotel is located on a hill in a beautiful tropical garden and a nice swimming pool.
The terrace has a magnificent view of the sunset. The chef serves excellent meals.
Overview
The Old Boma Hotel offers the following facilities:
- Lodging and breakfast
- Spacious room
- Comfortable bed
- Ensuite bathroom with bath and / or shower and toilet
- Mosquito net
- Fan
- Seating area
- Air conditioning
- Wifi
- Safe
- Laundry service
- Balcony
- Sea and / or garden view
- Afya Spa
- Beauty Salon
- Swimming pool
- Private beach
- Deck chairs
- Restaurant
- Sun terrace
- Socially involved
- Gift Shop
- Tour desk
Rooms
Each room at The Old Boma Hotel has sea, pool or garden views and the superior rooms also have a balcony and air conditioning.
At The Old Boma Hotel they know the following room types:
- Nyerere Room. Superior room, balcony, sea view, king (1-2p)
- Livingstone Room. Superior room, balcony, garden view, king and extra bed (1-3p)
- Von Lettow-Vorbeck Room. Superior room, balcony, garden view, king (2p)
- Chuma & Susi Room. Superior room, balcony, pool / garden view, king (2p)
- Governor Damquat Room. Standard room, pool / garden view, king (2p)
- Cairns Room. Standard room pool view king (2p)
- Chief Mkwawa Room. Standard room, garden view, twin (2p)
- Tower Room. Standard room, great view, single bed (1p)
Activities
The Old Boma Hotel offers the following activities:
- Swimming
- Massages
- Beauty Treatments
- Private beach
- Snorkeling
- Diving
- Fishing
- Excursion Mnazi Bay Marine Reserve
- Visit Mozambique border river: the Ruvuma river
- Hiking tour Mikindani
- Mikindani day trip with dhow
- Msimbati beach
- Visit craft shop
Price indication
From €70 to €90 pppn (lodging and breakfast)
Please note that the final price for the accommodation depends on the season and currency fluctuations. And does not include additional costs such as transport, entrance fees for the parks, etc.
Socially responsible
The Old Boma Hotel is a fully functioning hotel as well as a training school, a vocational training institute that provides free hospitality education to selected students from the local community. The hotel trains 40 local people in hospitality every year, according to high standards of service orientation.
The Old Boma is run by Trade Aid, a charity that actively promotes sustainable tourism. This is achieved by providing vocational and environmental education, training and employment within the local community. The hotel is fully staffed by local residents, supported by Tanzanian managers and European volunteers. Trade Aid works with the national, regional and local government of Tanzania on a variety of community projects including hospitality training, language classes and conservation programs. All projects promote sustainable employment, education and environmental responsibility.
The restoration of the hotel was the result of a British entrepreneur (Brian Currie) who restored the building more than 25 years ago. It is said that David Livingstone once stayed here.
Brian Currie financially supported the village of Mikindani during this time, with the sole intention of providing ‘education and conservation employment’ to the local people of Mikindani. For that purpose, he founded the charity Trade Aid Tanzania, and has carried out numerous restoration projects in the village.
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