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Town in Tanzania
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Moshi is a municipality in Northeast Tanzania, the mountain region of Tanzania.
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NGO, vocational school for adult women.
A hotel, campsite, lodge and safari company. A family run place with an excellent swimming pool, bar area and children's play area. They can organise all your local tours and safari anything ranging from a night of local drumming and food to climbing the mountain or seeing the national parks.
A locally managed orphanage (separate for babies, girls and boys), school and dispensary. They have a very informative website, but be warned, you must be dedicated if you are to help out here!
A non-government organization. They have volunteer placements dealing with education and marketing local companies available. Also fundraising help is needed for a planned computer training center and for a vocational training center. Visit their website for more details.
El Rancho Restaurant
EL Rancho Kilimanjaro is an Indian Specialty Restaurant in Shanty Town, Moshi, Tanzania. The Restaurant provides healthy, delicious & tasty Indian Food.
In town opposite the Buffalo Hotel. Good pizza, nice balcony location for lunch or dinner, sometimes you might even see some white people working there, doing their practical training for a chef or a waiter. As the name suggests, in addition to the popular pizza and Italian food, there is also good Indian dishes. Beer and wine served.
Kenyatta Street. Somewhat like a steakhouse, decent food but limited menu. Restaurant has Volkswagen decor and waitresses wear leopard print outfits, quite interesting.
Hill Street. Usually a lunch time destination but is open for dinner, a bit expensive, located on Hill Street. The menu is quite varied with Indian, Chinese in addition to pizza, burgers and American dishes. A good number of vegetarian choices. Ice cream and milkshakes. No alcohol available. Closed on Tuesdays.
Hill Street (in the center of town near Deli Chez). The favoured lunch time location for tourists, good soup, spaghetti, milkshakes, very fair prices, and near internet cafes; the coffee shop will also bake cakes on order (for birthdays and such). Closed on Sundays.
formerly Tanzanian Coffee Lounge
The alternative lunch option, very good bagels and fruit & veggie plates, excellent smoothies.
Run by KCNU - coffee growers cooperative, roasts coffee beans on premises. Espresso drinks, sandwiches, milk shakes, pizza, burgers, salads and breakfasts. Open 7 days/week.
Offers BBQ at night inside the pub near the dance floor but it is a bit sketchy.
Off Lema Road in Shantytown. Run by the only Chinese family in Moshi, decent food, ideal for large groups, a favourite of tourists for dinner.
Good wine, decent food, dinner.
Ideal for a Sunday afternoon of sitting by the pool and taking lunch.
J & Ds restaurant
A relaxed restaurant bar which offers a fusion of quality Swahili food with international flair. Served the local way. Guests can dine with others or alone as they wish. You can call in ahead to book dinner from the set menu or request a special group BBQ.
A nice outdoors pub usually with local music nights. Mostly meant for group nights out to sit around the fire and a favourite spot for tourists. Located off Lema Road in Shantytown.
If you feel the need to keep the party going into the small hours then you'll need to make your way. Open until around 3:30AM, Pub Alberto enjoys a reputation as something of a seedy dive. Indeed, the dance floor is usually a writhing mass of tourists, local people having a good night out, and ladies of negotiable virtue touting for business! If you do go to Pub Alberto then leave your valuables at home and only take the money you'll need for a good night's drinking. It's not as bad as some people make out and as long as you're sensible you'll have a fantastic night!
Best and biggest night club in Moshi. It costs TSh 5000 to get in, beers and ciders are TSh 2500. Music is mostly European, but they play also local bongo flavour. Very popular place. Sundays are ladies' night, which means ladies don't have to pay entrance fee.
Leila's Bar
A spacious outdoor bar. You can relax and swim in the day and sit by the bar by night.
Relaxed bar and hotspot for volunteers.
Cheap but decent. The price is TSh 15,000, 20,000, 25,000, or 30,000 depending on a room type. The hotel is safe and clean with decent food.
Next door to Kindoroko, rooms with a/c, clean bathroom, double bed.
Bright and large rooms with a beautiful roof top bar and restaurant. A popular hotel with volunteers.
Only Western style hostel in Moshi, run by an Irish woman. Very clean rooms, price includes dinner. Also provides links to local places if interested in volunteering without paying steep costs. Partnered with safari company Path to Africa. The hostel is named after David Hasselhoff.
Rates are negotiable, staff are friendly, and they do great packages for climbing Kilimanjaro and safaris. Don't expect good service or wake-up calls, the receptionists might be sleeping themselves.
Clean, simple, and cheap rooms. Avoid eating there. See discussion page for additional comments.
Mt. Inn is 6 km from Moshi town on road to Marangu, Kilimanjaro National Park. It's a base hotel for climbers plus has a variety of food (Indian and continental) and a swimming pool.
This very large Mediterranean-style house has 7 bedrooms, a large living room, dining room and kitchen, satellite TV, wireless internet, beautiful gardens and a stunning view of Mt. Kilimanjaro. If you want to reserve, ask for Michael.
Springlands Hotel near Moshi is a good base for mountain walking trips and safaris to Kilimanjaro, Mount Meru, and other wilderness areas in Northern Tanzania. This modern hotel is on the Southern slopes of Kilimanjaro.
4 km from town center along the road to Dar es Salaam and Marangu gate. Small decent place to stay, friendly services.
On the edge of downtown towards Shantytown. Has a pool.
clean rooms, friendly people and decent food and bar.
Western style hostel. Price include breakfast and dinner and provide volunteering projects free of charge. Also provides safari and mountain-trekking with the organisation Foot2afrika.
A family run bed and breakfast in a village environment. Also able to organise safari and Kilimanjaro climbs.
A new and modern hostel/budget hotel in the Soweto Area of Moshi with single and double/twin rooms with or without AC, all with private bathrooms and hot water. Free shuttle to Moshi town, free WiFi, restaurant, bar, garden terrace. Perfect for backpackers, mountain climbers, volunteers. 14 rooms, very friendly staff.
A wide range of accommodation options, camping, dorm rooms, self-catered rooms, ensuite rooms. Spacious lush gardens, large clean swimming pool, friendly staff.
Also available in combination with Expedition Kilimanjaro (see Climbs).
Tiny single rooms. Just ask for another room if you can't move. Great double rooms. Awesome roof top restaurant and bar - amazing view of Mt Kilimanjaro! In house tour company offers affordable safari trips to. Works extensively with Expedition Kilimanjaro (see Climbs).
Rooms are well furnished and exceptionally clean. Restaurant and poolside service is available.
Very unique lodging located 9600 ft up Mount Kilimanjaro nestled against the rain forest, near the local Chagga tribe town Uru Shimbwe. Ideal altitude for trekkers to acclimatize a minimum of two days before beginning their planned ascent of Mt Kilimanjaro or Mt Meru. Mini hikes in the rain forest to spectacular waterfalls. Unbelievable view, extremely welcoming staff who will throw a celebration for you when you arrive and immerse you in their "cultural" celebrations later in the night. Owner is very knowledgeable with expeditions (naturally) to Mt. Kilimanjaro as well as safaris to the Serengeti, Ngorongoro, etc., and is willing to organize those trips for you.
A small, clean bed and breakfast. Lunches and dinners are also available. Full bar service. Nice outdoor garden in a quiet residential setting. Outdoor seating available for meals or relaxation. Comfortable common area with large LCD cable TV. All rooms ensuite with air conditioning, TV, phone, writing desk and mini fridge.
Has most facilities, good relaxing in beautiful gardens with pool.
A more western style hotel, Weru Weru River Lodge would be about 4 stars in the US. 32 rooms.
Has a Mastercard/Visa Card ATM.
Has a Mastercard/Visa Card ATM.
Has a Mastercard/Visa Card ATM.
mastercard visa card atm.
By plane
By bus
Buses arrive in Moshi from all of the main cities in Tanzania, and this is the cheapest way to travel.
By train
Twice-weekly passenger trains started running from Dar es Salaam in late 2019. While faster and more comfortable then buses, delays and cancellations have plagued the Tanzanian rail network for years.
No need to do anything other than walk within the city, though it is strongly advised not to walk around at night, for your own safety.
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