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Tanzania's Mainland Coast

Mainland Tanzanian beaches tend to be more private than those in Zanzibar, but do not offer diving. Ras Kutani and Amani Beach Club offer totally different styles of accommodation, although both are extremely comfortable and provide a very high level of service and cuisine.

Anyone dreaming of absolute seclusion far from the madding crowds should consider heading to these beaches south of the Dar es Salaam, where the sea has invigorating waves and the sand is fine and lies in huge, soft drifts...

Alternatively Lazy lagoon, private island, is the place to stay North of Dar.

Ras Kutani
Ras Kutani is is a well-established and elegant beach hideaway designed in a simple style to suit the surroundings. It sits in a cushion of tropical forest on the banks of a wide freshwater lagoon, and access is via a short walk through wooded paths and a row across the natural pool to a welcoming wood jetty. The lodge has just twelve private and well spaced bandas along with 3 private suites that extend through a fragrant hillside of tropical forest to the powder-soft beach below.

Ras Kutani

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Amani Beach Club
With only 12 rooms, guests at Amani enjoy a great deal of space and exclusivity. Rooms are grandly designed in heavy coral rock in the Arabic style, and each one is a vast and spacious marble-floored Łottage with opulent bathroom, air conditioning, satellite television and built-in options for radio and music. Rooms are packed with ethnic style antiques surrounding a large four-poster bed swathed with nets and chintzy cushions. The hotel is set in wonderfully colourful gardens awash with vibrant bougainvillaeas, all arrayed around a huge and ancient old baobab tree.

Amani Beach Club

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Lazy Lagoon Island
Twelve individual self contained 'beach bandas' set on Lazy Lagoon Island offers visitors the most exclusive beach resort in Tanzania. The hotel is built at the tip of the eight kilometre long private island of sand, bush and mangrove, still inhabited by wildlife.The twelve bandas are spaced along the beach to provide privacy and an uninterrupted view of the Indian Ocean. The bar and restaurant are on the tip of the island with panoramic views of Lazy Lagoon, the mainland and the open sea.

Lazy Lagoon

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The Tides
Located 45 minutes flight North of Dar, Tides offers small and intimate accommodation with a high level of personal service. Guests can enjoy excellent cuisine as the lodge specialises in seafood which is delivered daily by local fishermen.The cottages, which are set amid the palms lining the beach, are spacious, bright and breezy all with views over the Indian Ocean, and have large well appointed bathrooms. All have their own sunbathing area under the shade of the palm trees for guests’ privacy.

Tides

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