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Julius Nyerere International Airport

Mikadi Beach Lodge

Dar es Salaam

Let me start of by saying this is a Hostel. The rates are according to hostel standard. If you expect a five star hotel you have to wake up and not search for rates in the hostel prize range. That being said, this place is amazing! I love it here. I booked two nights, but extended my stay to eight nights in a lodge with private bathroom. Really charming cabin without AC, but a fan did a nice job cooling me during the nights. The property is very safe with excellent security, guarded entrance with port and a surrounding fence. The reception area is and really feels like a paradise island relax lounge. The food and service is 
fabulous and brought to you by a dedicated, polite and professional staff. In this place you will feel welcome from the moment you arrive until you leave with tears in your eyes. It is absolutely heartwarming. It’s like you become a family member and is treated in that way. I give my highest possible recommendation and will for sure com back again. Thank you, all the wonderful staff at Mikadi Beach Camp! You are all great ambassadors for Tanzanias warm and friendly culture.

Outstanding experience

Mikadi Beach Camp & Backpackers has a lot to offer, for it’s very affordable and simple setup it is every shilling worth.

Very friendly staff, great location, nice food.

But, you should bring your own mosquito net to use in addition to the one provided.

In addition you shouldn’t bring any foodstuff no matter how concealed - the rats/mice will find it and eat it.

4/5 will definitely come back, great for young travelers!

Every shilling worth

My girlfriend and I recently visited Mikadi Beach Camp in Dar Es Salaam, and it turned out to be an cool experience. 

The first thing that struck us was the vibrant and upbeat atmosphere at Mikadi Beach Camp. The entire place exuded positive vibes, and we instantly felt relaxed and welcomed. 

The bar at Mikadi Beach Camp was a definite highlight. We savored our drinks

Nice place to have a drink with beautiful beach

The location is beautiful, and the lounge and beach area is a superb place to chill at daytime. However, at night, a lot of people from outside come to drink and party. It's nice if you're up for it, but if you want to rest, it's a bit annoying.

Rooms are ok and have mosquito nets, but there is a big problem with rats. There are rats all over the place, and the rooms can't keep them out. They ate through our bags and even through a pocket in a shorts. The management is nice and handled our complaints well.

It's very easy to get to Dar city centre with the ferry only a couple kilometres away. Also a lot of local food available just 500m from the place if you don't want to spend a lot of money on food there.

Beautiful place by the beach, but with a catch

By taxi then ferry then bajaji I arrived at the camp. It was packed solid with day visitors and I thought OH No I've made a dreadful mistake!! Then I realised it was Boxing Day so everyone was out with their families to celebrate. The following days the camp returned to its normal amount of guests which were few. The Banda (room on stilts) was small with just a bed and fan but comfortable. Shared showers/toilets were clean and I never had to wait. Every day the staff were cleaning to dust of the sand.
I enjoyed the small swimming pool all to myself each morning before breakfast which was simple but adequate - you could pay more for extras. The beach had litter on it but then the sea was mostly clean. You have to walk a long way out for it to be deep enough to swim. Food was available at average prices - it's cooked fresh so expect to wait - but its worth it - I especially enjoyed the fish samosas. I'm not much of a drinker but the bar seemed well stocked and basic coffee with milk very very cheap.
Staff very friendly and helpful and understand English. Many people were also camping.
Its noisy at night from nearby bars but then its mainly for younger folk (I am young at heart although almost 70). Not much to do outside the camp. 
I left feeling very refreshed and ready again for work.

Chilling out by the sea with sunshine

Best beach for a laid-back afternoon close to town. If you prefer quiet, better book weekdays. I stayed on a weekday, it was nice laidback and... quiet. 

These guys are pulling off a good kitchen I totally recommend the fish fingers and the nacho cheese/guagamole. 

Falling asleep with Ocean waves in the background is much better than many places downtown and there are not so many things that can beat waking up with sun rays tickling on your face and seeing the ocean first thing.  

This place is getting better every time I come back. What it has always been: the perfect spot to unwind if you need s hort break just before yiou take off to Zanzibar...

Laidback and Lively Place at a stone throw away from Dar's buzzing City Centre

Had the pleasure to stay in an all-new container-based beach banda with a thatched reed rooftop. It has a comfortable bed with no mosquitoes around. Was attracted to the isolation of the room. The outside sounds are dampened while the ocean waves reverberate in the walls making falling asleep a rocking pleasure. The room has a shower and a separate toilet. The ample beach compound houses other rooms, a restaurant, a lounge, and a pool. There is a place for sitting on the beach, do volleyball or have a tailored barbecue or seafood lunch as per your request.

Lively beach club on a stone throw of Dar es Salaam's buzzing central business district

I thought the price for beach hut was reasonable until I arrived. Firstly I didn’t realise it was a shared bathroom and toilet. There were gaps in the doors so couldn’t shower and the toilet was far from the first hut I was given. Booked 6 days but left after 1. I was scared. It was noisy, pumping music until the early hours, people walking and talking outside the hut in the middle of the night. The place was packed with locals, the pool was small and full of people and the beach was messy. The bedding was stained and I felt the floor through the mattress. The mosquitoe net covered half the bed, it had holes and blood on it. Suffice to say I awoke after two hours sleep covered in huge bites. More than I’d gotten on a three week trip!! Breakfast was a runny egg on dry toast. The food itself mediocre but expensive 😳 

They ask double the price for a private bathroom and they are shoved in the back without any view.

Don’t do it

Loved the location! Totally laid-back. This must be the best place close to Dar to chill out on the beach. The beach bungalows are very basic, but I found that an attraction. When the tide is in, you sleep to the sound of wind in the passion yes and waves lapping on the beach just a few meters away from your bed.
The owners are very friendly and organised a boat trip to nearby Sinda Island, which is such a hard-to-reach hidden gem: I was fortunate to have had the experience!
Breakfast has many options and was well prepared. As a coffee lover i wasn't thrilled by the instant coffee option but that's a small detail. The other meals were great too, especially the sea food options were delicious and fresh from the ocean. Loved the place: this is likely going to be my regular weekend getaway!

Chill beach lodge closest to Dar

Stayed at Mikadi for one night as part of a tour. Rooms were rustic with only a mattress on the floor, which would have been fine if the sheets didn’t have strange brown stains and the mosquito nets had holes. Humid and hot and many rooms didn’t even have a fan. For the bathrooms, only one toilet was working, the rest were clogged. One of my friends got bit by some odd bug during the night and her entire arm was covered in bites and swollen the next morning. Food was mediocre at best. Would have preferred to stay at a campsite.

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