White Sands Hotel

Within approximately 30 minutes of your arrival at the Dar es Salaam International Airport, you could be enjoying the azure blue Indian Ocean, at the Dar es Salaam’s leading International Beach Resort Hotel.

The Ruaha Restaurant and Bar serves a wide selection of seafood, continental, Indian, vegetarian and traditional Tanzanian dishes. Our 24 hour coffee shop situation adjacent to the hotel’s swimming pool, lies on the shores of the Ocean itself offering a variety of light snacks and beverages, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. The Sand Bar and Kisiwa Banda are thatched with traditional Makuti roofs, with open views for the perfect sunrise.

Our main hotel building features the African Are Curio Shop whilst the main foyer is elegantly decorated with a traditional carved wood theme. We also offer daily sight seeing trips into Dar Es Salaam, the Mwenge Craft Market and the Msasani Peninsula Tinga Tinga Art Centre. For the more adventurous and experienced, the Blue Chip Dive Centre which is a five star Padi Golden Palm Resort, offers the full array of diving facilities including a Discover Scuba Course, which requires less than one day, to get you in the water. You could also take our shuttle service across the to one of the three small tropical islands, which lie only minutes off the hotel’s beachfront. Your own piece of paradise, right on your doorstep.

All 88 rooms overlook the Indian Ocean, with all the features one would expect from an International Hotel. Direct dial telephone service, 24 hour room service, satellite television, air-conditioning, en-suite bathrooms, mosquito nets, mini fridges and private balconies.

Our Gilmans Conference Centre caters up to 200 people, whilst we also provide four smaller rooms for groups of varied sizes. All conference rooms feature the latest audio visual technology available in Tanzania. Our business centre also caters for your communication needs and secretarial services.