Hyatt Regency Dar es Salaam, The Kilimanjaro

Guests can expect a harborfront setting infinity pool and casino — all steps from the downtown ferries — at the Hyatt Regency Dar es Salaam. The eight-story Hyatt Regency hosts 180 rooms each featuring a rainfall shower 32-inch flat-panel cable TV iPod dock floor-to-ceiling windows a minibar coffeemaker work desk and 24-hour room service; select rooms offer ocean views and Wi-Fi is available for an added fee. The hotel's two restaurants and three bars serve a variety of international dishes. Working off those decadent meals is a cinch thanks to the on-site fitness room. Other leisure amenities include an infinity pool overlooking the harbor a sauna steam room full-service spa shopping gallery and casino. Guests with work in tow are happy to know there's a business center. Car rental services and parking are available. The Hyatt Regency is on Kivukoni Street in the heart of downtown steps from the parliament building and several embassies. It's two blocks from the Kigamboni and Zanzibar Gate ferry terminals. Visitors walk 10 minutes to the National Museum or drive one mile to the Kivukoni Fish Market. The Central Railway is also one mile away and Mbalamwezi Beach Club is six miles. Family-friendly fun is 40 minutes away at Kunduchi Wet-n-Wild Water Park. Julius Nyerere International Airport is eight miles inland.