Old Boma Hotel in Southern Tanzania - A national monument, the Old Boma Hotel is a 100 year old fort, beautifully restored into a comfortable hotel with up to date facilities, whilst retaining many original features and charm. The Old Boma is located on the side of a hill overlooking the Indian Ocean, providing breathtaking views from dawn to dusk. A wide variety of activities and excursions are available from the Old Boma Hotel these include trips to Lukwika-Lumesule, Game Reserve Mnazi Bay Marine Reserve and guided tours.

Hotel facilities include a large swimming pool surrounded by Frangipani and Flame trees. A pool side bar is available, with the Old Courthouse providing shaded seating. The German Boma was built in 1895 and served as a fort and administrative center. At the time Old Boma was built, Mikindani was one of the most important ports in Tanzania at the time. The Old Boma is located on the side of a hill overlooking the Indian Ocean. This national monument has been restored as a hotel while still retaining its original features. The renovations took over 3 years due to the poor condition of the Boma.The Old Boma at Mikindani is run by Trade Aid Tanzania, a non profit making charitable trust whose aim is to create sustainable employment. Any surpluses are used to initiate similar job creating projects in Mikindani.

Some of the first ventures include an Organic Market Garden supplying the Boma and a Tree Nursery. A small restaurant, Samaki, has been opened to serve the local people. So far some 40 jobs have been created in the Boma, and a further 20 in the other ventures. Trade Aid Mikindani also oversees the Danish Schools Project. A group of caring Danish donors support the education of over 100 local children. If you are interesting in helping the people of Mikindani then contact us for information on how to become a Friend of Mikindani.

Old Boma Hotel Accomodation
The spacious guest-rooms are furnished with hand-carved beds, Tinga Tinga paintings and other local handicrafts. The rooms are kept cool by high ceilings and thick walls, coupled with ceiling fans. Most rooms have a balcony with a sea or garden view.
Old Boma Hotel restaurant
Guests are served fresh food with our chefs making full use of locally grown organic produce, herbs and spices, using a variety of coastal African, Arab and Asian flavors.
A typical menu may be:
Breakfast:
Freshly baked bread and homemade preserves
Fried/scrambled eggs or omelette
Freshly squeezed fruit juice, tea or coffee
Lunch:
Samosas with saffron rice and salad
Fresh fruit
Buffet style dinner
Fresh vegetable soup,
Your choice from an extensive buffet - grilled prawns, beef curry, BBQ chicken and accompaniments
Fresh fruit or bread & butter pudding
Excellent South African wines and local beers are available.

Old Boma Hotel Information
Take to the blue waters off Mikindani Bay on the Pepe. The possibilities are many, sport fishing, swimming, snorkelling, diving, or simply the chance to cruise the coastline. The coastal waters in this part of Tanzania are rarely sport fished and the area has a good stock of Pelagics, the predatory fish that offer fishermen the challenge they seek. Kingfish, Wahoo and Barracuda are common and there are other seasonal visitors such as Marlin and Tuna.
A PADI dive centre operates in Mikindani, offering diving excursions from either a GRP dive boat or, for a slightly more exotic experience, from a wooden dhow. Diving takes place in Mikindani Bay or the nearby Mnazi Bay Marine Park. This stretch of coastline boasts some of the finest diving sites in East Africa, including spectacular outer reef drop-offs and walls

Sail a traditional dhow across the sheltered waters of Mikindani Bay to Pemba village and beyond. Dhows have been plying the waters of the Indian Ocean for hundreds of years; this is your opportunity to sail on one of these handcrafted vessels. The journey across the bay can take as little as half an hour in favorable winds. As you cross, keep an eye out for wildlife; butterflies flutter in their hundreds over the water, occasional Fish Eagles patrol the outer bay and there have even been rare sightings of Humpback Whales.

Mikindani was an important trading centre as far back as the 15th century and David Livingstone quoted it in his diaries as being "the finest port on the coast". Since then its fortunes have fluctuated. The village still reflects its multicultural history and an Arabic, African and European presence on this East African coastal village is evident.