New Safari Hotel
The New Safari Hotel is a historical hotel in Arusha, Tanzania.
History
The New Safari Hotel, formerly known as Safari Hotel, was built in 1935 for Gladys and Margot Rydon, two English sisters owning CoFFEE estates in Tanganyika. After the unification of Tanganyika and Zanzibar into modern-day Tanzania in 1964 and the Arusha Declaration in 1967, the Safari Hotel was nationalised, as were many banks and large industries at that time, and handed to the national housing Cooperation. The Hotel was subsequently sold to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, who added the New to the name and set up the New Safari Hotel (1967) LTD.
Structure and Location
As originally conceived, the Safari Hotel had eight rooms. After becoming the New Safari Hotel, some rebuilding was done, giving the four story hotel more rooms and added a restaurant, a bar and a terrace. Today, the 3-star hotel has 46 rooms and 2 suites, as well as 4 conference rooms with a capacity of 15 to 180 people. The Malaika Restaurant (Malaika meaning Angel in English) is situated on the first floor and opened daily. Of special note is the plumbing, which was done on the exterior of the hotel, and still remains so today.
The New Safari Hotel is located along Boma road in Arusha, and is next to the International Conference Center. It is near Arusha National Park.
Famous guests
The New Safari housed actors and hunters Robert Taylor, John Wayne and Hardy Krüger.