Reviews of Southern Sun
Wildlife sightings and reviews
179 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Southern Sun and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
Mrs H & Mr W
Norfolk
"Southern Sun - back to civilization"
1 night Arrived 20 Sep 2011
"Very good hotel, absolutely no problems. Staff were helpful and we had all the facilities we needed.
We had no time to do anything in Dar, so it was merely a night stopover, and it provided everything we needed." See all these reviews: 10n in Tanzania
We had no time to do anything in Dar, so it was merely a night stopover, and it provided everything we needed." See all these reviews: 10n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs S
Wimborne
"Ideal transfer hotel"
1 night Arrived 20 Sep 2011
"Hotel was comfortable with a good range of facilities and good location for the airport"
See all these reviews: 10n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Ms L & Mr DB
Oxshott
"Southern Sun (formerly the Holiday Inn) review"
1 night Arrived 8 Sep 2011
"As we only spent a few hours sleeping at the hotel, I'm not able to give a more thorough review"
See all these reviews: 7n in Zanzibar; 6n in Rwanda; 5n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Service:
Good
Mr & Mrs F
Harrow
"Last night!!!!!"
1 night Arrived 8 Sep 2011
"Average hotel slightly disappointing, too many power cuts, a bit grubby when you looked round. (Bottom sheet was not good - discovered in the morning!!!!!!)."
See all these reviews: 16n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average
Location:
Average
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Poor
Food:
Average
Mrs H & Mr S
UK
"Southern Sun (formerly the Holiday Inn) review"
1 night Arrived 20 Aug 2011
"A very comfortable night's stay before our early morning flight back to the UK. We were able to check-in on line in the Business Centre which was great. The shop was very useful for last minute gifts as there was very little to buy at any of the camps. We had a lovely evening meal but left before breakfast.
Kearsleys travel were efficient getting us to and from the hotel. The journey to the airport from the hotel howerver was very unnerving with erratic, dangerous driving. We were amazed we arrived without a crash." See all these reviews: 11n in Tanzania
Kearsleys travel were efficient getting us to and from the hotel. The journey to the airport from the hotel howerver was very unnerving with erratic, dangerous driving. We were amazed we arrived without a crash." See all these reviews: 11n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Miss M & Mr D
Kent
"Southern Sun (formerly the Holiday Inn) review"
1 night Arrived 11 Aug 2011
"This hotel was exactly what we were hoping for as a stopover on the journey home. A modern, western style business hotel, it is clean, well equipped and has a good restaurant meaning we didn't have to leave the hotel!"
See all these reviews: 8n in Tanzania; 2n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mr & Mrs P
Waterloovi
"Southern Sun (formerly the Holiday Inn) review"
1 night Arrived 9 Aug 2011
"hotel was 45 min drive through busy dar es salem traffic but good quality"
See all these reviews: 7n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Average
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Ms W
Bedfordshire
"Friendly hotel"
3 nights Arrived 8 Jul 2011
"Very welcoming. All staff really friendly and very helpful, this was the best thing about this hotel. Food very good. A nice place to get over your plane journey and to relax. Liked the pool area - not at all busy.
Area around hotel not that great.
Rooms typical of this sort of hotel, but were fine.
Would recommend this as somewhere to stay in Dar for a short pit stop is Dar." See all these reviews: 10n in Zambia; 3n in Tanzania
Area around hotel not that great.
Rooms typical of this sort of hotel, but were fine.
Would recommend this as somewhere to stay in Dar for a short pit stop is Dar." See all these reviews: 10n in Zambia; 3n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs B
Westerham
"Southern Sun (formerly the Holiday Inn) review"
1 night Arrived 26 Feb 2011
"Centre of town hotel . Smart, tidy good service . Ideal for a night stop over before returning to the UK"
See all these reviews: 14n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs LB
Alderney
"A short stay"
1 night Arrived 22 Jan 2011
"We only stayed a few hours as our plane did not land until 11.30 p.m and we left at 7 the next morning. However it was rather a long way to drive from the airport after we had had a long flight.
We did have a problem at the airport as one of our soft top bags, ( which we had to use to go on safari) had been ripped open which delayed us. We did not lose anything - it only contained T shirts, walking boots etc no valuables but was not a good start to the holiday. We think travellers should be aware that this can happen." See all these reviews: 10n in Tanzania
We did have a problem at the airport as one of our soft top bags, ( which we had to use to go on safari) had been ripped open which delayed us. We did not lose anything - it only contained T shirts, walking boots etc no valuables but was not a good start to the holiday. We think travellers should be aware that this can happen." See all these reviews: 10n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average
Location:
Poor
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
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