Orchids Safari Club

A calm, garden hotel on a peninsula in Lake Kivu, the base for Kahuzi-Biega.
Palissandre Côte Ouest

Beach bungalows in Morondava, close to the Avenue of the Baobabs.
Constance Tsarabanjina
Barefoot villas on a private island north of Nosy Be.
The Victoria Falls Hotel

The grand Edwardian hotel within walking distance of the Falls.
The Olive Exclusive

A small boutique hotel on a hill above Windhoek.
Ellerman House

A grand Bantry Bay mansion with an art collection and ocean views.
Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel

The famous pink hotel in its own gardens beneath Table Mountain.
The Strand Hotel Swakopmund
A sea-facing hotel on the Mole, a short walk from the old town.
Zuri Zanzibar

Bungalows and villas in a spice garden on the white beach at Kendwa.
Emerson Spice

A restored merchant’s house in the heart of Stone Town, with a famous rooftop tea house.
Hemingways Nairobi

A calm, plantation-style boutique hotel in Karen, with views to the Ngong Hills.
Giraffe Manor

A 1930s manor house where Rothschild’s giraffes join you at breakfast.