TWO OF TANZANIA'S RESORTS IN LIST OF TOP TEN WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE HOTELS

Singita Sasakwa Lodge in Serengeti

 Singita Sasakwa Lodge in Serengeti

Singita Sasakwa Lodge in Serengeti

Dar es Salaam. Two Tanzanian luxury resorts have made to the list of Top 10 most expensive hotels in the world this 2014, according to the recent survey conducted by TravelMag.com.

The two include Singita Sasakwa Lodge in Serengeti that ranks seventh and Mnemba Island Lodge in Zanzibar which ranks tenth in the list. They made to the list with their charges of $3,700 and $3,100 per night for couple this summer respectively. TravelMag.com survey which was done in June this year came to this conclusion after comparing the summer rates of luxury hotels across the globe.

The survey established the world’s 20 most expensive luxury hotels for the months of July and August 2014, the main summer holiday period –and the minimum price a couple can expect to spend to stay at each respective hotel served as the survey’s basis of comparison.

The Singita Sasakwa Lodge, a ranch-style hotel set on a hill with panoramic views of the Serengeti Plains, ranks as the seventh most expensive accommodation in the world. A price tag of $3,700 per night for a vacationing couple during the 2014 summer months catapulted this hotel into the Top 10.

A bit cheaper, and rounding out the Top 10, is the Mnemba Island Lodge. Situated on an exclusive island about three miles away from the northeastern tip of Zanzibar, the hotel is charging couples $3,100 nightly this summer, the survey shows.

In the list are also hotels from Botswana, Khwai River Lodge, Okavango Delta ($3,800), Savute Elephant Camp, Chobe ($3,800) and Eagle Island Camp, Okavango Delta ($3,800) – holding the fourth position globally. Topping the list of the most expensive hotel in the world is the North Island Lodge.

To stay overnight at this private island resort located in the Seychelles, a vacationing couple can anticipate to spend, on average, $6,995.

Fregate Island, also in Seychelles that charges $5,246 for couple this summer, ranks second while Laucala Resort (Taveuni, Fiji) with charges of $5,040 per night ranks third in the list. Seychelles, in this case, according to the survey leads the list of the most expensive hotels in the world by having two of its private islands resorts making it to the ranking.