Morogoro: 'City with no ocean' making waves in hospitality

The Nashera Hotel in Tanzania.

The Nashera Hotel in eastern Tanzania with the Uluguru Mountain in the background. It has indoor an garden dining and bar area. PHOTO | APOLINARI TAIRO | NMG

Located between Tanzania's capital Dodoma and the commercial city of Dar es Salaam, Morogoro is the country's "central" meeting point.

For centuries, it has been a rest stop for overland travellers between the coastal ports and the southern highlands, and even those going beyond the border to the Great Lakes region countries of Rwanda, Burundi, and DR Congo.