The Retreat Dar es Salaam, an exclusive boutique hotel with only five rooms, is situated in a huge tropical garden on the shores of the Indian Ocean. The residence has direct access to the beach yet does not open its facilities to the public which protects the private luxury of guests and their friends. Out of the five bedrooms, three face the swimming pool and the flowering trees and two rooms are off terraced balconies overlooking the sea and the islands in the bay.