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Kuriftu Resort & spa Lake Tana

4.0 star property
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View from property
Outdoor pool
Standard Room, Garden View | Balcony view
Interior entrance
Minibar, in-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Reviews

8.4 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Pool
    Pool
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Bar
    Bar
  • Spa
    Spa
  • Free airport shuttle
    Free airport shuttle
  • Parking included
    Parking included

Explore the area

Map
Bole Hno 27, Lake Tana Avenue, Fasilo, Boston Building, Bahir Dar
  • Church of St. George
    7 min walk
  • Lake Shore
    8 min walk
  • Blue Nile Bridge
    8 min walk
  • Bahar Dar (BJR)
    11 min drive

Room options

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Standard Room, Garden View | Balcony view

Standard Room, Garden View

  • 90 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Executive Suite

Executive Suite

  • Lake view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Minibar, in-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Deluxe Room, Lake View

  • 90 sq m
  • Lake view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Minibar, in-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Deluxe Suite, Lake View

  • 110 sq m
  • Lake view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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The price is NZ$175
for 1 night
includes taxes & fees
9 Dec - 10 Dec
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About the area

Bahir Dar

With a stay at Kuriftu Resort & spa Lake Tana in Bahir Dar, you'll be within a 10-minute walk of Church of St. George and Blue Nile Bridge. .This hotel is 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from Lake Tana and 0.5 mi (0.8 km) from Lake Shore.

What's nearby

  • Church of St. George - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Lake Shore - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Lake Tana - 11 min walk - 1.5 km
  • Bahir Dar Market - 16 min walk - 1.4 km
  • Bahir Dar Stadium - 3 min drive - 2.6 km

Getting around

  • Bahar Dar (BJR) - 11 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Homland Hotel - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Yersen Fast Food - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Efoy - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Checheho Cultural Restaurant - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Wude Coffee - ‬7 min walk

About this property

Kuriftu Resort & spa Lake Tana

Hotel in Bahir Dar with free breakfast and airport shuttle service
Kuriftu Resort & spa Lake Tana offers 28 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Cable television is provided.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers with deep soaking bathtubs, bathrobes, slippers, and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.
Guests can pamper themselves by indulging in the onsite spa services. Services include massages and manicures and pedicures.
Make yourself at home in one of the 28 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms have deep soaking bathtubs and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Pamper yourself with onsite massages or enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor pool. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and barbecue grills.
Satisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at the hotel's restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary full breakfast is served daily from 6 AM to 10 AM.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary (available 24 hours).
A complimentary full breakfast is served each morning between 6 AM and 10 AM.
Onsite venue - This restaurant specializes in local and international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Open 24 hours.
24-hour room service is available.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Free 24-hour return airport shuttle
  • Airport shuttle on request

Food and drink

  • Free full breakfast available daily 6 AM–10 AM
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • 24-hour room service

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool
  • Spa services

Family friendly

  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Luggage storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance
  • Turndown service

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Garden
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Manicures and pedicures
  • Massages

More

  • Designated smoking areas (fines apply)

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets

Bathroom

  • Dressing gowns
  • Bath or shower
  • Deep-soaking bath
  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • 32-inch TV
  • TV channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar

More

  • Desk
  • Safe
  • Slippers
  • Turndown service

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport; guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted

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Kuriftu Resort & spa Lake Tana Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 18 out of 36 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 10 out of 36 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 36 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 36 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 36 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Amelework

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I really appreciate everything and all the team was amazing
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Stephen

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
No internet, better options in Bahir Dar
No internet available, mice in our room, poor service. There are better options in Bahir Dar - go to the Blue Nile for ease of vacation, kuriftu is good only if you want to disconnect from the world completely.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

Bethlehem

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A pleasant stay
Our stay was pleasant. The hotel has a Flint Stone feeling. Clean, Quiet, Relaxing, staff are attentive. Pro: The lake view, central and safe location, the free MASSAGE is priceless, Clean and eco-friendly rooms, free airport shuttle, free breakfast Cons: Wifi was nonexistent. None of us were able to respond to our work emails, very irritating. The pool is dirty green/ algae (We had children who wanted to swim), restaurant food is 5/10, food service takes at least an hour or more to be served even for the simplest cup of tea and the food is not that good. Our group of 11 split and went to an outside restaurant after a couple of days of unpleasant experience, when we return from lunch the other half is still waiting for their order. The room key is single if you are couple.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great location with views of Lake Tana and close walking distance to town center. Spacious rooms with nice terrace where you can relax with a wood burning fire in the evening. Very friendly staff. However, property could be updated a bit. Wifi is weak unless you’re in the lobby - need signal boosters. Shower has no water pressure, and little regulation of hot and cold. Doors do not shut or lock easily (bar serves as lock once inside), and while rooms are sprayed, mosquitos do get into the room requiring manual spraying. Hotel does offer netting for beds which is good.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Hotel location I’d wonderful, next to lake. The property is quirky, with stone buildings and tress. We could not connect to wifi during our stay. We had to move from our first room as it had no hot water and was next to the main road.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Super African Traditional style. Only Mosquitos problem.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Mrs Turid

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best place in Bahir Dar
We stayed at this lovely place 2 nights. It was easy to book trips on the lake to the monastries and to Blu Nile from the site. The outside bar was a beautiful place with a wonderful view. The restaurant and the hotel are the best in town. The wifi was ok. If you go there, find time to take a walk on the path just under the bar to the smal local harbor and have a coffee or beer there.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Matthew

Disliked: Staff & service
Poor service and attention to detail
The place was built with incredible originality and love, but must now have a different owner as there is no style or attention to detail in much of anything. The reception is dark and somber, the rooms very unclean around the edges, and the exposed incandescent bulb the lighting of choice. The fish at the restaurant is cooked to something resembling jerky, which itself feels like the vast dining hall of an all-inclusive resort. It seems there is no one around really running the show, and the English and training level of the staff is outright poor. There’s certainly worse, but it’s sad to see a place with such lovely potential operated by someone who seems to have no clue how to run a hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 8 nights in May 2019

6/10 Okay

Naomi

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful place - poor service
This is a beautiful hotel and could be really lovely. Unfortunately the hotel is quite dysfunctional. Despite emailing three times and being assured that every flight was met, I was the only person on the flight not picked up by shuttle. While they then upgraded my room as a gesture, this was only the first issue. I was told the hotel was fully booked and I couldn’t stay the next night (despite availability online). This meant I had to cancel a trip that was planned for the next morning. It was only later that morning they admitted they had made a mistake and had availability, despite my raising it the afternoon before. The staff try hard but lack training. Sitting down at the restaurant I would only get a menu each time after asking twice and waiting 30 minutes. The food was okay but some dishes are not cooked properly. Unfortunately the lack of basic information and poor service makes what should be a nice place to stay, quite a stressful place. The hotel also was very unhelpful providing basic information about travelling. I asked 4 times about onward travel to Gondar. It was only after a lot of trying that they told me the information about buses. I think the hotel doesn’t want independent travellers and wants to charge a premium to book everything privately for you. With a little effort this could be so lovely! The massage which is included in the stay was lovely!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
GREAT LOCATION RIGHT ON LAKE TANA!
Great location right on Lake Tana. Excellent service. Food at restaurant was just OK. Friendly and very polite staff. Free massage was a plus but masseuses need more training. Will definitely stay at this resort again.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Barbara

Very accommodating staff.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Katherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Carol, Uk

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely view. Staff helpful. Lack of safe in room a problem.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Judith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A beautiful resort, a definite recommend
Our stay at Kuriftu was our favourite in Ethiopia. The resort was beautiful, with a lovely view over Lake Tana. Our room was very comfortable and we were even given an upgrade with an upstairs room, it had a view of the lush garden and also Lake Tana. The hotel was very clean throughout and we ate regularly at the restaurant where the staff were very attentive and the food was good. There were occasions where the full menu wasn’t available but this didn’t distract from the experience. We took advantage of the free massages which were a nice bonus. The pool area was lovely and clean and we really enjoyed spending time relaxing either on the loungers and the couches which overlooked the lake. WiFi was a bit hit and miss, as was the water which was cut off on occasion but again this didn’t particularly impede on our time there and perhaps wasn’t necessarily the hotel’s fault. Overall, a very pleasant stay and we would definitely recommend Kuriftu if you are planning on visiting Bahir Dar.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Judith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A definite recommend for Bahir Dar
Our stay at Kuriftu was fabulous. We enjoyed the free massages and the staff were friendly and helpful on the whole. The room was fabulous, spacious and comfortable. Occasional power and water outages, but these were very brief. We’d definitely recommend this hotel. It was our best stay during all of our time in Ethiopia.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Maya, Israël

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff is very nice and helpful. The hotel has a very typical architecture that doesn’t clash with the environment (unlike other hotels in the surroundings). The room was very nice and cleaned every day (twice). We had some trouble with the electricity plugs and noise (we came on Ethiopian New Year’s Eve, the first night we didn’t sleep at all because of the noise, next days were much better, although you can hear the moazine from close by mosque every day at 4:00am). The restaurant of the hotel was very nice. The swimming pool was dirty so we didn’t use it. I took one complementary massage- it was very nice although the massage was only 30min long (instead of 45min)- but we found it to be a very nice complementary service from the hotel to offer. We would definitely stay at the same hotel if we come back to Bahir Dar
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful place to stay in which i recommend to everyone.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

LUDMIL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

JHTCH, New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautifully designed lodge & spa on Lake Tana.
This intriguing lodge is perfectly located on the edge of Lake Tana with rooms beautifully nestled in the well maintained gardens. There is a wonderful terrace with day beds that overlook the Lake. The restaurant is very good and staff are very helpful. The spa experience was great.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

Heather

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Efficient service, very pleasant quiet location, character buildings. Very good massages included in room rate. Lovely pool. Hotel arranged boat trip to monasteries from its own jetty.

10/10 Excellent

linda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great service, location, lake. Free massage and fireplace on porch also wonderful

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely relaxing hotel in a great location
Really good hotel. Stylish, comfortable rooms, especially the lake-view rooms with balconies. Good restaurant and helpful staff. The free spa treatments on arrival were a great addition and added to the relaxing mood of the hotel. Great location to explore Lake Tana and Bahir Dar, or just to enjoy the environment. The hotel should add more of the cabanas/seating areas by the waterfront - the one there is lovely but not enough for all the guests.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer, San Francisco

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Unique Fairyland like hotel next to the lake
It's wonderful to get away from home sweet home. Very nice and comfortable, we will definitely come back again
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017