Continent · 10 hotels · Updated October 2026
Tallest Hotels in Africa
Africa has 10 hotels in our index of the world's tallest hotels, ranked here by how high their top guest rooms sit.
- Highest rooms
- Hilton Cairo Grand Nile
445 ft · floor 39
- Tallest building
- JW Marriott Hotel Nairobi
469 ft
- Highest floor number
- Hilton Cairo Grand Nile
39th floor
- Lowest typical rate
- Ramses Hilton
$120 / night
Tallest Hotels in Africa, side by side
Each tower is drawn to scale. Tap a hotel for its page.
#1Hilton Cairo Grand NileCairo
#2JW Marriott Hotel NairobiNairobi
#3Michelangelo TowersSandton
#4The St. Regis CairoCairo
#5Pyramid Continental HotelLusaka
#6Corinthia Hotel TripoliTripoli
#7Kenzi Tower HotelCasablanca
#8Ramses HiltonCairo
#9Southern Sun Cape SunCape Town
#10Fairmont Nile CityCairoThe highest rooms are at Hilton Cairo Grand Nile (Grand Nile Tower), on the 39th floor at about 445 ft (136 m). The tallest building is Global Trade Centre Hotel Tower, home to JW Marriott Hotel Nairobi, at 469 ft (143 m), but its hotel rooms stop lower, at about 440 ft.
Room heights on this list range from 305 ft to 445 ft, and all 10 have rooms more than 300 ft up. Typical rates run from around $120 a night at Ramses Hilton to about $400 at The St. Regis Cairo.
By country: Egypt (4), South Africa (2), Kenya (1), Zambia (1) and Libya (1), plus 1 more.
All 10 ranked
Ranked by the height of the highest guest room. Tap a hotel for photos, floors and how it compares.
Frequently asked questions
What is the tallest hotel in Africa?
It depends how you measure. Hilton Cairo Grand Nile (Grand Nile Tower) has the highest guest rooms (39th floor, about 445 ft up), while JW Marriott Hotel Nairobi (Global Trade Centre Hotel Tower) is in the tallest building (469 ft).
How many hotels in Africa have rooms above 300 feet?
All 10 on our list: Hilton Cairo Grand Nile, JW Marriott Hotel Nairobi, Michelangelo Towers, The St. Regis Cairo and Pyramid Continental Hotel and others.
What's the cheapest tall hotel in Africa?
Ramses Hilton, at roughly $120 a night for a standard room, with rooms up to the 34th floor (340 ft). Rates vary by season.
How are the hotels ranked?
By how high the highest guest room sits: the top room floor multiplied by the building's average floor height, with spires excluded. You can also compare building height and top room floor in the table and chart.
Related rankings
Tallest Hotels in Egypt
4 hotels · top rooms 445 ft
#1 Hilton Cairo Grand Nile (Grand Nile Tower)
Tallest Hotels in South Africa
2 hotels · top rooms 435 ft
#1 Michelangelo Towers
Tallest Hotels in Asia
93 hotels · top rooms 1,630 ft
#1 Rosewood Guangzhou (CTF Finance Centre)
Tallest Hotels in North America
78 hotels · top rooms 955 ft
#1 Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia (Comcast Technology Center)
Tallest Hotels in the Middle East
31 hotels · top rooms 1,140 ft
#1 Gevora Hotel
Tallest Hotels in Europe
6 hotels · top rooms 585 ft
#1 Shangri-La The Shard, London
Heights are from CTBUH, Wikipedia and the hotels; room heights are estimates. How we measure.