A wide street lined with flowering jacaranda trees in central Ndola on the Zambian Copperbelt. Context photograph of the town around the Protea Hotel, not of the property itself.
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Protea Hotel by Marriott Ndola

Hotel in Ndola, in the Copperbelt & North-West Zambia region, bookable through our booking partner.

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A street in Ndola, Copperbelt. Context photograph of the area, not of the property itself. Photo by User:Vberger, Public domain.

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Protea Hotel by Marriott Ndola is a single-storey hotel on the Ndola–Kitwe dual carriageway, opened in 2016 and aimed at Copperbelt corporate and mining-sector travel. Its single best feature is that it sits about eight kilometres from Ndola’s international airport on the same road.

Best for

Anyone flying into or out of Ndola, people with business on the Copperbelt, and travellers staging a run to the DRC border at Kasumbalesa. Its accessibility provision is unusually well documented for the region. Not for anyone wanting Zambian character or a walkable base: it is deliberately, usefully the same as a Protea anywhere.

Location

This is a roadside location on the arterial between the Copperbelt’s two main cities, not a city-centre address. Levy Mwanawasa Stadium is close by and the Copperbelt Museum, Ndola’s main visitor attraction, is around five kilometres away.

Rooms and style at the Protea Hotel

Eighty rooms as reported at opening; the operator does not publish a current figure or a clean list of room categories. Rooms have air conditioning, a kettle, mini-fridge, flat-screen television and a private bathroom with shower. Maximum eight guests per room implies connecting rooms, and interior corridors serve every room.

Facilities at the Protea Hotel

Outdoor swimming pool, a steakhouse restaurant with patio seating, a bar, two boardrooms and three event spaces, and complimentary self-parking. Documented accessible entrance, accessible pool, accessible business centre, restaurants and meeting spaces. No gym is listed.

Trade-offs and what to know

A practical overnight and nothing more.

Roadside, not walkable. Ndola’s sights need a vehicle.

One restaurant, and it is a steakhouse, which is limiting for vegetarians and for longer stays.

Wifi is complimentary only for loyalty members booking direct, not for everyone.

Breakfast format is disputed between the operator and third-party listings; confirm it.

Not a Kasanka base: the park is about seven hours away by road.

Getting there and getting around

Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport is about 8 km away off the same dual carriageway. It opened in 2021 and carries services to Lusaka, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Addis Ababa and Dar es Salaam. An airport shuttle is available on request and is charged one way.

Explore the area

Compare other places to stay in Ndola, browse accommodation across the Copperbelt and North-Western Zambia, read our Copperbelt & North-Western Zambia guide, or start from where to stay in Zambia.

Before you book

Breakfast is advertised by the operator as a free grab-and-go service, while some third-party listings describe a buffet; these are materially different, so confirm before booking. Check-in and check-out are both around midday. Pets are not allowed. Occupancy follows mining and corporate travel rather than a tourist season, with the annual Zambia International Trade Fair the one predictable squeeze on rooms across the city.

Current rates and availability

We do not publish fixed rates for the Protea Hotel, because pricing and availability change with dates and demand. Use the Check Availability button on this page to see the current options offered by the independent booking provider. Zambia Travel Guide does not set prices, hold inventory or take payment.

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