Tulo

Every stay is checked before it is listed.

Tulo lists real places to sleep in Lusaka, visited, photographed and pinned. Find one near you and reserve it in the app.

Download for iPhoneFree · No account to browse · Android in testing
A place page in the Tulo app: photo, price, ZTA licence, address, front desk number and Reserve
Fig. 1 · A place page in the Tulo app

What you can book

Lusaka · places to sleep
GuesthousesWoodlands to ChelstonFamily-run rooms in the neighbourhoods, gates you can actually find.
LodgesOff the main roadsGardens, chalets and quiet corners just off the main roads.
City hotelsCBD and Rhodes ParkFront desks that answer at midnight, minutes from everything.
BackpackersBeds by the nightBunks and shared rooms, priced per bed.

From search to gate code

  1. Step 1 · FindFind a bed near you. Nearest first, no account needed.
    The Discover screen
  2. Step 2 · ChooseSee the real room, the price and the front desk.
    A place page
  3. Step 3 · Pick nightsChoose your nights on the room's own calendar. Taken nights are greyed out.
    The calendar for choosing nights
  4. Step 4 · ReserveReserve in the app. Your booking code arrives by SMS and WhatsApp; show it at the gate.
    The booked screen with the booking code
Fig. 2 · A booking in the Tulo app, start to finish

Specification

Lusaka · 2026

For guests

Browsing
Free, no account, no ad tracking
Availability
Each room's own calendar, taken nights greyed out
Reserving
In the app, in a few taps
Confirmation
Booking code by SMS and WhatsApp

For properties

Listing
Real photos, your exact pin, your prices
Setup
In-person visit and photos, live in about a week
Front desk
Today and Rack, on a computer, tablet or phone
Your website
Website API with keys and signed bookings

Run a lodge? The front desk runs itself.

Bookings from the Tulo app confirm themselves and land on the right room. Walk-ins and call-ins go in the same rack. A night can never sell twice.

Already have a website? Take bookings on it through the Tulo website API.

For propertiesWebsite API
The Tulo Console rack: rooms down the side, nights across, bookings as bars
Fig. 3 · The Rack in the Tulo Console

Questions

Do I need an account to browse?

Not to browse. The whole catalog is open, no sign-up, no ad tracking. To place a booking we ask for the basics a front desk needs: your name, phone number, and ID details for check-in.

How does Tulo verify places?

A person from our team checks every listing: the photos are the property's real rooms, the pin is where the gate actually is, and the phone number is answered. Where a property has a published ZTA licence, we show it. If something goes stale, tell us via support and a person re-checks it.

What if a listing is wrong?

If a phone number does not answer, a pin is in the wrong spot, or a place has closed, tell us which place and what is wrong. Every report is checked by a person before we change the listing.

Is Tulo on Android?

The Android app is built and currently in testing. The iPhone app is the one you can download today; write to us and we will tell you the moment Android is public.

Find a bed in Lusaka tonight.

Guesthouses, lodges, city hotels and backpackers, checked before they are listed.

Download for iPhoneFree · No account to browse · Android in testing