Zanzi Resort

Property class: 5 and above
Luxury beachfront hotel with spa, near Sea Cliff Golf Course

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Putting you within a 15-minute drive of Sea Cliff Golf Course, Zanzi Resort offers a private beach where you can enjoy beach umbrellas, beach massages, and sun loungers. The outdoor pool provides a splash of fun, while guests in the mood for pampering can visit the spa to indulge in deep-tissue massages, facials, and body scrubs. Zanzibar spices serves international cuisine and is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. This luxurious hotel also features a bar/lounge, a fitness center, and a terrace. Fellow travelers love the helpful staff.
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Reviews

9.8 out of 10, Loved by guests
Top-rated by travelers

Popular amenities

  • Free breakfast
  • Spa
  • Airport transfer
  • Free parking
  • Free WiFi
The current price is $458
$537 total
includes taxes & fees
Nov 15 - Nov 16

Why we love this property

Beach paradise
White sand awaits at this hotel on a private beach. Snorkeling, paddleboarding, and kayaking beckon at the bay's edge.
Tempting taste adventures
International cuisine delights at the restaurant with private dining available. Free full breakfast and picnics offer extra delicious options.
Waterside wellness
Spa serenity awaits at this waterfront hotel with daily treatments and beachside massages. Garden views complement the full-service wellness experience.

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  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

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About the neighborhood

Map
Kama, Zanzibar, Kama

What's nearby

  • Cheetah's Rock - 4 min drive - 2.3 km
  • Sea Cliff Golf Course - 7 min drive - 3.8 km
  • Masingini Forest - 13 min drive - 9.3 km
  • Siso Spice Farm - 13 min drive - 10.0 km
  • Kidichi Spice Farm - 14 min drive - 10.4 km

Getting around

  • Zanzibar Intl. Airport (ZNZ) - 53 min drive
  • Airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Area shuttle (surcharge)
  • Ferry terminal shuttle (surcharge)

Restaurants

  • ‪Best Imports Zanzibar Limited - ‬15 min drive
  • ‪Mangrove Lodge - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Dhow restaurant - ‬12 min drive
  • ‪Alibaba Lounge - ‬12 min drive
  • ‪Bibi's Kitchen - ‬10 min drive

About this property

Zanzi Resort

  • Putting you within a 15-minute drive of Sea Cliff Golf Course, Zanzi Resort offers a private beach where you can enjoy beach umbrellas, beach massages, and sun loungers. The outdoor pool provides a splash of fun, while guests in the mood for pampering can visit the spa to indulge in deep-tissue massages, facials, and body scrubs. Zanzibar spices serves international cuisine and is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. This luxurious hotel also features a bar/lounge, a fitness center, and a terrace. Fellow travelers love the helpful staff.

All inclusive details

  • All-inclusive room rates at Zanzi Resort are available. These rates are higher because they include onsite food and beverages in the room rate (some restrictions may apply).

At a glance

Hotel size

    • 13 rooms

Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
    • Early check-in subject to availability
    • Check-out time is 11 AM
    • Late check-out subject to availability

Special check-in instructions

    • This property offers transfers from the ferry terminal and airport (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 72 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
    • The property charges 4 percent for credit card payments
    • The front desk is open daily from 6:30 AM - 10:30 PM
    • The check-in location differs from the property location; go to: [Main restaurant]
    • Guests will receive an email within 24 hours before arrival with check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
    • Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Required at check-in

    • Credit card or cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required

Children

    • Babysitting*

Pets

    • No pets or service animals allowed

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas
    • Free WiFi in rooms

Parking

    • Free secured, uncovered onsite self parking
    • Free uncovered onsite extended parking
    • Wheelchair-accessible parking and van parking on site

Transfers

    • Airport shuttle on request (available 24 hours)*
    • Ferry terminal shuttle*

Offsite

    • Area shuttle within 20 km*

Other information

    • Smoke-free property

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Reviews

Zanzi Resort Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

9.8

Cleanliness

8.2

Location

9.8

Staff & service

9.6

Property conditions & facilities

Guest review summary

What guests liked

  • The restaurant offered a variety of delicious food that suits different tastes, with many guests praising the quality and service. (16 reviews)
  • The pool was big, private, and well-maintained, offering a great place to relax. (7 reviews)
  • The property offers private beach access and a serene beach experience with stunning views. (6 reviews)
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10/10 Exceptional

Fabulous small resort. Accommodation was absolutely gorgeous and had everything you would need. Food and service was amazing Definitely somewhere to go for a totally relaxing holiday
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10/10 Exceptional

Private and well maintained resort
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10/10 Exceptional

I was very satisfied with my stay and plan to return again. The villas are beautiful and secluded. The food is amazing and the service is wonderful.
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10/10 Exceptional

Accommodations and staff are wonderful.
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10/10 Exceptional

I have traveled extensively, and stayed at many great hotels/resorts, and this is probably the best I have ever stayed at. Amazing villa with plunge pool, dinner and location with animals abounding. Wonderful food, accommodating staff and just an amazing property. At a very reasonable price.
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10/10 Exceptional

Great staff absolutely gorgeous rooms with private pool. Food was very good though it had its slight imperfections. The resort is on the wrong side of the island for certain things but a great place if you were going to mainly stay there and enjoy the amenities.
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10/10 Exceptional

Wonderful resort with an amazing and attentive staff. Much smaller resort but highly recommend to anyone looking for the perfect getaway.
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10/10 Exceptional

It was amazing thank to the manager yolya and her amazing staff, the hotel pays attention to the tiniest details
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10/10 Exceptional

We spent the last half of our honeymoon here after safari on the mainland. Everything was so perfect. The food was amazing, there was a different menu every evening. The staff were friendly and helpful. The rooms and pool were cleaned everyday. Usually we do day trips on our holidays, but we didn't feel the need to leave after 7 nights here. We already had a quite and clean beach and with own pool.
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10/10 Exceptional

Our accommodation was a garden bungalow in a secluded setting and was true to the description on the website.
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10/10 Exceptional

Amazing Resort!

Thank you for everything! We celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary and had a lovely dinner at the beach! Everything was amazing, so friendly staff and exellent food and service!
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10/10 Exceptional

Zanzi paradise

Fantastic place with very friendly people always being helpful. Our villa was very nice with a private pool as well as private access to the beach. The food was excellent and beyond even our high expectation.
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10/10 Exceptional

Amazing experience! Staff is attentive and friendly.
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10/10 Exceptional

Beautiful property. So quiet, relaxed, green and laid back. The rooms with a private pool and beach access were phenomenal. So private and hardly anyone around
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10/10 Exceptional

The staff were wonderful. The food was fantastic. The resort is out of this world. It was like staying in a rain Forest with the sounds and atmosphere. We particularly enjoyed the secluded feel of the resort. We had a fabulous holiday and plan to return.
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10/10 Exceptional

Real paradise to relax for couple. Very quiet , great service and Michelin quality food in restaurant. Management ready to help in any case
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10/10 Exceptional

Really lovely resort. The team is superb - really friendly and interested in their guests. Our villa was comfortable, clean, cool and relaxing, a great pool and steps down to our own private beach! And the kitchen offered an ever changing range of great dishes. Highly recommended.
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10/10 Exceptional

Unbelievable, a gorgeous property. The photos do not do it justice. We will be back The team were very welcoming and were also very kind making us an early breakfast so we could eat before our flight from Zanzibar. Fabulous food.
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10/10 Exceptional

Beautiful grounds. Great staff. Variable food was the only negative.
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10/10 Exceptional

Spectacular views, excellent service with lovely people, top notch menu and cooking, peaceful, serene and luxurious. Was a glorious stay for our honeymoon. Can’t recommend it enough. Shout out to Moodi for handling all our arrangements, Emmanuel for making our dinner experiences special (what a talented singer!), Jesca, Rose and Abdallah for their excellent service and warm smiles!
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10/10 Exceptional

This is the place you want to return to!

Gorgeous hideaway luxury villa resort by the sea. Private pool with sea view. Fabulous decorated villa. High service level🙌 We have been pampered to the end, thank you! This is the place you want to return to!
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10/10 Exceptional

An experience to remember

Loved it! It was stunning and the staff were so friendly! Rashid, Alexandra and Emmanuel made our stay so much more relaxing and fun as they were super helpful. As a Muslim couple, we cared about privacy a lot. And this provided exactly what we were looking for. We had booked the ocean access private villa with a pool. We are definitely thinking of coming back.
We were able to book a private dinner in the beach!
This is the restaurant. The food was delicious and different every day
The Jetty provided a lovely view at sunset. If we had more time we would’ve booked the private dinner experience at the end of the jetty.
This was the path to our villa
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10/10 Exceptional

Great

Our experience was really great. The resort is amazing, it was quit and relaxing. the villa was great it has big bedroom and living room. The swimming pool was big and the privacy was good ( specially for us as Muslims ). The restaurant offers variety of good and delicious food that suits different tastes. The staff are amazing, they really did a great job, they are friendly and helpful and they try to do everything thing to make us comfortable, specially Mr. Nivot. we really felt welcomed and appreciated. We celebrated our anniversary and they setup a romantic dinner ( free of charge) that was amazing. Big thanks for Mr. Nivot for his hospitality and friendliness.
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10/10 Exceptional

I stayed for three nights as a solo traveler in one of the garden suites. Overall, I think this is an excellent resort that is affordable, clean, with a gorgeous beach very friendly staff I did not do full board but was able to order off the lunch menu for dinner and overall the food was good. I saw snakes, huge centipedes, lots of different species of fish, hermit crabs bush babies, and other types of lizards. I think this would be really cool if your child is into animals. If you’re interested in snorkeling, bring your own mask. There is only one at the resort and it’s quite scratched up. Also- bring sunscreen as it’s $50USD at the resort. Also, the beach is not really accessible if you’re handicapped because the one stair to the ocean is several feet from the sand and you have to jump off of it. The hotel is only about 30 minutes from Stonetown in the airport which makes it really convenient if you are only there for a few days. I had a massage, which was excellent. I booked through Expedia so I got 20% off of spa service and a free drink. I will definitely be back with my family.
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8/10 Very good

We stayed in a beautiful villa at Zanzi Resort with its own private pool and the setting and surroundings are stunning. However, what let it down is the dinner menu on both nights. We were presented with a five-course tasting menu but no matter how you dress it up, 'sticky chicken wings with fries' for a main course does not fall under a fine dining experience. This is the type of dish one expects to have at a fast food restaurant and not at a five-star resort like Zanzi. Even on the first night, I found the stuffed aubergine with chicken main course to be very stodgy. The dinner service on the first night was excellent but on the second night, it was a bit haphazard as we were served the wrong items and also dishes were served very late. The jetty at the resort offers stunning views, including a beautiful sunset.