We rely heavily on trip advisor, but in this instance it was wrong. We had originally been booked into Uroa Bay Beach Resort by our travel company, but after reading trip advisor reviews, we switched to Samaki Lodge. That was a mistake.
ROOM: We checked into Samaki Lodge for 1 night. We were offered 2 rooms -- a standard room...
I have stayed at the Flame Tree Cottages for 9 days on the beggining of January 2012.
The personal was very lazy.
The staff and the management of the Flame Tree Cottages – very poor!
The location is very good near the beaches bars area.
The breakfast was poor (eggs, eggs and eggs), except all the fresh fruits and juice....
Do you know what they charge for a double room? You won't believe if you had seen what we had. A simple equipped cottage, cheap interior and beds of cement for hundreds of US-Dollar.
The best advice I can give you is to stay somewhere else on Zanzibar, there are beautiful accomodations right next on the beach, much better and...
I had to leave early because money was stolen from the 'safe' in my room. You may think this is not possible but in addition to having a code, each safe has a master key. The master keys are kept in a transparent plastic bag on the table in the office. Anyone can have access to them.
When I spoke...
this is a true eco-resort. The aim is to keep your CO2 footprint to zero during your stay. Rain and shower water are collected, filtered and re-used. There are huge storage tanks under every hut. The Park Rangers explain all about the flora and fauna on land and in the water. The proceeds from tourism are used to fund education...
After hearing such good comments from people I know and from guests who had stayed there prior to coming over to Essque, I decided to stay there next time my family visits me in Zanzibar.
We spent 2 nights at Jafferji House and were lucky to have got the room we had heard so much about - The Princess Selma...
Mbuyuni Lodge is a great low budget accomodation in Zanzibar. The rooms are very simple but clean. The food is very tasty and satisfying (but slow) and the beach is very scenic (but not good for swimming). My partner and I prefer to swim in the sea so we simply walked about half an hour down the beach (it gets...
Just came back from a stay at this resort. The positives: Beautiful resort, nice sunsets, not far from Stone Town and conveniently placed for doing excursions, nice rooms, comfortable beds, spa was nice. We were there on half board basis: good and generous breakfast options (full English and Continental options with crepes, waffles and omelettes), and varied buffet dinner every...