Subdued colonial-style quarters, plus 4 restaurants & a luxe spa in a refined beach resort.
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An amazing all-inclusive resort! ||Food: Only breakfast and dinner are included. You can order lunch from multiple places for a price. Both meals have multiple varieties, and they change it on a daily basis. Food is fantastic. They leave you two trays of fresh fruit and fresh juices every night in your room after dinner. We had to tell them not to do so as we were over eating at dinner. ||Shout out to Hamida (wait staff), Luc (food and beverage manager), Omar (bar manager), and Asmin (sous chef).||We were a group of 10. Asmin made south Asian dishes for us on a daily basis in breakfast and at dinner. They were really tasty. Everything is halal, which was confirmed multiple times by staff and our guide. ||One night, they had a four course dinner which pretty good. ||Also, we had a birthday for one of the young ones. They made a cake and the entire wait staff came to sing the birthday which was a really nice touch.||Staff and service: Staff goes above and beyond to help you. They donât even expect tips, but a couple of bucks goes a long way. I had a few sea urchins in my foot, and staff helped me remove them with needle! Room service is solid. ||Location: Resort is about an hour away from the airport and main city. It will cost you $90 for a return trip. If your goal is to just lay on the beach and don't care about going to the city, this is it. There is absolutely nothing, other than a couple of resorts, around it. Resort is located right on the ocean, and it has a public beach where you barely see anyone. Beach is clean, but it has sea weed. Quantity of sea weed depends on a daily basis. ||Rooms are large and beds are comfy. Each bed has a mosquito net, which staff put it while you are at dinner. ||Bathrooms are clean. Shower design is weird as there is no shower door and shower faces to the open area. If you are not careful, water will spill in the bathroom.||Activities: There is a sign by the reception of daily activities. Not many activities, but that was fine with us. You can take a walking tour (about 2 hours) in the ocean in the morning, which is free. All you have to do is pay $2 for walking shoes, highly recommended. Tour takes you 4 blocks, literally, in the ocean in the low tide and guide explains different marine life. Don't step on a sea urchin!! ||You can do kite surfing, paddle boating, kayaking, and other by renting gears or for free from resorts rental center. Guys are wonderful there, especially Godfry, Abdul, and Haseeb. Two of our kids shared an hour of kite surfing, and they only charged us for an hour, which was the right thing to do. ||You can sign up for snorkeling, star fish viewing, scuba diving, and other tours from the diving center of the resort. But you are better off doing the basis tours from outside as it is a lot cheaper. For example, diving center wanted to charge $500 for a boat for 6 to 10 people for a snorkeling/star fish viewing/sand bar tour. We got it from someone outside(search on trip advisor) for $150! ||The resort provides free umbrellas. ||If we ever go back to Zanjibar, we will...
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An amazing all-inclusive resort!
Food: Only breakfast and dinner are included. You can order lunch from multiple places for a price. Both meals have multiple varieties, and they change it on a daily basis. Food is fantastic. They leave you two trays of fresh fruit and fresh juices every night in your room after dinner. We had to tell them not to do so as we were over eating at dinner.
Shout out to Hamida (wait staff), Luc (food and beverage manager), Omar (bar manager), and Asmin (sous chef).
We were a group of 10. Asmin made south Asian dishes for us on a daily basis in breakfast and at dinner. They were really tasty. Everything is halal, which was confirmed multiple times by staff and our guide.
One night, they had a four course dinner which pretty good.
Also, we had a birthday for one of the young ones. They made a cake and the entire wait staff came to sing the birthday which was a really nice touch.
Staff and service: Staff goes above and beyond to help you. They donât even expect tips, but a couple of bucks goes a long way. I had a few sea urchins in my foot, and staff helped me remove them with needle! Room service is solid.
Location: Resort is about an hour away from the airport and main city. It will cost you $90 for a return trip. If your goal is to just lay on the beach and don't care about going to the city, this is it. There is absolutely nothing, other than a couple of resorts, around it. Resort is located right on the ocean, and it has a public beach where you barely see anyone. Beach is clean, but it has sea weed. Quantity of sea weed depends on a daily basis.
Rooms are large and beds are comfy. Each bed has a mosquito net, which staff put it while you are at dinner.
Bathrooms are clean. Shower design is weird as there is no shower door and shower faces to the open area. If you are not careful, water will spill in the bathroom.
Activities: There is a sign by the reception of daily activities. Not many activities, but that was fine with us. You can take a walking tour (about 2 hours) in the ocean in the morning, which is free. All you have to do is pay $2 for walking shoes, highly recommended. Tour takes you 4 blocks, literally, in the ocean in the low tide and guide explains different marine life. Don't step on a sea urchin!!
You can do kite surfing, paddle boating, kayaking, and other by renting gears or for free from resorts rental center. Guys are wonderful there, especially Godfry, Abdul, and Haseeb. Two of our kids shared an hour of kite surfing, and they only charged us for an hour, which was the right thing to do.
You can sign up for snorkeling, star fish viewing, scuba diving, and other tours from the diving center of the resort. But you are better off doing the basic tours from outside as it is a lot cheaper. For example, diving center wanted to charge $500 for a boat for 6 to 10 people for a snorkeling/star fish viewing/sand bar tour. We got it from someone outside(search on trip advisor) for $150!
The resort provides free umbrellas.
If we ever go back to Zanzibar, we will...
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LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! Boy did this place spoil me. My first few days there and i must admit i was BORED! It was an adjustment phase i suppose. I couldn't sort how to get to town which wouldn't cost me a limb and it was also raining excessively to everyoneâs surprise. Once I figured out how to do daily escapes and got acquainted with locals, the trip and my stay here became a life changer!
I Just landed back in Germany & wish I could live there. Exceptional staff. TOP NOTCH. Accommodating, friendly, well trained. Great breakfast every single day. Can even bring extra to your room or staff will deliver it. The buffet dinners were my FAVORITE! The Swahili buffet made me SO HAPPY! Great live entertainment and just good calm vibes.
The watersports team was my favorite people to visit daily for great conversations and to learn to swim. I wanted to see marine life so badly! One of the guides took me under his wing and taught me how to swim and snorkel. Seeing those reefs and amazing fish, after only several lessons because of Hassan's kindness & patience took my life goals levels up several notches. I trust that man with my life!
I was only supposed to stay here ten days but was lucky to extend a few days with an upgrade because these people just know how to do their jobs!
Breezes is a 5 star resort BECAUSE the predominantly Black and local staff are so good at what they do. Please tip them regularly and well. This hotel could not be what they are without them.
As a solo traveling snob, I am NOT easy to please. This trip I got SO LUCKY with the reasonable rates and this team was professional from email til the time I left. I had two favorite star servers, Dora and Rajabu who are just shiny examples of why this place is so great. ALL of the staff are highly professional people and we could all be so lucky to stay at a place they are working at.
The location is off the beaten path and getting local transportation into the nearby town might be tricky, but not impossible and worth the effort. You can walk, but good luck. The sunburn is serious and im saying that as a brown skin Black woman.
This is not a party hotel, but if I can return for my birthday with friends in the summer, it will be. đ
I'm already planning a Xmas 2023 visit back to Zanzibar, but unfortunately I can't stay here this go round. I am so spoiled that I am looking for the Breezes vibe with other places but coming up short.
The only thing I didn't like here was my experience with the dive center which is separate from the hotel, though located on the property.
Other than that, the place is well taken cared of, on the beach and is exactly what you need when trying to unwind.
The internet is really not great here so plan around that. Also, look up! You can see some constellations in the sky. Absolutely amazing!
Enjoy...
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