Pongwe Beach Hotel

Top choice in Zanzibar Island


The unassuming Pongwe Beach Hotel has 20 bungalows among the palms on a deep arc of bleached white sand. Most rooms are sea facing (three are garden view), spacious and breezy, and deliberately have no air-con, no TV and not even glass in the windows to ensure you fully immerse yourself in this idyllic location.

There's a small swimming pool and an excellent restaurant, and when you tire of the turquoise panoramas at your doorstep, sea-fishing trips and other excursions can be arranged.