BREEZES BEACH CLUB
Zanzibar, East Coast
Breezes Beach Club: Our ViewAn elegant choice for luxurious beach accommodation on Zanzibar’s East Coast with all mod-cons and entertainment a plenty - this is the best value of the larger hotels on the island. Breezes does cater for the mainstream market but is the best at doing this on Zanzibar. It is perfect for families and ticks all the boxes, but for couples wanting a smaller hotel with all the perks of a large hotel we prefer Ras Nungwi. We give Breezes 4 palms because it really is a good hotel. It may be a bit on the large side but the in house service and standard is brilliant and it has a lovely beach with great activities. Breezes Beach Club: Fast Facts$185 per person per night (high season) Our Rating
Breezes Beach Club: The DetailThe accommodation at Breezes Beach Club is in spacious and comfortable rooms, with air-conditioning and a choice of standard, deluxe or suite rooms, depending on whether you're at ground level or on the second floor with extensive bougainvillaea trailed verandas. Honeymooners and romantics opting for the latter can request their beds be laid out beneath the stars under mosquito nets. A small restaurant on stilts above the beach caters to those of a more romantic inclination - for a few who might wish to pay a little extra and enjoy a more extravagant a la carte menu than those in the large central restaurant - although it is well designed to diminish the impression of its size, and meals here are sumptuous and imaginative. The beach is refreshingly wild and endless, with fantastically soft coral sand in thick drifts shaded by coconut palms. It is, however, prone to tidal extremes, and has a tendency to build up seaweed during January and February. The waters are generally shallow, making it good for children. Many guests spend much of their stay making the most of all that the hotel has to offer, gathering around the swimming pool and beach bar, taking tea in the cool of the balconies and gardens or chilling out in the games room. The partnered Rising Sun Dive School and Watersports Centre is situated on the beach, and offers SSI diving courses to beginners, as well as snorkelling and dives for the more experienced underwater explorers. Dive courses and discovery dives are available on a one-to-one basis, and there is wide range of speciality dives including Aladin Computer dives. The attraction of this region for diving is the number of uncharted sites that have been discovered since the centre was established here, (presently 14), which focus on a deep drop-off beyond the eastern reef. These range from gently sloping coral reefs extending from 8-9 metres to a sandy bottom at 20 metres, to 40m sites beyond the barrier, including The Blue Wall, a perfectly vertical drop-off where everything you see is enormous, notably the turtles, but also sharks, including white-tips. Both Hawksbill and Green turtles are the stars of -Turtle Garden- site, and as with elsewhere in Zanzibar, the months of November to January tend to afford the best visibility. You may also likeZanzibar, North Coast
One of our favourite hotels on Zanzibar and one of the best along the East African coast. The beach here is the best on Zanzibar and unlike much of the east coast, is free of hawkers and general hustlers. Nungwi village just down the coast is a great place to go out and have a few drinks or a bite of lunch.
Zanzibar, East Coast
It is one of the best resort accommodations on Zanzibar. In the same league as Breezes, the hotel has a charming atmosphere, set away from that of a large resort. Rooms are great and thgere is a real vibrant atmosphere.
We will stress though, that this is the best of the large resorts, it is not a luxury small hideaway. Zanzibar, East Coast
The Zamani Kempinski is one of the larger hotels on the island with some 110 rooms, the rooms are clean and comfortable but lack any character and you truly feel like you could be anywhere in the world!
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