Zanzibar Luxury Tours and Trips: An Insider’s Guide to Exploring the Island in Style
There’s a moment on almost every guest’s first full day with us when they ask the same question, usually over breakfast, usually still a little sun-dazed: “So what should we actually do here?” It’s a fair question. Zanzibar isn’t...
Zanzibar Romantic Getaways: A Couple’s Guide to the Island’s Most Intimate Escapes
There’s a particular kind of quiet that settles over Nungwi’s coastline just after sunrise, before the beach vendors set up and while the tide is still pulling back over the sandbanks. Guests who stay with us often tell us...
Zanzibar Activities to Do: A Guest’s Honest Guide to the Island’s Best Experiences
I still remember the first morning I woke up in Nungwi, pulled back the curtains, and saw nothing but turquoise water stretching to the horizon. That was three seasons ago, and I’ve been back to Zanzibar enough times since...
Kendwa Beach, Zanzibar: A Local’s Guide to the North Coast’s Most Beautiful Shoreline
If you ask anyone who has spent real time on Zanzibar’s north coast to name their favourite stretch of sand, Kendwa Beach comes up again and again — and for good reason. We run Safaya Luxury Villas just up...
Where to Stay in Zanzibar: A Complete Guide (And Where to Stay for Your Honeymoon)
Table of Contents The Short Answer Stone Town: For History and a Home Base at the Start or End of Your Trip Nungwi: The Most Reliable Beach on the Island Kendwa: Wide Beach, Livelier Crowd Paje: Kitesurfing and a...
Luxury Accommodation Zanzibar: Why Nungwi’s Beachfront Villas Are the Island’s Best-Kept Secret
Zanzibar has a way of ruining other beach holidays for you. The sand really is that fine and white. The water really does shift from pale turquoise to deep sapphire before lunch. But after helping guests plan (and personally...
Zanzibar Packing List: What Our Guests Actually Wish They’d Packed
Every week, we watch guests arrive at our villa gate in Nungwi with wildly different amounts of luggage. Some roll in with one soft duffel and a grin. Others drag three suitcases up the sandy path and spend the...
Why Nungwi Is the Best-Kept Secret for a Private Villa Holiday
There’s a particular moment that guests at our Nungwi property describe again and again. They step outside their villa at around 6:30 in the morning, the beach is completely empty, the Indian Ocean is doing that thing where it...
What to Eat in Zanzibar: A Honest Food Guide From the Island Itself
We are based in Nungwi, on the northern tip of Zanzibar. Our team — from the kitchen staff who grew up cooking with their grandmothers in Stone Town, to the villa hosts who take guests on spice farm tours...
Hotels vs Villas in Zanzibar: Which Is Best for Your Honeymoon or Holiday?
You’ve finally decided to go to Zanzibar — that dreamy, spice-scented island off the coast of Tanzania where the Indian Ocean turns seventeen shades of turquoise and the sunsets look almost too good to be real. Now comes the...