Villa Malaika

Great place to stay! Peaceful, directly to the sea, each room or apartment has stunning sea view with beautiful sunrise. Very clean, comfortable and nice details in the room.

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Great location on the beach at Jambiani

The mosque close by wakes you up around 4:30/5:00am

Villa Malaika is a great spot in Jambiani. The appartment was very spacious, very clean and with an awesome view overlooking the ocean. The swimming pool area is also perfect when low tide. The staff were lovely. Thank you all for a very nice stay.

Breakfast was amazing! The view from the patio was idyllic and the hosts were helpful

Room 6 on the ground floor with view to the sea. It was clean and tidy with clean drinking water readily available. Did not observe cockroaches. Directly outside there is a separate, small terrace. Beneath it, there are sunbeds that were frequently used. By the beach at low tide, it is lovely to wade out over the sandbanks and at high tide to swim. The bathing temperature was an incredible 33-35 degrees Celsius in the sea. Fantastic. Around the pool area and the restaurant there is a beautiful garden with palm trees and flowers. The restaurant serves a freshly prepared breakfast with a varied selection for each individual guest. The staff are pleasant and try their best to provide a good stay.

Little space to put down things and luggage in the room.

This is a perfect boutique hotel on the beach in Jambiani a lovely spot in the south east of Zanzibar. The hosts are very welcoming and inforrmative. The staff lovely and friendly. The room has a terrace right next to the beach. The pool is beautiful as well as the surrounding area where one can relax with a cocktail. The food was very enjoyable. Highly recommended.

Possibly air conditioning when it is very hot.

Everything was just right. Clean, comfortable room next to the beach and lovely friendly staff. Beautiful garden with pool, nicely maintained. Secure, clean, peaceful, good breakfast. A lot of love went into that property, and guests can actually feel it. Highly recommended.

We had 4 accommodations in Zanzibar, we spent 6 nights in this friendly, small hotel and had a very great time. Cleanliness, safety, kindness of staff absolutely 10points. And location is fantastic. Our room was upstairs, with a terrace overlooking the beautiful ocean, which was a few meters away. We heard sound of the ocean day and night, which was a wonderful experience in itself. The low tide is significant on this part of the coast, but even during the low tide the sight was wonderful and the atmosphere of the place was magical, as the local people marched out to the place of the water and collect the seaweed, fishes or maggots from under the mud for fishing at night. We also joined them at that time, or just watched them from the terrace, it was an absolutely unforgettable experience and feeling. The atmosphere is magical, wonderful, meditative, calm, we are very happy that we booked accommodation in Jambiani too, because e.g. we would not have had this special atmosphere in Nungwi. (there we were too 7 nights, there is an other feeling, there is a good too but not so special) We have been to many-many places in the world, but we have never seen or experienced anything like this, the great novelty of our trip was this, "the life of the locals during the low tide". It's great to think back on those wonderful and special days. The water in the ocean was 33-34 degrees and clean, there was no garbage in it, only some aquatic plants on top, but that didn't bother us, because at low tide we saw how many plants grow under the water, we knew where it came from, it was natural. The beach is beautiful and magical at low and high tide too. The accommodation is in Jambiani village, we liked it very much, it was interesting to see how the local people live, we also liked the muezzin right next to the accommodation.

The kitchen. They didn't cook that well for our taste, so we went to the restaurant next door to eat. But that's a matter of taste, otherwise it was ok.

Villa Malaika is a little paradise! We hope to come back one day :-) We had the suite nr 1 which is on the ground floor, facing the sea, with 2 rooms & en-suite bathrooms. there is a kitchenette and free mineral water which is a great plus. The room had a terrace facing the beach. everything is very clean and new, the housekeeping team comes to close the moskito nets and spray some bug spray every evening aroung 7.00 pm which is great, but to be honest there are not many moskitos due to the wind coming from the seaside. The hotel itself is quite small and very nicely kept, you can walk around barefoot in the sand everywhere and it's right in front of a lovely public beach where you can swim at high tide and admire the low tide sceenery or go for a walk. There are many restaurants and small local shops close by and everyone is very friendly. We really enjoyed the fact that breakfast can be served at any time between 7.30 and noon, whenever your feel like it! and the breakfast was really tasty. Also, we loved the fact that you can use the swiming pool at any time, also at night, and the fresh beach towels provided each day.

We enjoyed our stay very much, but here are a few comments: The food was ok, but not the best we had in Zanzibar. Would definitely recommend eating in the surounding local restaurants which are better and cheaper. The pool water is very warm (more than 35 degrees), maybe adding some shade over the pool will help it stay a little cooler? Be aware, there is no AC. The windows do not have closed glass, just nets, so the breeze from the sea and the ceiling fans keep the room cool enough, but it does take some getting used to if you don't like the heat too much. It did not bother us and we slept beautifully with the sound of the waves :-)

Wonderful room overlooking an incredible beach. The owners have done a fantastic job - its well run and we enjoyed the cooking

It wasnt an issue for me but our room didnt have aircon. I think my wife found that difficult. That said it was great to be able to listen to the sea at night.