Karamba Eco Boutique Hotel

Stunning location and the people are the most lovely and friendly you will meet! We had the luck of staying in a few different locations in Zanzibar and Karamba was by far our favourite. The owner kindly upgraded our room and was super helpful with planning local things to do on the island. The place is set on the west side of the island which also has the most stunning sun sets. Finally it has by far the best food we tried on the island for reasonable prices and it's great to see the monkeys around the resort!

Nothing to dislike. It is a more traditional resort though so it is clean and well kept but maybe not as spotless as a modern hotel. But we would highly recommend this traditional experience and remember this is Africa!!

We liked the room and the pool a lot. The sunsets are spectacular. The setup for dinner is also very beautiful.

There is some room for imrovement in the service. Also the cleaning staff was very early in the morning some times.

This hotel is set at one end of a white-sand beach in a cove near the Southern tip of Unguja, enclosed in a bay and by a tidal reef and is part of the small fishing village of Dimbani, which is much quieter and less touristy than the neighbouring Kizimkazi Mkunguni. It is a staggeringly beautiful place with crystal clear waters which can be reached either by the beach of steps leading down from the hotel grounds, at least at high water. There is also a pool which has fantastic views out to sea but which offers little shade during the hottest times of the day. It is the perfect place to recover after a long flight or to escape the hassles and hustles of Stonetown. It is self-contained and the food is amazing, especially the seafood. It is easy and reasonably cheap to get a taxi to Mkunguni, which has many more hotels, bars and restaurants and has expanded rapidly through tourists staying there to go swimming with dolphins. At least one operator also runs from Dimbani itself. The staff are incredibly helpful and friendly and were able to move me to a different bungalow when I had concerns about a steep step in the one I had booked. The resort ticks pretty much every box in terms of the beauty of its location and its peacefulness and even has a semi- resident colobus monkey who appears from time to time in the trees which shade the terrace. My only reservations are that it felt a bit too self-contained after a couple of days and there is very little within easy walking distance apart from two other lodges or hotels and a very small bar and shop in the village.

The only real issue I had was with bees which are very keen on joining the guests at breakfast, especially if they were eating the delicious local honey with the equally delicious pancakes.

We loved the resort itself. Very beautifully decorated and comfortable. The staff were super friendly and hospitable from the beginning till the end. They prepared for us beautiful birthday decorations in the room for my husband and a little souvenir as a gift.

The pool was unusable - not clean. The beach had broken glass on the sand - I almost stepped on the edge of the glass while walking on the beach. The sea had jellyfish inside, so it’s not really a beach to swim in ideally. This was disappointing, given the expectation to swim but even the pool was not taken care of.

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No air con room standard

Great site

Rather run down, looking and feel tired. The pool was very murky and not looked after.

Amazing location! And the hotel blends very well with the surroundings.. you feel hidden away from city madness and overcrowded beaches :)

Karamba is one of the nicest places we have stayed. The location is beautiful with so many different spots to hang out. The pool is really nice. The ocean is so good for swimming when the tide is high. The sunset is beautiful. The food was really good. The staff is amazing and nice. Thank you so much😊

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