Does The Residence Zanzibar have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

How much does it cost to stay at The Residence Zanzibar?

As of Aug 23, 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at The Residence Zanzibar on Sept 4, 2025 start from CA $648.44, excluding taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Is The Residence Zanzibar pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at The Residence Zanzibar?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at The Residence Zanzibar?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime.

Does The Residence Zanzibar provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle that runs on request. A fee of USD 95 per vehicle applies.

Are there all-inclusive benefits at The Residence Zanzibar?

Some rate plans available at this hotel are all-inclusive.

Where is The Residence Zanzibar located?

Nestled on the beach, this Kizimkazi hotel is 18.4 mi (29.6 km) from Paje Beach.

The Residence Zanzibar - Latest Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

About the area

Located in Kizimkazi, The Residence Zanzibar is on the beach. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Paje Beach and Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park. Forodhani Gardens and Prison Island are two other places to visit that come recommended. Scuba diving and fishing offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with hiking/biking trails and ecotours nearby.

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10/10 Excellent

Tahmina

Feb 26, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Beautiful resort, great for relaxing. Ideal for honeymoons and celebrating anniversaries. Loved the facilities and staff.

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Dec 28, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Staff were very polite and friendly The rooms are very good

Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anne

Dec 4, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Perfect stay

Amazing stay in the Residence! Employees are very kind, the rooms are very luxurious, ans the a perfect service! I travel a lot and it is one of my favorite hôtel I will come back very soon for sure 😃

Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gloria

Jan 9, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Top notch customer service!! Well kept property. We enjoyed our honeymoon here!

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Anne

Dec 5, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

One week stay

Fabulous stay. Beautiful, relaxing and quiet resort. Particularily enjoyed the kindness of all staff. Will probably be back.

Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Dec 3, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Fantastic stay. Great service

Simply put fantastic. We stayed in on of the Villas close to the beach with own small pool. Highly recommend

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jorge

Jul 18, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Beautiful place. Great staff. Delicious food

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gerald

Sep 19, 2024

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

A great location for a quiet get away. The spa treatments and wellness was fabulous. The dining options were always good and of high quality. Staff are friendly and helpful. Recommend the all-inclusive package as options are plentiful and much better than most resorts in Zanzibar.

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

ABDUL

Sep 19, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Excellent Villas, service and food

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Ubaid

Oct 16, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Beautiful property, with a nice layout. The staff was very friendly and helpful, the only issue we faced was complete power failure on the first day and Internet going off and on.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mitul

Jul 4, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

This is an amazing property to stay in Zanzibar. We were upgraded to the frangipani villa which was spacious and well appointed. The private pool was great. The main swimming pool is huge and doesn’t get too crowded. The food options at the main dining room were good with a lot of vegetarian options for breakfast and dinner. Beverage options are nice and reasonably priced. The complimentary fruits at mid morning and ice cream at mid afternoon around the pool area are a great touch. The staff is polite and extremely helpful. We had to see the onsite doctor as one of us wasn’t feeling too well one day. The staff promptly arranged for the doctor to arrive who was extremely helpful and thoughtful in his advice which we highly appreciated. The doctor didn’t charge us for his visit and medication even when we asked if he was sure. As has been discussed previously in other reviews, most beaches in Zanzibar have big tidal ranges and at low tide, the sea retreats by a lot. We didn’t swim on the beach for that reason and there’s also a lot of sea weed that the staff tries to clean every day. Nevertheless, the main and private swimming pools more than made up for it. There are a lot of monkeys around the resort and the staff warn you at the outset to keep the doors closed. It is advice that must be heeded to. The resort is family friendly. That’s great if you have kids of your own but if you don’t, it can feel a bit like school nursery during breakfast / dinner time.

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stuart

Jan 2, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Our room was perfect, we had booked Luxury Garden Suite, which exceeded our expectations, we particularly like the privacy it afforded and actually were pleased to have not booked a Beach Villa. The main swimming pool does need a face lift, there are numerous tiles missing and also the entry to the pool is rather unsafe it would be much better to just have a step rather than the slanted tiles

Stayed 15 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Witness

May 2, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Definitely had an amazing time at The Residence Zanzibar. Everything was perfect, thanks so much for the hospitality.

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kunaal

Apr 10, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Amazing hotel, bit far from the airport but definitely worth the trip. Amazing food, a very polite and pleasant group of staff, very helpful, attentive to details, large clean rooms, very well kept and maintained hotel and facilities and amazing activities, great snorkelling site nearby.

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kerry Lee

Jun 20, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Highly recommend

Fabulous trip! The residence is gorgeous. The food was delicious and the service was great, everyone is super friendly and welcoming. We found the hotel day trips on the pricey side. There are other local options so all good.

Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

boris

Jul 2, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Family holidays

Amazing localization and very well maintained gardens. Staff is very nice and always helpful.

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

TASNEEM

May 3, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

A truly magical holiday with great attentive staff, Nitin and his team really looked after us. The resort is set in a very natural surrounding and there is lots of opportunity to catch the wildlife in action (including cheeky monkeys!). Pool was great for long swims, fitness centre was very well equipped. The food was immaculate! Both the lunch and dinner menu amazed us every time we dined. Evening entertainment was very entertaining! I recommend you go for all inclusive, full board or at a minimal half board.

Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Akilah

Jun 6, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

The property was amazing but the highlight was Ms Joyce. She is incredible. My son was sick upon arrival and everyday she checked on him, brought him food to the room and made the stay so pleasant.

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Husain

Nov 9, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Perfect hotel, with plenty to do and a very large space to explore. Staff were amazing and very friendly, in particular Nuhu was always on hand to assist with any requests, including catering complimentary room service whilst my wife was ill on the first night. This was an amazing unexpected gesture.

10/10 Excellent

KHILNA JAYESH

May 8, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

It was amazing! Loved everything about the property .. special thanks to Helen at the dinning hall for being very efficient as well as all her colleagues who were always smiling and extremely helpful. And to all the happy chefs who would come to check if all was okay.. not to forget the happy gentleman at the pool who would help us with our towels/fruits etc. loved it!

Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elena

Nov 20, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Perfect quality time in perfect place

Perfect Residence. Luxury amenities. Pool area, dinning villas stunning. Staff , every person very pleasant, smiling and ready to help, please you in any possible way. Food is good. Entertainment at dinner time with african bands, dancing. Nice music.extremly clean pool, bathrooms, all common area..Me and my housban enjoyed our stay. Thank you Residence.

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Dec 22, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A charming property

We had an unforgettable stay at The Residence and can’t wait to return—especially our three kids, who are already asking when we’ll be back! The hotel’s beautiful gardens were a highlight; we enjoyed walking through them every day instead of using golf carts. The staff were always friendly and eager to help, making us feel right at home. The two restaurants offered excellent food with daily themed menus and live performances, ensuring a fresh and enjoyable dining experience. The complimentary watersport activities were fantastic, with the boat house crew leading fun and informative sessions. Our beach-facing luxury villa was spacious, well-decorated, and offered great privacy, especially with its private pool although the kids also enjoyed swimming and playing with other kids in the main overflow pool. The monkeys occasionally made an appearance around the villa but kept their distance, adding a fun touch. The beach, while a bit seaweedy at low tide, was perfect after 1 pm. The tour guides were professional and made exploring the area a breeze. Overall, we had a fantastic time and look forward to returning soon!

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Estella

Oct 8, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Really nice hotel, stayed in a one bedroom villa and it was beautiful and clean, food choices were good also but could have more options. Pavilion restaurant was really nice. The place is really big and because they are all villas it sometimes feel like there’s not many people around, when in fact they are sold out. Would stay here again only downside is the location, the road conditions are not the best on some areas, and nothing around the resort so you are forced to only eat and stay on the villa. However it’s not too far from some of the activities.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nazma

Dec 13, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The staff were amazing. It felt like a family environment. I was quite emotional after I left. The managers and staff did everything possible to make my stay perfect. Benjamin, kitchen staff and housekeeping and all cleaners helped me out a-lot during my stay. This was a dreamy luxurious stay. I was even given complimentary treats on my arrival. I booked the Ocean view prestige Villa and it was a great decision. You have bikes at the villa which you can use to explore around the resort and gardens. The spa is extremely amazing. I loved my therapist Anna she was brilliant. Highly reccomend.

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

douglas

Aug 4, 2022

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities

This could be a great five star property, but as it is, it misses completely. The pool is great, the rooms are nice. Half the staff try very hard. The problem is it is misses on almost all fronts.. the food is often themed like a cruise ship, there are ants all over the utensils... it is the kind of place honeymooners enjoy but experienced travelers will be very, very very, disappointed.

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

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