Tikitam Palms Boutique Hotel – Stay in Pongwe, Zanzibar

The hotel offers a private beach area with white sandy shores for relaxing and snorkeling. An outdoor swimming pool with a pool bar overlooks the beach, providing sun loungers and beach towels. Guests can use complimentary bicycles to explore the area or enjoy water sport equipment on site.

Each of the 8 villas and rooms is individually decorated with local antiques, African art, and colonial style furniture. Units offer views of the tropical garden or the ocean, and include air conditioning, flat screen TVs, and minibars. Private bathrooms are complete with bathrobes and amenities.

Two restaurants serve local seafood, Arabian, Indian, and international cuisines, with themed dinner menus each evening. Complimentary 5 o'clock tea is served daily at the Mvua bar. A buffet breakfast featuring fresh pastries, local fruit, and made-to-order eggs is included.

The hotel provides free water sport equipment for canoeing, snorkeling, and paddleboarding. Guests can join guided tours such as a sea safari with Juma to see starfish and marine life on the reef. Evening entertainment includes live music performances, themed dinner nights, and bao games.

The Suni spa offers a variety of massages including back, foot, full body, hand, head, and neck treatments using local ingredients. Wellness therapies such as papaya facials are also available. The spa is located within the hotel grounds and provides a calm setting for relaxation.

Location: Secluded beach on Zanzibar's East Coast, near Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park

Rooms: 8 individually decorated villas with local antiques

Dining: Two restaurants with themed dinner nights and complimentary 5 o'clock tea

Wellness: Suni spa with massages and papaya facials

Activities: Free water sports, guided sea safari, complimentary bicycles

Adults-only: Boutique hotel for couples and honeymoons