Marafiki Bungalows

We stayed here 11 days. The hotel area was very clean and comfortable. We had a family room with garden view. Room was spacious. It was nice to have coffee, tea, electric kettle and a fridge in a room. In restaurant the service was very good. The quallity of food was excellent. Pool area was nice. Receptionists were also very helpfull and friendly. The staff made this place perfect for relaxing holiday.

Fantastic place! Clean, friendly staff, great food, relaxing everything you need. Family atmosphere. Help in organizing trips. Great massage. Ms Justyna is a great manager helpful with everything and totally professional. From booking to leaving a top holiday

We were at Marafiki Bungalows on 18 - 20th Dec, checking out on 21st. I paid for accommodation in advance, and since the quote was in dollars and I was paying in TZS, I paid extra to ensure there was no shortfall due exchange rate fluctuations. On checking out I had to argue and defend this decision as the extra payment was not taken into account and the manager insisted for me to pay our bill in fulk without deducting the extra cash paid, arguing that I had not paid local taxes. Given that we were rushing to the ferry, I paid. On the way out, I recalculated and confirmed that I was overcharged. I immediately communicated that, and by the end of the day, it was concluded that I was overcharged and would be refunded. A week later, I received communication that I was not overcharged. After a new back and forth, I suggested they add up expenses and payments using Excel. For the send time, they admitted overcharging and promised a refund. As I write this, I still don't have my refund. The feedback I keep receiving is that we will remind the owner to pay you. I believe if I had underpaid, they would have hounded me for it. This a sad ending to a wonderful stay. The place is beautiful with great views. The best things about the place are the staff in the restaurant and the food is top notch.

We stayed at Marafiki Bungalows for 4 nights. We were disappointed with our original accommodation (names witheld) and we were driving around looking for alternative accommodation. Our daughter found Marafiki Bungalows online and we decided to go and see the place. We met Esther at the reception and explained our circumstances and she was amazing from the start. She gave us a very warm welcome and showed us two different size accommodation. We only had 4 days/nights left in Zanzibar and luckily they had availability for 4 nights. The place is beautiful, private and very comfortable and they had all we needed for the 4 nights. The food was amazing and very tasteful, we loved the fruit platter at every breakfast. Esther and her Colleague were amazing throughout our stay and we would highly recommend staying at Marafiki Bungalows. All the staff were also very good and had excellent customer service, and not forgetting the chef, his food was worth the wait. I stayed there with my husband and our 19 year old daughter.

+ Wonderful and helpful staff. Everyone was 10/10. + Cleaning everyday, the floor and beds is taken care of very well. + Beuatiful place. + Private place, no one who can disturb you from the beach since the hotel is on a cliff. + Free drinking water. And free tea + coffee in the rooms. + Very good breakfast and all the meal at the lunch/dinner menu is tasteful as well. + Fan + air-conditioning in the rooms. - No actual beach you can swim from since it's on a cliff. - There's some wood creeper in the bungalows that you can hear when they eat the wood + you can see the dust which falls from the roof. I was here with my husband, daughter 1.10 year old and my mom.

Marafiki Bungalows is a true gem with amazing value for the money! Great location on the beach with a lovely view. The hotel rooms are very spacious, and you have a small private terrace where you can relax. The garden surrounding the bungalows is very lush and beautiful, and gives a feeling of calmness. The team working at Marafiki is extremely friendly, and made us feel very welcome. We really enjoyed the food, both dinner and breakfast. The restaurant hosted a Swahili dinner with a live show on of the evenings during our stay, and it was great trying the local specialties. I can highly recommend staying at Marafiki Bungalows!