Sultan Sands Island Resort

great hotel, great service, beautiful beach. rooms cleaned daily, very good food. daily animations. sun loungers and towels available on the beach. bottled water for brushing teeth in the bathroom. coconuts to drink straight from the palm tree. I recommend

This Hotel is not good at all, the pictures look good, but the Hotel is 25years old. The rooms are bad shape. In our room no air conditioning for 3 days. Just horrible. The personal try to be kind as long as you give them tips. Even if you choose All Inclusive still all drinks and even coffee needs extra payment. Just lunch is included and local beer/wine. They hit it all when checkout, only USD payment is possible Pos or cash, but their exchange rates is 15-20% above the official TZS exchange wich leads to increasing of cost up to 20%. When trying to pay in TZS they kept us at receptions till we nearly lost our flight home so we was forced to pay the high bill. Overall we didn’t have good experience with this hotel and we do jot recommend this hotel. Michael

Amazing location on the East coast , white sands and endless beaches , warm Indian Ocean just a few steps from the private elevated beach. The buildings are all authentic thatched and low level , from the beach the resort blends into the palm trees. Rooms are spacious , well equipped, very clean with a great balcony , all facing towards the sea on a small incline, no more than 2-3 minute walk through the gardens to the beach. Air con worked great , shower was hot,fridge worked well, mosquito nets supplied and room sprayed each night, although mosquitoes weren’t an issue at all. Beach was very clean , raked every day , plenty of sun loungers even round the pool , never had an issue getting one , pool towels supplied daily and very clean and fluffy. Pool was very clean , warm and spacious for the small resort. 2 bars were next to the pool so no issues with drinks , we got served on the beach as well. Main beach is public , has a few traders but they’re not aggressive and the resort security as very efficient , no problem swimming or doing a beach walk and getting hassled. Sea is warm and depending on tide you can walk 100’s of metres out to Seaweed farms and see coral,starfish etc. Sometimes the tide brings in seaweed,and being a public beach it doesn’t get cleaned but it’s not too much and doesn’t affect the amazing white sand stretch of the hotel. Food was buffet and I can’t overestimate how fresh, good quality it was and a great variety with themed nights every night. Food was always topped up and omelettes,eggs,pancakes etc all made freshly to your taste. Plates and glasses were cleared very quickly and service was second to none. We had a la carte restaurants we could use and we did once , also brilliant , but the buffet was more than enough to keep our interest. Entertainment was every night , live and very entertaining during the day there was football , volleyball , aqua aerobics organised to a high standard. The spa is being rebuilt but the rooms used temporarily are more than adequate, my partner had a pedicure and massage , all reasonably priced and excellent , as was the service and attitude of the girls. The overall theme/look of the place is relaxed, casual , clean and very welcoming, it’s a smallish resort with a very professional but casual theme. You can change money , it has a small but well stocked shop , water in the room every day and you can take drinks from the bar to put in your fridge. The staff were all amazing , happy , professional and good at their jobs. I can’t name all who made our stay but Sophia and Moudi in the restaurant, Bilali and Ally in the bar , Happy in the beach bar , Adam the pool boy and I don’t know his name but the gardener who keeps the crows away were outstanding. I cannot recommend this resort enough , we had access to its slightly better rated sister resort but never felt the need to use it as Sultan had everything we needed. Don’t expect a marble clad 5 star type resort, it’s small , friendly and