Indigo Beach Zanzibar

Wonderful weeklong stay at Indigo Beach! The staff were absolutely fantastic, from how friendly they were to our toddler, to helping organize tours and a massage, to helping us figure out a doctor to take our daughter to when she got sick on our last day. The place was fairly easy to find - we arrived when it was dark, so that made it a little more difficult. It's in a less touristy spot, so it's quieter, and only a 10-minute drive to Paje. The food was overall good - we did bed & breakfast but, in the future, would not do breakfast as there are many places to explore in Paje, nearby, and the options were the same every day - fruit, bread of your choice (toast, crepe like pancakes, or banana bread or muffin), eggs of your choice, bacon (more like Canadian bacon), sausage, or an English breakfast. The lunch menu had quite a bit of options - we had grilled fish, grilled octopus, and fish nuggets, which were all good. The dinner menu was smaller options, so we generally preferred to go explore other restaurants. The cocktails were very good and reasonably priced! The pool was clean; our daughter had a blast swimming. They also had sand toys for kids. There were plenty of lounge chairs to relax with an ocean view, too. I saw they had bikes for rent, but we did not do that. As for the room itself, we appreciated the unique style of it - it isn't one of those cookie cutter hotel rooms that could be anywhere in the world. Our room had a downstairs with a couch, then upstairs the bed and a travel cot for our daughter, with mosquito nets. The rooms were pretty open air - so you had to use the nets, and they sprayed in the evenings, which helped somewhat with the bugs. The openness also allowed a lot of rainwater inside. There was a ceiling fan for the bedroom, but it still was pretty hot/ humid. I would also note that the pillows smelled, like they had been in storage for a while and not washed, but we were able to find throw pillows that were ok (we did not mention to the staff, as we forgot whenever we left the room). The bathrooms were completely outside - which is cool in theory, but not so enjoyable when it's raining/ night (an umbrella is provided). The provided soap smelled really nice! Overall, if you appreciate an outdoorsy style, but still want the luxury of a nice hotel, this is a great option, and great location!

Indigo Beach is perfect if you want a quite relaxing hoilday ,the Staff are lovely and very friendly the food is excellent and nothing is to much trouble ,indigo beach is not far away from other tourists attractions but is a hour or so away from Zanzibar ,you will need to wear some sort of foot ware if you go into the sea etc as there are very fine shells but the sand is very soft and the sea is very warm ,indigo beach as 2 lovely swimming pools to cool off and relax by ,the hotel can book your tours and taxis so not a problem and even give you a early morning call if required also offer a packed lunch if your going out for the day, rooms very some basic but clean but you are not staying in your room your only sleeping in it so not going to say much about the rooms as l said the rooms very but the rooms facing out onto the beach look lovely . Can’t fault Indigo Beach ,lovely hotel,Lovely Staff ,Lovely Food

we spent a week at Indigo Bay and it was excellent. Very quiet hotel and beach, good food and an incredible staff in service. On the day we arrived we had a problem in the room and Omar quickly solved the situation in the best way and did everything to make us feel good. In my opinion, only the bathrooms in the rooms need to be improved. Thank you Indigo Bay people for the days spent there Luísa

Highly recommended. The hotel is charming with a magnificent beach. If you are looking for a hotel with your toes in the sand concept with the warmth of the people, this is definitely the place to be. The food is very delicious, bungalows are very well maintained. Kudos to the team, we shall be back!

This hotel is locally rated as 5*, but more a 3*. Obviously they can charge more tourist tax as a 5*. The room in the guest house was ok but the shower room very primitive. The choice of wine was very limited, and they frequently ran out. The selection of tea was very limited, we even had to resort to drinking our own from the UK as had non other than herbal. The swimming pool was not ideal, with steep step into and no rails to hang on to. Not ideal for the less mobile or children. Certainly would not walk out of the hotel grounds. The whole Island needs some serious work and we have visited Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa. I cannot recommend the Island in truth at this time.

We spent 5 nights at Indigo Beach. We stayed in April, the rainy season. Very quiet period, little tourism but at the same time very relaxing. We would like to sincerely thank all the staff in particular: Rebecca, Omar, Catherine, Aisha, John and Anna and all the Masai. All very kind, helpful, smiling and very very welcoming people. A thousand thanks Greetings from Dalila and Paolo