Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
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Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
8.0
Service:
10.0
Cleanliness:
8.0
Food:
10.0
Amenities:
4.0
From the airport to go about 1.30. The hotel is wonderful for 2 *. Only 5 rooms on the 1st floor. 3 out of 5 rooms with shower and toilet, 2 without, shared toilet and shower on the corridor. If you choose this hotel, specify this point. I was placed in one of two rooms without amenities, although the standard was indicated on the voucher. Through lengthy negotiations, they moved to the standard room after its release.
The local guide did not help in any way, he said other rules here. We wrote to the operator, but also did not receive much help. Everything was decided on the spot. And by the way, Join Up is still silent about compensation for 3 nights spent in a room of the wrong category. The hotel is located above the road, especially did not interfere. From all sides of the local settlement, the noise began from 5.30 in the morning until 22.00. The rooms are normal, good beds, air conditioning, a shelf for things, a small table. The bed and towels are clean, snow-white, which is very surprising. In general, the hotel is clean, every morning a very nice girl Taursi comes to clean up the mess. If you leave her the key, then on your return cleanliness and a nice bonus on the bed.
Breakfast can be bought at the hotel, 3.5 dollars. Per person. Dinner 7.5. Breakfast is a plate of fruit, scrambled eggs, toast, butter, jam, tea or coffee. More than enough. Dinner: rice, fish, beans, salad. Everything has always been delicious. Thank you Nasir.
You can only drink bottled water. The fruits were washed with tap water. Be sure to take hand sanitizer and masks with you on the plane. In Zanzibar, you will not need masks, but you will need a disinfectant.
Take plenty of sweets and chocolates with you. Here it is very expensive. Local children and adults are very happy with such a present.
Many tourists wrote that the Maasai cling to tourists on the beaches. I can say with confidence that the entire local population here is very friendly and unobtrusive. But remember, we are their guests.
Everything about the hotel.
Beach.
Kendwa Beach was very nice. There are almost no ebbs and flows, which is very important. in Nungwi, the water, in some places, went 150-300 meters. There are hedgehogs in Kendwa, verified by personal experience. 3 people were hurt in 30 minutes. One boy badly injured his hand. Take slippers and never swim without them at low tide. Swimming is best in bright areas. If you still met hedgehogs, go ashore and go to the beach guard. He will pull out the needles and treat with local remedies. Do nothing yourself, especially do not disinfect anything, then it will be difficult to pull out the needles. I was lucky, after 30 minutes I was swimming again, but in slippers and only in bright areas until the end of the vacation.
On the beach, we were located near the Esensse restaurant. In this restaurant, the cost of 2 sunbeds and an umbrella is $25. But we went for lunch to this restaurant and therefore we were quietly accommodated from morning to evening. This is one of the best restaurants in Kendwa with great food and great service. Everything is very nice and clean. For example, once stopped at a nearby restaurant. When they saw the portions, they began to laugh. Actually, very small. 5 spoons of soup and 3 spoons of salad.
Excursions.
We took two excursions. The operator is more expensive. If you decide to go with the locals, choose Omar tour. They walk on the beach in T-shirts with slogans. I do not recommend others, scammers. It says one thing, but the reality is quite another. There is a telephone number, if necessary, write.
Purchases.
You can buy magnets, spices, tea, coffee different. There is also cocoa, but we did not come across. I recommend buying everything on excursions to Stone Town, in the market. The guide will lead you if you ask. Bargain. Coffee beans from 7 dollars. per kg.
On the beach, pareos, t-shirts, blouses.
Pareo 6-7 dollars, blouses with hoods 13-14. They sell the cheapest on Blue Safari, on the island where you will dine. There cost is less.
Fruit.
There are few fruits, but there is mango here. They are very tasty. For one mango 0.5 dollars.
There are also bananas, pineapples, durian, coconut. . . Always bargain. On the main street, everything is always more expensive.
Well, in the end, advice: try not to put fruit in your main luggage. Or pack well. My luggage flew to Novosibirsk and I have been waiting for 9 days now. At best, he will arrive only on March 6 in the evening. And this is if again no one confuses anything. And since this is a day off, I will receive my luggage only on March 9th. As a result, 15 days. Imagine what will happen to my mangoes.
Take with you all the necessary medicines and hygiene products. There are no pharmacies in Kendwa. There is in Nungwi, It is 4.5 km along the beach. But everything is very expensive and small.
Definitely recommend Zanzibar and Kendwa. I am very glad that I visited this country with its unforgettable color, beautiful sea and wonderful people. A piece of my heart will stay here.
The local guide did not help in any way, he said other rules here. We wrote to the operator, but also did not receive much help. Everything was decided on the spot. And by the way, Join Up is still silent about compensation for 3 nights spent in a room of the wrong category. The hotel is located above the road, especially did not interfere. From all sides of the local settlement, the noise began from 5.30 in the morning until 22.00. The rooms are normal, good beds, air conditioning, a shelf for things, a small table. The bed and towels are clean, snow-white, which is very surprising. In general, the hotel is clean, every morning a very nice girl Taursi comes to clean up the mess. If you leave her the key, then on your return cleanliness and a nice bonus on the bed.
Breakfast can be bought at the hotel, 3.5 dollars. Per person. Dinner 7.5. Breakfast is a plate of fruit, scrambled eggs, toast, butter, jam, tea or coffee. More than enough. Dinner: rice, fish, beans, salad. Everything has always been delicious. Thank you Nasir.
You can only drink bottled water. The fruits were washed with tap water. Be sure to take hand sanitizer and masks with you on the plane. In Zanzibar, you will not need masks, but you will need a disinfectant.
Take plenty of sweets and chocolates with you. Here it is very expensive. Local children and adults are very happy with such a present.
Many tourists wrote that the Maasai cling to tourists on the beaches. I can say with confidence that the entire local population here is very friendly and unobtrusive. But remember, we are their guests.
Everything about the hotel.
Beach.
Kendwa Beach was very nice. There are almost no ebbs and flows, which is very important. in Nungwi, the water, in some places, went 150-300 meters. There are hedgehogs in Kendwa, verified by personal experience. 3 people were hurt in 30 minutes. One boy badly injured his hand. Take slippers and never swim without them at low tide. Swimming is best in bright areas. If you still met hedgehogs, go ashore and go to the beach guard. He will pull out the needles and treat with local remedies. Do nothing yourself, especially do not disinfect anything, then it will be difficult to pull out the needles. I was lucky, after 30 minutes I was swimming again, but in slippers and only in bright areas until the end of the vacation.
On the beach, we were located near the Esensse restaurant. In this restaurant, the cost of 2 sunbeds and an umbrella is $25. But we went for lunch to this restaurant and therefore we were quietly accommodated from morning to evening. This is one of the best restaurants in Kendwa with great food and great service. Everything is very nice and clean. For example, once stopped at a nearby restaurant. When they saw the portions, they began to laugh. Actually, very small. 5 spoons of soup and 3 spoons of salad.
Excursions.
We took two excursions. The operator is more expensive. If you decide to go with the locals, choose Omar tour. They walk on the beach in T-shirts with slogans. I do not recommend others, scammers. It says one thing, but the reality is quite another. There is a telephone number, if necessary, write.
Purchases.
You can buy magnets, spices, tea, coffee different. There is also cocoa, but we did not come across. I recommend buying everything on excursions to Stone Town, in the market. The guide will lead you if you ask. Bargain. Coffee beans from 7 dollars. per kg.
On the beach, pareos, t-shirts, blouses.
Pareo 6-7 dollars, blouses with hoods 13-14. They sell the cheapest on Blue Safari, on the island where you will dine. There cost is less.
Fruit.
There are few fruits, but there is mango here. They are very tasty. For one mango 0.5 dollars.
There are also bananas, pineapples, durian, coconut. . . Always bargain. On the main street, everything is always more expensive.
Well, in the end, advice: try not to put fruit in your main luggage. Or pack well. My luggage flew to Novosibirsk and I have been waiting for 9 days now. At best, he will arrive only on March 6 in the evening. And this is if again no one confuses anything. And since this is a day off, I will receive my luggage only on March 9th. As a result, 15 days. Imagine what will happen to my mangoes.
Take with you all the necessary medicines and hygiene products. There are no pharmacies in Kendwa. There is in Nungwi, It is 4.5 km along the beach. But everything is very expensive and small.
Definitely recommend Zanzibar and Kendwa. I am very glad that I visited this country with its unforgettable color, beautiful sea and wonderful people. A piece of my heart will stay here.
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