The Z Hotel

This chic, thiry five room boutique hotel located on the northern tip of the Island, blends elegant, contemporary design with traditional Zanzibari features to create a unique cool and relaxing environment. Set in a lush, tropical garden with direct access to the white powder beaches and warm waters of the Indian Ocean, the Z hotel has been finished to a high specification by an international team of architects and interior designers: each room has floor to ceiling glass doors leading onto a balcony which looks out across the crystal blue Ocean with many rooms featuring Plasma TVs, DSTV cable television, Wii and Philippe Starck furniture.

The hotel offers à la carte, alfresco dining in our main restaurant ‘Saruche’, along with Asian-fusion tapas and sharing platters in ‘Cinnamon’, our cocktail bar, where you can also find our exclusive list of mouth watering cocktails.

The Z Hotel’s guest rooms have all been beautifully decorated and feature Travertine Marble floors imported from Turkey, Italian designer bathroom suites, crisp cotton bed linen from Egypt, sumptuous fabrics from India and bespoke furniture exclusive to the Z Hotel made from locally sourced coconut wood. Each bedroom has French doors, set in floor to ceiling glass which lead onto a private balcony with views over our landscaped tropical garden and out across the crystal blue waters of the Indian Ocean to the magnificent Zanzibari sunset on the distant horizon.

For the energetic traveller there are numerous activities available at the Z Hotel. Zanzibar’s warm turquoise waters and stunning coral reefs offer the perfect haven for divers, water-skiers and deep sea fishing enthusiasts. The Z Hotel recommend the most professional and fully equiped local Dive Centre, who's very experienced and safety conscious team will reassure the novice and challenge the more experienced diver. Whether its snorkelling amongst the rich marine life that inhabit the coral reefs, or swimming with the Humpback whales during their migration the Z Hotel can accommodate all your diving needs.