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Sunset Kendwa

4.0 star property
Beachfront lodge for sun and fun

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Sunset Kendwa offers a serene oceanfront escape with an on-site restaurant serving international cuisine and water views. Guests love the convenient location, friendly staff, and amenities like scuba diving and laundry services.

Reviews

8.0 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • Parking included
  • Air conditioning
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Laundry

Room options

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Standard Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)

Highlights

Balcony
Air conditioning
Ceiling fan
Private bathroom
Bidet
Hairdryer
Free bottled water
In-room safe
  • 377 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Standard Double Room (Courtyard)

Highlights

Balcony
Air conditioning
Ceiling fan
Hairdryer
Private bathroom
Bidet
Free bottled water
In-room safe
  • 377 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Deluxe Bungalow

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)

Highlights

Balcony
Air conditioning
Ceiling fan
Hairdryer
Private bathroom
Bidet
Free bottled water
In-room safe
  • 377 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed
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About the area

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Kendwa Beach, North Cost of Zanzibar, Kendwa

What's nearby

  • Kendwa Beach - 5 min drive - 2.3 km
  • Nungwi Beach - 6 min drive - 4.5 km
  • Nungwi Natural Aquarium - 6 min drive - 4.5 km
  • Mnarani Natural Aquarium - 8 min drive - 4.8 km
  • Kiwengwa Beach - 50 min drive - 31.6 km

Getting around

  • Zanzibar (ZNZ-Zanzibar Intl.) - 90 min drive

Restaurants

  • â€ȘTam Tam Restaurant - ‬7 min drive
  • â€ȘRestaurant Kendwa Rocks - ‬8 min walk
  • â€ȘSexy Fish - ‬7 min drive
  • â€ȘM&J Cafe - ‬7 min drive
  • â€ȘThe Corner - ‬7 min drive

About this property

Sunset Kendwa

Upscale lodge near Nungwi Beach
A short walk from Kendwa Beach, Sunset Kendwa provides an airport shuttle, a garden and dry cleaning/laundry services. This lodge is a great place to bask in the sun with a beachfront location, beachfront dining and scuba diving. The on-site restaurant, Sunset Restaurant, features international cuisine and ocean views. Guests can also expect to find a bar.
Additional perks include:
  • Free self-parking
  • A round-trip airport shuttle (surcharge), a 24-hour front desk and a front desk safe
  • A billiards/pool table, smoke-free property and luggage storage
Room features
All 50 rooms have comforts such as air conditioning, in addition to perks such as safes and free bottled water.
More conveniences in all rooms include:
  • Bathrooms with showers and free toiletries
  • Balconies, ceiling fans and housekeeping

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Property amenities

Parking and transport

  • 24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Sunset Restaurant

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table
  • Scuba diving
  • Snorkelling

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (on request)

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • On the beach

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • Mosquito nets
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Free bottled water
  • Room service

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Ceiling fan
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: noon; check-in end time: midnight
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation

Renovations and closures

The property is closed between 24 December and 10 January.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Cots (infant beds) are not available

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 60 (one-way)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system and a first aid kit
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios and terraces, which may not be suitable for children; if you have any concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm that they can accommodate you in a suitable room

We should mention

This property does not have any lifts
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Kendwa Sunset
Sunset Kendwa
Sunset Lodge Kendwa
Sunset Kendwa Lodge
Sunset Hotel Zanzibar
Sunset Beach Hotel Zanzibar
Sunset Bungalows Hotel Zanzibar
Sunset Kendwa Lodge
Sunset Kendwa Kendwa
Sunset Kendwa Lodge Kendwa

Frequently asked questions

Is Sunset Kendwa pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Sunset Kendwa?

Self-parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Sunset Kendwa?

Check-in start time: noon; check-in end time: midnight. Late check-in is available during limited hours.

What time is check-out at Sunset Kendwa?

Checkout is at 10 AM.

Does Sunset Kendwa provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle. A fee of USD 60 one-way applies.

Where is Sunset Kendwa located?

Nestled on the beach, this Kendwa lodge is 1.5 mi (2.5 km) from Kendwa Beach and 2.3 mi (3.7 km) from Nungwi Beach. Nungwi Natural Aquarium and Mnarani Natural Aquarium are also within 3 miles (5 km).

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Reviews

Sunset Kendwa Reviews

8.0

Very good

8.0

Cleanliness

8.6

Location

7.6

Staff & service

7.6

Eco-friendliness

7.4

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 43 out of 131 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 59 out of 131 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 17 out of 131 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 131 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 131 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Tauseef

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Enjoyed my stay
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Kelvin

Amazing beach
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It' was beautiful. Food and drink was superb beach was outstanding. Staff were polite and attentive. A must see if in Zanzibar. Recently renovated pool area.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jeffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rooms are clean and big. Restaurant has excellent food
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sabina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Zanzibar gem

Amazing hotel, wonderful beach and the perfect staff. It was so good that we checked out after day 2, to go to stay in another hotel which was terrible n returned back at Sunset after 1 night!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Cecilia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I absolutely loved my stay. It was spacious with beautiful palm trees at the lower area where my room was. English breakfast was served and the food orders took max 30 minutes. It was quiet, serene and the beach beds were not as crowded as the neighboring hotels. It has the best beach area that forms a beautiful pool during the high tide and it was never crowded. Staff were very helpful and payments were paid with card or cash in USD and TZS conveniently. WiFi was a bit weak in the room but overall was accessible across the property and beach area. The room was big enough with all amenities. Pictures don’t do justice to this beautiful and leafy hotel. Will definitely return!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Klaudia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a great holiday, thank you to all friendly and good people at Kendwa. This beach hotel Is a little paradise. The restaurant is at the beach- you dine and watch the waves and boats. The beach life is colorful and interesting; acrobats perform, people passing by, also some sellers but everybody is respectful, without pressure! The days at the beach were peaceful and nice. The area of Kendwa Hotel is great, Sand and many Palm trees. Very peaceful and clean place. Wifi mainly in the restaurant area.Most delicious is the food. We had half board and got a buffet dinner quite many times. The food was really delicious. People from other hotels came for dinner to Kendwa. The staff is always helpful- Zena and her team: asante sana! We highly recommend this hotel.
Stayed 14 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Eileen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed in one of the bungalows close to the beach, which I would highly recommend. The rooms up near the reception would require walking a steep set of stairs each time you wanted to use the pool, beach, bar or restaurant. Our bungalow was very nice with a front porch to sit on. The front desk staff was helpful with arranging boat tours and taxis. The beach in front of the resort is beautiful and very swimmable. There are great shaded chairs and beds to use while lounging near the beach. The swimming pool was large enough, but could use better maintenance. Many tiles are missing and the stairs do not have a handrail. I slipped on the slippery tiled steps and injured my head and leg.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sisser

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Amazing setting. Service improvement potential.

Kendwa Sunset is very well located by a beautiful beach. Hotel is well kept and with a cosy feel. Green garden feel in first part of the hotel and beach vibe at the bungalows located as an extended part of the beach. Room was good with nice beds, clean and with nice size bathroom. Beach area is large with more space between chairs than many other hotels. Pool had great clear view over the beach and ocean. All this would give a 9-10 rating. However service was clearly the worst we experienced among the 5 places we visited in Zanzibar. Seemed to be a mix of Language challenges, care and pure skills. So bring a lot of patience and Hakuna Matata in order for it not to destroy your experience. During 4 days (ehere we also ate elsewhere) we experienced a meal that did not arrive until we were ready to pay, rarely being able to order what we preferred (more than other places) but the challenge was not so much ‘sold out/not in stock’ but lack of knowledge among servants on what was available so ordering was a cumbersome and time consuming process, incorrect order when food arrived and attempt to make us order things we did not want ‘because we have already put x in the system so could you not have y instead’. Likewise for beach towels where ‘sold out/not available right now and not able to find out when we could get a towel or if we could use our rooms towels instead until we went to the reception. However the day the little lady in the restaurant was in, all went smooth 😀
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Initially when I attempted to check in they overbooked me and did not have a room for me. They were able to shift me around and accommodate me, moving me 3 rooms in 3 nights. Staff was very friendly and helpful with the process, and apologetic.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

shuk

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
The hotel stuff didn't give us good customer service. They gave us an expensive price for the room.later we found out that others got it for much cheaper price. The wifi cost money. The rooms are overall nice and the area is amazing.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

An overpriced disappointment

Apart from the broken mosquito net in my room, the non existing Internet service along with the incredibly mediocre breakfast which was included contributed to making this stay a complete waste of time to a high price. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone when there are so many incredibly nice hotels and resorts next door and it is definitely worth to pay the extra 10 USD to stay at a place with class instead of the dump which is Sunset Kendwa.

8/10 Good

EVELYNE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
L'hÎtel est situé en bord de mer. Le village est facile d'accÚs à pied La restauration est bonne et variée.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Matteo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Abbiamo soggiornato al Sunset Kendwa per 2 notti con sola colazione inclusa. Struttura molto bella, curata e accogliente. Camere molto pulite e confortevoli, anche l’aria condizionata funziona perfettamente. Cibo buono, con molta varietà a colazione, da segnalare l’estrema lentezza del servizio pranzo, nonostante sia una struttura grande con la presenza di molti camerieri. Inoltre una sera ci siamo presentati alle 22:30 per poter mangiare qualcosa ma ci ù stato detto che non era possibile nonostante la chiusura del ristorante fosse alle 23 (essendo Kendwa una zona tranquilla non abbiamo trovato nessun altro posto per mangiare). Fantastica la possibilità per i clienti di usufruire dei lettini direttamente in spiaggia. Per concludere, ci torneremmo e consigliamo assolutamente di alloggiare in questa struttura
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Flinke og hyggelige ansatte/servitĂžrer
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Marie

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

StrandnÀra hotell med fint hotellomrÄde.

Uppskattade att hotellet lÄg vid stranden och hade ett fint hotellomrÄde med tre pooler och gym. Hotellet hade en mycket bra frukostbuffé. Det jag upplevde mindre bra var utbudet av mat för lunch och middag nÀr vi inte hade valt till lunch- och middagspaketet. Hotellet ligger lite utanför Nungwi och vÀgen dit pÄ kvÀllen kÀndes lite osÀker att gÄ nÀr det Àr mörkt.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Alina

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Das Areal des Hotels ist wirklich WUNDERSCHÖN mit den vielen Palmen und der direkten Strandlage. Ich habe es geliebt aus unserem Beach Bungalow rauszugehen und direkt auf Sand zu sein. FĂŒr unseren Urlaub hat es so absolut ausgereicht, um eine schöne Zeit zu haben. Das Personal war immer sehr bemĂŒht, aber teilweise etwas planlos und vergesslich, was wir ihnen aber nicht ĂŒbel genommen haben. Die Umgebung des Hotels ist leider sehr arm und fĂŒr AlleingĂ€nge nur bei Tageslicht sicher.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Ett magiskt stÀlle med fantastisk personal!

Oj vilket stĂ€lle! Vilken service nere pĂ„ stranden och i restaurangen. LĂ€get Ă€r perfekt, stranden Ă€r magisk. Det enda vi hade nĂ„n synpunkt pĂ„ var att kanske lite mer kryddning i maten (och lite för stora portioner), samt att de lĂ„ter gĂ€ster ”paxa” solstolar en halv dag innan dom kommer och nyttjar dom. Samt att wifi Ă€r vĂ€ldigt svajigt. Annars Ă€r vi sĂ„ nöjda att vi faktiskt Ă€ndrade om vĂ„rt sista hotell och ska bo vĂ„r sista natt hos dom igen. Magiskt!
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Vivian

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Rooms need to be checked before check in . My room phone did not work so could not inform them of other things missing not working right away. Safe not working, AC not working for hours one day, missing no disturb sign. Needs a bedside lamp very dark at night. Hot water only last 5 mins. Love the property but these aould be easily fixed if checked
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Gloria

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nos dieron una habitaciĂłn que no correspondĂ­a a lo que se habĂ­a pagado, encima no tenia agua caliente y el aire esrtaba malo, fue muy difĂ­cil para que nos cambiaran de habitaciĂłn
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Gloria

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible el trato, la habitaciĂłn no le servĂ­a ni el aire ni tenĂ­a agua caliente, habĂ­amos escogido la mĂĄs cara y fue una decepciĂłn y costo mucho que nos cambiaran a otra habitaciĂłn, que tampoco fue la que habĂ­amos pagado,
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Juan andres

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Buen desayuno. Buena estancia en general.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Jose

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Excellent sĂ©jour, Ă©tablissement bord de plage, personnel trĂšs accueillant Ă  l’écoute, restauration de trĂšs bonne qualitĂ© Ă  des prix plus que raisonnable, trĂšs mauvaise wifi, l’hĂ©bergement propre, mais vĂ©tuste, coupure d’eau, plomberie, robinetteries Ă  changer manque d’étagĂšres de rangement pour les vĂȘtements, bruit climatisation et ventilo, l’environnement, trĂšs bien entretenu de la verdure, trĂšs propre, un lieu trĂšs agrĂ©able pour profiter du calme, du repos, un sĂ©jour trĂšs apprĂ©ciĂ©, et recommandable.
Stayed 13 nights in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Antonio

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Descrivo con una parola il Sunset Kendwa: “scadente”. Una serie di motivazioni: 1. Pessimo servizio dello staff 2. Acqua fredda per tutta la durata del soggiorno 3. Bassa pressione dell’acqua della doccia 4. Tavoli privi di coperto 5. Tovaglie da tavola sporche 6. Teli mare macchiati 7. Tempi di attesa esageratamente lunghi 8. Pessima organizzazione dello staff 9. Wi-Fi assente in tutta la struttura eccetto che al ristorante Abbiamo visitato 4 resort a Zanzibar, e questo ù l’unico resort che ci ha deluso terribilmente. Super sconsigliato
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Kathy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Wonderful Stay!

It was a wonderful stay! The staff was friendly and very helpful. The hotel is right off the beach with an awesome pool. Food was good but was hoping for more traditional plates but you can walk out of the hotel area to find restaurants and shop.
Bungalow
Pool
Beach
Morning beach views
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022