Unguja Travel Guide
Tourist Guide
Visit Unguja
Where to stay in Unguja
Bwejuu Beach
Unique features of Bwejuu Beach include the beaches and restaurants. Make a stop by Paje Beach or Bwejuu Beach while you're exploring the area.
TUI BLUE Bahari Zanzibar
The staff 100% make this place, so friendly, so helpful and generally infectious. We cant thank everyone enough for making our honeymoon so special and taking care of us throughout our stay
Reviewed on 1 Oct 2025
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Le Mersenne Zanzibar, Autograph Collection
Great service
Reviewed on 8 Sept 2025
Soul Paje Managed by TOC
A good guest house. Lovely people. It's nearby Paje beach, which as great dinning options. I enjoyed the pool as well
Reviewed on 8 Aug 2025
Surfescape Zanzibar
Good
Reviewed on 5 Jan 2025
Royal Cliff Zanzibar
The hotel is beautiful and the views are wonderful. The road to the hotel is rough but that doesn't bother me. The beds need to be more comfortable. They are a little too hard for me. Other than that everything else was great!
Reviewed on 4 Jan 2025
Popular places to visit
Slave Market
An Anglican cathedral now stands on this site where slaves once suffered before being sold into harsh servitude.
Forodhani Gardens
Relax in this scenic tree-filled oceanside park that transforms into a lively and busy seafood market after the sun goes down.
Old Fort
Browse the stalls of the courtyard market and attend festivals in the amphitheater in the oldest site in the historic center.
Mnarani Natural Aquarium
View adult and hatchling hawksbill and green turtles and help to ensure their conservation at this community-operated site where you can stay as a volunteer.
House of Wonders
See one of the early buildings of Zanzibar’s modern development, with wide verandas overlooking the ocean and relics from the late 1800s.
Christ Church Cathedral
Admire the coral stone design and see the museum and memorial of this church that was built to celebrate the end of slavery.
