Ras Michamvi Beach Resort

It's hard to describe this hotel other than a scam. So be warned! We had reserved a week in a beach front villa over the X-mas holidays. Upon arrival sitting with a welcome drink we received a cancellation notice on our phones. Our reservation was done and payed 10 months prior arrival and we ordered transfer via the resort 1 month prior arrival. After several attempt to reasoning with management they drove us off to another resort, handed us the keys to a room wayback of the resort and wanted 4x the price. After 6,5 hours of negotiation we got the price down to the original. I can see in other comments that we are not alone with this awful experience. You have been warned!

Very nice place and the beach is awesome. The service is excellent and the staff is very friendly. Mr Charles, the manager, is super friendly. The rooms are well planned. The only issue I find is the restaurant which has to improve. If it wasn't for the restaurant the stars would be 5..

This hotel and all the accommodations are fantastic.. The location is one of the best in Zanzibar. I'm traveling all over the world and I'm very impressed. If you want to relax and recover, don't hesitate to reserve, Charles, the General Manager, will give you all the satisfaction.

Amazing views. Surrounded by beach front. Good restaurant and lovely rooms. Its a bit remote but worth the drive. Two swimming pools. Boat excursions to local island sites. Reasonable prices and nice staff.

Beautifull place, friendly staff, nice facilities, when you stay here you can use the kayaks and snorkeling equipment. (Nice snorkeling at the Reef in front of the hotel) Good food in the restaurant. Quiet location surrounded by Nature. The bedst reccomendations.

The location is idyllic and staff are friendly. The rooms are clean and well air-conditioned, but lack hot running water - though in 30° heat with 80% humidity, the tepid water is perfect for a shower. Some rooms do lack a safe, but I found valuables could be left unsecured in the room with confidence. The beds are enormous with very firm mattresses and effective mosquito nets. House-keeping also sprays the rooms each evening while you're out for dinner. Free Wifi is available, but does not extend beyond the restaurant /bar area. Meals are ordered a la carte from a limited menu offering mostly fresh fish and seafood accompanied by chips and salad. l found this to be generally of excellent quality and very tasty particularly the fish fingers - fresh tuna steak fried in breadcrumbs - exceptional! The fruit and veg is washed in mineral water and the salad drizzled/soaked in lime juice giving a zesty, occasionally disinfectant-like taste. Breakfast is simple but extremely limited, consisting of fresh fruit followed by a choice of toast, (doughie) croissant, (delicious) pancakes, eggs, (fried, boiled or scrambled) or the "Spanish omelette" which is very good albeit a French omelette. Contrary to many reviews, alcohol is available. Three local lagers, cider and a selection of wines and spirits are available from the restaurant bar. These can be taken away to your room, but not down to the pool area. Great snorkeling is possible directly from the beach if you have you own gear and know where to look. Just beyond the second buoy, directly in front of the resort are five small bommies where I found morays, lion fish, lobster, seahorses, sea snakes, bat fish, box fish Moorish idols, sweetlips, clams and many other unexpected beauties! Sadly, many communal facilities have fallen into disrepair, some to the point of being hazardous. A little money reinvested in the resort's upkeep could transform this beautiful place into a tucked away paradise!

Very very nice place. With 2 beaches and very nice 2 swimning pools. A bit isolated place (so definitely not the rigjt placenif you want to do kitesurf or party at night) and with very friendly and helpful staff

Highly recommended! All the staff walk the extra mile for you. 5 star service and nice accommodations. We will come back!