White Sands Resort & Conference Centre

We opted for the less crowded hotel for our new year cross over and for sure it didn't disappoint us. From the registration desk, to the take aways given, it gave a free tropics feel and gave the kids an opportunity to be engaged in the process of setting up their glowing goggles. The buffet was quite extensive and we got to enjoy a fresh sea food corner and the kids loved this especially the octopus. But a sweet treat was at the dessert corner...was nice having a celebratory cake and as much as you can eat ice cream..(which was ice cold 🤣 despite the heat) The fireworks which were key to the night were breathtaking and a good set up for safety. In all, was a good night with good entertainment (and the bubbly for sure ensured the tossing to the new year was done in style)

My wife and I had our wedding celebration at White Sands in June this year and couldn't have been happier with the experience. Starting our initial contact and immediately receiving the necessary information, to booking, finetuning of food and drinks with the staff and finally the celebration itself (the food was especially awesome, with several menus to choose from, discussed and agreed upon beforehand with White Sands). Special thanks to Deepak who was our main contact, you can tell he has lots of experience handling weddings.||||I'm highlighting some of these things mentioned above (which I thought should be rather normal) since we unfortunately had several bad experiences with other Hotels, especially those in Zanzibar. Endless back and forth via email and phone, we didn't receive prices and availability, ghosting and whatnot... We had the feeling some of them heard about a beach wedding for the first time and simply didn’t have a clue what to do. And mind you, we didn't have any special requirements: just a nice venue with space for up to 100 guests, tasty food and drinks, and still some managers seemed unwilling or simply unable to respond to these requests. Had we gone to White Sands instead, we’d have saved months of unnecessary frustration. So, if you're looking for a lovely hotel with splendid organization during your wedding celebration at a beach, White Sands might be right for you as well! ||||Another thing, not really related to our wedding but still worth highlighting is the great gym on the first floor. One of the nicest I’ve seen in Dar, probably a solid 100 square meters and all important machines you need, plus free weights. ||||One possible downside to be aware of: as others here already noted, the beach can be full of plastic. This isn’t the fault of the hotel, in fact they’re cleaning the beach on what seems to be a daily basis, but still there’s a lot coming ashore. So it is not really a beach you’d want to go into the ocean to swim in, especially with kids.

So if you are looking for a beach resort where you can swim on the beach, this isnt the area for it because this whole stretch of beach is extremly dirty and unswimmable. We tried to go into the water in the afternoon and morning (high tide and low tide) and both times the water was FULL of disgusting garbage and plastic. Its not the fault of the resort ofcourse, but this spoilt our holiday because we went to this resort to swim on the beach, not just be by a garbage filled beach. The sand around the beach was full of garbage too, not safe for babies. The swimming pool water was murky and not clear and it wasnt clean, it had some stuff in it. They should really clean it more often. We found some of the staff to not be that welcoming. Other than that, the room was really nice and cool, and the bathroom had the best shower I ever had. The garden and views are spectacular as well. The food (dinner) is quite bad in terms of taste and really expensive.

The hotel's location and the rooms/bungalows are very nice. However, the stay was marred by a very dirty beach. While trash is collected, it's buried in a hole in the sand. The wait times at the pool restaurant are unacceptably long, and some staff members are unable to take orders in English. They also don't seem interested in asking if we need anything else. The food we ordered was lukewarm, and the wine we ordered was "forgotten." ;-((((

Very good place to spend the day. Have a nice buffet lunch here in the restaurant and don't forget to bring your swimsuit. The place has a nice swimming pool. The buffet cost is 60000 Tzs per person which includes your swimming pool activities as well. Also there is a beach volleyball play area.

It was an awesome experience - four nights of pampered bliss spent in company of old school mates. We had great fun and the staff were very supportive. Despite the post election crisis, restricted movement, lack of internet connection, etc. we had fun. With never ending camera clicks, we savoured the enchanting beauties all around. Chasing the sun as it rises and sets. The feathered bandits (birds) made us watch over our meals like war lords. A well-managed facility no doubt. Their variety of teas trampled on my coffee rights. Nice place.

Awful Glorified wedding venue. 3 weddings on one night infront of your Seaview rooms. NO sleep or peace. Filthy beaches. Litter all over the hotel gardens. Stale breakfast, gross dinners! Worst 3 days of my life!!🤬 Was s'posed stay 11 days but left. Public allowed in, in droves basically bathing in pool!!! NOT WORTH LEAVING HOME FOR. JUST DONT GO THERE

Wonderful escape from the hustle and bustle of Dar, owner has truly spent money on maintaining the property. It's a shame the service doesn't match the aesthetics. The welcome on arrival was poor, the was no porter available to usher us in or assist with offloading our bags. The service by the pool is also lacking, you have to really struggle for attention. We resorted to walking to the pool bar directly to order food or drinks as we had a child with us. On the day of our departure we waited for over half and hour for a porter to assist with our bags, unfortunately even after two calls to the reception, nobody showed up. We resorted to taking down our bags on our own.