Hotel Nungwi

... a sort of tourist village. I am staying well away from all this, in the delightful Sazani Beach Hotel. The advent of tourism to Nungwi has affected traditional village life. Local women now earn money from cleaning the hotel rooms. The restaurants & ...

After staying in comparative luxury at the Kiponda Hotel, I transferred to Nungwi on the northern tip of Unguja (the largest of the islands in the Zanzibar Archipelago) to start my PADI open water course. The Kiponda even provided the transfer, a one to ...

... scents of spices from the market) we caught a shuttle bus with a Canadian and American we met at our hostel, to Nungwi beach (northern Zanzibar) where we plan on chilling for a few days amidst turquoise waters and white sand ...

... and we wanted to head to north beach so we called off the tour and drove up to the beach in the north called Nungwi. Numgwi is about 1 hour drive away from Stone Town.  They have a beautiful white sandy beach with crystal clear blue ocean.  ...

The ride to Nungwi on the northern tip of the island of Zanzibar took a little over an hour.  The highway was smooth and the time went by quickly as did the concrete blocked houses somehow still the familiar brown dirt/dust colour despite the rich ...

... gifts.  Quite cute. Then we headed about an hour or so to the beach and our destination for the next two nights.  Nungwi Inn Hotel.  We had little bungalows that were okay, but they had a funny feel about them.  I'm not sure what it ...

... once again an impromtu decision we catch a small 12 seater 20 minute flight!! Yay... we have made it! This time I have stayed up at Nungwi rather than Kendwa... similar deal and set up. Both up the north of the island only a few kms apart. So a week later ...

... Zanzibar promontory. The girls returned from [what else?] shopping and off to Cinnamon, a nice place on the second floor of the Z Hotel; had sailfish, the catch of the day, with rice and veggies. Fiona beyond words when I suggested a gal at another table ...

Hard to believe....still no internet for me!  Today we breakfasted in our hotel.  I have a photo of it with the name...but not on today's photos.. We were ready at 8 am I think for our dolphin tour.  There were only 6 of us:  Mel, ...

... ran out of battery power on my Fuji before the sunset but Fi promised me some of her and Mel's shots. On the walk back to the hotel, we got a little lost.  Around 10 pm Juliet went to the restaurant, but by then I really didn't feel like going out. ...

We head back to Stone Town to do some shopping and grab a few kikois then went back to the hotel to watch some telly. That evening we headed back to the fish market for ...

... give him something. Turned out to be a really nice guy. He works as an artist. Lives in StoneTown and commutes to Nungwi to sell his work. He found the hotel for me, and then left me, without making me agree to come visit his shop or trying to ask me ...

... -proof windows and doors on the tents are great, but the drawback is they don't let much wind through...) December 14-16 (Nungwi, Zanzibar) A truck, ferry and van take us to the beautiful island of Zanzibar. Although still part of Tanzania, it is a ...

... .  It was the highlight of her day.  The night swim never happened though, but the replacement was equally fun.  Nungwi is interesting because it is really resort-like right on the water – there’s even a Double Tree Hotel there ...

... dirt track and all we saw was the back of a couple of hotels it really did not look very nice at all and I thought perhaps Nungwi would look better. When we turned up at Nungwi , however , it was a similar story of a dirt track road through a poor ...