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Tembo House Hotel

4.0 star property

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3 outdoor pools, open 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM, pool loungers
Junior Suite with Balcony and Ocean view
Couples treatment room(s), body treatments, body wraps, body scrubs
Aerial view
View from property

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Spa
  • Parking included
  • Room service

Explore the area

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Forodhani Street, Zanzibar Town, 25524
  • Old Fort
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Forodhani Gardens
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Slave Market
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Zanzibar (ZNZ-Zanzibar Intl.)
    ‪15 min drive‬

Room options

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Freddie Mercury Apartment with Balcony and City view

Freddie Mercury Apartment with Balcony and City view

  • 55 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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Twin Room with Balcony and Sea view

Twin Room with Balcony and Sea view

  • 25 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Egyptian cotton sheets, minibar, in-room safe, desk

Triple Room with Balcony and Sea view

  • 32 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 3 Twin Beds

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Junior Suite with Balcony and Ocean view

Junior Suite with Balcony and Ocean view

  • 30 sq m
  • Ocean view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Double Room with Balcony and Sea view

Double Room with Balcony and Sea view

  • 28 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Family Room with Balcony and Sea view

Family Room with Balcony and Sea view

  • 30 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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Double Room at Annex building

Double Room at Annex building

  • 22 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Twin Room with Balcony and City view

Twin Room with Balcony and City view

  • 30 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Double Room with City view

Double Room with City view

  • 30 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Triple Room at Annex building

Triple Room at Annex building

  • 26 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Queen Bed

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Deluxe Suite with Balcony and Beach view

Deluxe Suite with Balcony and Beach view

  • 30 sq m
  • Beach view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Twin Room at Annex building | View from room

Twin Room at Annex building

  • 22 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Large Twin Beds

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Egyptian cotton sheets, minibar, in-room safe, desk

Standard Double Room

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Twin Room | Room amenity

Standard Twin Room

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Egyptian cotton sheets, minibar, in-room safe, desk

Standard Triple Room

  • 32 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed and 1 King Bed

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Presidental Suite with Balcony and Ocean view

Presidental Suite with Balcony and Ocean view

  • 30 sq m
  • Ocean view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Family Room at Annex Building

Family Room at Annex Building

  • 35 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 King Beds

View all photos for Double Room with Balcony and City view

Double Room with Balcony and City view

Double Room with Balcony and City view

  • 30 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Zanzibar Town

Tembo House Hotel is in the heart of Zanzibar Town, within a 5-minute walk of Old Fort and Forodhani Gardens. .This beach hotel is 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from Nakupenda Beach and 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from House of Wonders.

What's nearby

  • Shangani Beach - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Old Fort - 2 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Forodhani Gardens - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • House of Wonders - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Slave Market - 9 min walk - 0.8 km

Getting around

  • Zanzibar Intl. Airport (ZNZ) - 15 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Passing Show Hotel - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Meeting Point Cafe - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Lukmaan - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Livingstone Beach Restaurant - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Zenji Garden Café - ‬4 min walk

About this property

Tembo House Hotel

Family fun on the beach, with 3 outdoor pools, near Old Fort
Tembo House Hotel offers 65 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets. 32-inch LED televisions come with cable channels. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, designer toiletries, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.

This Zanzibar Town hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Irons/ironing boards, change of towels, and change of bedsheets can be requested. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.

3 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a children's pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

The onsite spa has couples treatment room(s). Services include facials, body wraps, body scrubs, and body treatments. The spa is open daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 65 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LED televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature designer toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, as well as phones with free local calls.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages, body treatments, and facials. This Colonial hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and an arcade/game room. The shuttle (surcharge) will take you to the nearby beach or shopping center.
Enjoy international cuisine at Tembo Bahari Restaurant, a beachfront restaurant which features a garden view. You can also stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Mingle with other guests at the complimentary reception, held daily. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a business center, limo/town car service, and express check-in. Planning an event in Zanzibar Town? This hotel has 161 square feet (15 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and a meeting room. For a surcharge, guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) and a ferry terminal shuttle.
A complimentary manager's reception is offered each day.
Tembo Bahari Restaurant - This beachfront restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. A children's menu is available. Open 24 hours. Reservations are required.
Late night fare is available from 24-hour room service.

Languages

Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • 24-hour return airport shuttle on request for a surcharge
  • Area shuttle
  • Beach shuttle (surcharge)
  • Ferry terminal shuttle (surcharge)
  • Shopping centre shuttle (surcharge)
  • Limo/town car service
  • Free secured self parking on site
  • Free extended parking on site
  • Limited on-site parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily buffet breakfast available 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee: USD 15 for adults and USD 10 for children
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas
  • Couples/private dining
  • Free daily manager's reception
  • Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

  • Tembo Bahari Restaurant

Things to do

  • 3 outdoor pools
  • Arcade/game room
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Children's pool
  • Farming classes
  • Foosball table
  • Full-service spa
  • Games
  • Library
  • Playground
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • 3 outdoor pools
  • Arcade/game room
  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Mini-fridge
  • Playground
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Lockers
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Vending machine
  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Proposal/romance packages
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Turndown service
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • 161 square feet of conference space
  • Business centre
  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Beach loungers
  • Beach towels
  • Garden
  • On the beach
  • On the waterfront
  • Picnic area
  • Pool loungers
  • Terrace

Full-service spa

  • Body scrubs
  • Body wraps
  • Couples treatment rooms
  • Facials
  • Manicures/pedicures
  • Massage
  • Spa open daily

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Low-height counter and sink
  • No lift
  • Raised toilet seat
  • Tile flooring in room
  • Wheelchair accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Egyptian cotton sheets

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch LED TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • 24-hour room service
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Mini-fridge
  • Minibar

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Ceiling fan
  • Cleaning products are eco-friendly
  • Desk
  • Eco-friendly toiletries
  • Electrical adapters
  • Free local calls
  • Heating (climate-controlled)
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Laptop workspace
  • LED lighting
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Water-efficient showers
  • Water-efficient toilets

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: noon; Check-in end time: anytime
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in is available for a fee
Contactless check-in available
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM
Contactless check-out available
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the ferry terminal and 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

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
5 children, up to the age of 1, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 35.0 per day

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A tax is imposed by the city: USD 5.00 per person, per night

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately USD 15 for adults and USD 10 for children
  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 15.00 per vehicle (one-way)
  • Airport shuttle fee per child: USD 15.00 (one-way), (from 5 to 10 years old)
  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 35.0 per day

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
This property uses eco-friendly cleaning products
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, a first aid kit, and window guards

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Pool access available from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property
Alcohol is not served at this property

Property is also known as

Tembo House Hotel Apartments Zanzibar Town
Tembo House Hotel Apartments
Tembo House Zanzibar Town
Tembo House
Tembo House Hotel Hotel
Tembo House Hotel Apartments
Tembo House Hotel Zanzibar Town
Tembo House Hotel Hotel Zanzibar Town

Tembo House Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 399 out of 819 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 298 out of 819 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 74 out of 819 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 27 out of 819 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 21 out of 819 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

rebecca

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Historic building. Close to local attractions. Good food. Walkable. Recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

H.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Garth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I always enjoy Tembo Hotel
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Anita

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was gorgeous
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

filip

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service

Nice property, friendly staff, sloppy operation

First they put this into the wrong room, smaller than what we paid for. Then the next day they moved us into a correct from, which was new and very pleasant. We wanted to come back for one more day, and they took our money. However, they then misplaced the records, so it took several hours to check back in. In retrospect, we should have booked the final night through hotels.com not with the hotel directly! It would've saved us a lot of waiting and frustration.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Henry, Kampala

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location in the heart of Stone Town.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Abe

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very well kept with antique feeling and very friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Edward

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

Great facility but disappointing service.

My wife and I stayed for part of our honeymoon. The hotel was great, the room was lovely, brilliant location with amazing pool and views over the beach. Very disappointed with the service, getting frustrated emails when my flight was delayed by 5 hours and I was trying to rearrange my taxi, then being accused of not paying for it. Minor heads up, they don’t serve alcohol in the hotel so no chance for sunset cocktails. This wasn’t clear until check in.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Brett

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Fimo

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

4/10 Poor

Sebastiano

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dalila

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very good
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Shawn, Gatineau

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
The building as a piece of Zanzibar history is an asset, are as the friendliness of morning staff. It stops there. Upon checkin we were provided a room adjacent to the eating area, where there is no privacy as the room opens onto people eating. The window looks put at a wall, the bathroom window is at street level and the a/c was not working. Despite efforts to fix the a/c, this was not successful and we requested another room. Upon being informed there was no other rooms available we left the sauna that was our room to walk along the beach. The pictures on the website of the beach area and the reality that the private beach is simply the length of the lounge chairs partitioned by a small room from the very public and very busy beach. Since it's a commercial area for tour boats and other vessels, you can't move without being harassed to buy something or tour to Prison Island. Plus it's not an ideal area for swimming. Upon return to the hotel we were informed a room was found, which turned out to be worse than the original room. It was next to the pool, so no privacy and the beach area is quite busy at night, so no sleep. The next day we found other accomodations and checked out of Tempo House Hotel. For anyone wanting to drink, there is no alcohol sold at this property. Further, people are coming and going without vérification they are guests, which is a safety concern. This property is a high price hostel. Period.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Jakob

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Melanie

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Overpriced Very old hotel, rooms and hotel not well cleaned, chaotic check-in
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Per

Travelled with family
Allt var ok. 3 stjärnigt hotell
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andre

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

Fabulous

Really beautiful location with great pools. Right on the ocean. We loved it! The breakfast was incredible!
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alicia

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Elaine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Rizwan

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was noisy, dirty. The only good thing about this hotel was the pool on first floor. The AC in the room did not work properly. Due to noise and heat during night, I couldn't sleep properly. The registration ladies do not know much and booked me for three more days and then cancelled without informing me. thank God, they cancelled it and I moved to good hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Hamid, San Diego

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is centrally located with amenities and wonderful service. We have a stayed here before and came back because of location and comfort.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Benjamin

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

Best place in stone town

As usual it was an excellent stay at Tembo house. The breakfast is amazing and the rooftop pool is agreat please to see fishing boats going out or coming in during sunset. Chef Haji is amazing when it comes to the spices and the overall friendliness of the staff and manager is great. Home away from home!
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Arlene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I loved every thing about the property. The food was great They need to offer more Zanzibar foods The people were so hrlpful.
Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Maria

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024