Sultan Sands Island Resort & Spa

Very nice experience. Mix safari and beach is amazing.

Sultan Sands is a wonderful place to stay if you're looking for a peaceful and comfortable holiday. The location is excellent, right on a beautiful beach with stunning ocean views. Even during low tide, it's not a drawback at all—in fact, it's fascinating to walk along and observe the ocean bottom and marine life exposed by the retreating water. The staff are exceptionally friendly and welcoming, always making you feel at home. The atmosphere is quiet and relaxing, and unlike a huge resort, the hotel feels much more personal and intimate. It offers the perfect balance of comfort, tranquility, and genuine hospitality. Highly recommended for anyone looking for a relaxing beach getaway in Zanzibar.

Sultan Sands was an amazing place to stay. The staff are friendly and helpful and the resort is kept very clean. For a buffet, the food was incredible and felt we had enough choice every day. We didn’t spend much time in our room but again, was kept very clean. We had our 24th wedding anniversary just before the holiday and it was my birthday while on holiday. The staff had arranged a birthday surprise including a cake and for our anniversary, they had set out a private table on the beach with a 4 course meal and a bottle of wine. Was so very thoughtful of them. Want to mention a few names, Mohamed and Adonis for the amazing service for the surprise anniversary meal, Happy for being so friendly, knowing our names and what drinks we would like and Bertha and Abdul-Aziz on reception for all the helpful information. ALL the staff are friendly but too many names to mention. We would recommend Sultan Sands, it has everything you need, we will miss this place.

We have just had a great 12 night holiday at Sultan Sands. Our greeting on arrival was exactly what was needed after a 20 hour journey, with a short introduction giving us the basic information, and a cold drink. Our room number 336 was beautiful and in an excellent position with a good view from our terrace, very clean and well laid out. A brief show around from our Masai porter Johan was excellent. Over our stay the room was kept very clean, mostly by Doreen. The layout of the grounds around the rooms was cleverly done, and very well maintained by a team of gardeners. This meant the walk down to the restaurants, pool area and beach each day was very enjoyable. We were always able to get sun loungers with shade, and the private beach area meant you could relax free from the hawkers on the public beach, many of whom were actually good fun if you joined in the banter. Food at the buffet restaurant was good, and within the AI package you we entitled to one visit to the Indian Al a Carte restaurant. What really made meal times great was the staff, so friendly, so helpful and interesting to talk to. There was not a bad member of staff in the restaurants and bars, but special thanks and congratulations should go to Utoshi, Rose, Zaina, Peter,Hassan and Supervisor Lilian. In the bars Jordan, Sophia and Sabato were great, along with Christina and Elizabeth in the Al a Cartes. Should you have any problems during your stay the hotel has an excellent Management Team, it was lovely to meet Adonis, David, Mike and Jimmy from Blue Bay. Entertainment from a number of live bands, along with visiting special entertainment artists was very good and varied, and could be watched from either the restaurant or the bar area. We would recommend this hotel without hesitation, for the staff alone! Sue and Paul Bishop

Very good experience, nice resort