Best beach destinations in Zanzibar
Best beach destinations in Zanzibar, Discover Zanzibar’s best beaches with its spectacular sunsets, palm-fringed beaches, turquoise waters & colorful coral reefs, Zanzibar is such a beautiful holiday destination, we’d love to help you plan your dream trip
Nakupenda Beach
Visitors fall in love with this beach because of the scenic trip and ambience. Nakupenda is an inhabited islet, just a tongue of white sand in the middle of the Indian Ocean (although very close to Stone Town) that you must reach with a boat.
There’s nothing there but the sand and the sea, and an infinite range of white, green and blue shades.
Tips: great place for snorkelling, you will love the starfish. And remember to bring food and drink, since there’s no human activity there and you’ll find no bars or restaurants.
Jambiani Beach
This fantastic beach is really affected by the tides, so with low tide, you’ll have miles of sand to play and shallow waters to explore, and with a high tide, you can swim in the warmest waters on Earth.
Bars and restaurants surround the area, so you can spend the whole day in Jambiani enjoying the tides coming and going.
Nungwi Beach
This beach, in the northern point of Zanzibar, has a particularity: it’s barely the only coast on the island that is not affected by the tides. A beach for the swimmers, and for whom the sand is just the place where you can rest a few minutes before jumping again in the water.
It also has the most “party” ambience you’ll find in Zanzibar, so if night fun is what you seek, Nungwi is the beach you must visit during the daylight.
Paje Beach
What can we tell about the beach where the Dhow Inn raises? We just love this coast. We love the smooth white sand, the fine and clear waters, the shallows, and the winds that make Paje Beach a perfect place to practise Kite-Surfing.
A beach both for relax, diving and doing water sports.
Matemwe Beach
Total calm. The whitest sands in Zanzibar. An incredible, photographic sunrise. And a coral reef protecting the whole beach that makes it perfect both for swimming and snorkeling. Are these features enough for you to fall in love with this beach? In Matemwe you will discover hundreds of different, colourful starfishes, and many other marine creatures. But watch out with sea urchins!
