Bluebay Zanzibar - Resort Reservations
Bluebay Resort is one of our highly recommended exclusive accommodation for your holiday. It is a 5-star deluxe hotel situated on landscaped, palm-decked 25-acres along the famed sparkling white sandy beaches of Kiwengwa on the East Coast of Zanzibar. The Bluebay resort is the seed behind the group’s phenomenal success and international reputation. It was the first property of the group and, over the years, has set the standards. Bluebay is situated on the finest wide, white, sandy beach on the island.
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Bluebay Zanzibar: Wining & Dining at the Resort
Makuti Restaurant
Bluebay resort's Makuti Restaurant enjoys magnificent views over the modern deck-level swimming pool to the ocean beyond. It offers breakfast and dinner within Bluebay Guests Meal Plan arrangements. Bluebay's main dining setting serving breakfast and dinner - and is included in the Half Board meal plan arrangement for all the guests at Bluebay resort. The Makuti Restaurant also offers:
- Lunch for the supplement Fully Board option is also served here.
- Breakfasts are buffet with live cooking
- Dinners are themed with cyclic menus with 10 different themes. The themed evenings inlude Indian, Italian, Swahili, Set Menu, BBQ Nyama Choma, Oriental, Trip around the World, Seafood Kiwengwa and Gala Dinner night
- Besides a Resident Band, each themed evening has its own after-dinner entertainment, ranging from Swahili dancers, Taarab Music, Acrobats, to live performances by a variety of local Zanzibari Bands.
- Dressing code: strictly smart casual for the gents (collared shirts), no shorts or sleeveless shirts allowed in the restaurant during dinner. For the ladies, decent wear - a dress is recommended!
- Smoking and non-smoking area in the restaurant.

Bluebay Zanzibar photo: Wining and dining at the Makuti Restaurant.
The Pool Bar
The Pool Bar is located by the swimming pool and serves a full range of wines, spirits, minerals and fresh juices as well as specialized coffees. The bar provides pre and after dinner cocktails for guests and has a well cultivated ambience for relaxation of guests as they enjoy the various entertainment provided in the evenings. Also has Live band performances for most evenings, until closing time.
The Beach Bar & Restaurant
The Beach Bar and Restaurant is a fabulous place for guests to sip cold drinks or have a meal of seafood specialties, pizza as well as other light fare - all served in an informal toes-in-the-sand setting with the ocean right in front! It has an impressive Makuti roofed structure to protect guests from the mid day sun while sipping cocktails and serves ala carte lunch for the guests. Popular themed lunch fairs, on top of the wide selection available on the men.
The Bahari Grill
The Bahari Grill is the best Sea-food and Steaks on the Island. It is a specialist diner restaurant and offers an exclusive dining experience. It is open in the evenings only and bookings are necessary! The Bahari Grill features the following:
- Specialty diner Restaurant
- Ala Carte Menu - payable direct
- Honeymooners staying for a minimum of 7 nights are accorded a free sea food dinner at this Restaurant
Dressing code: strictly smart casual for the gents - collared shirts and no shorts or sleeveless shirts. For the ladies, decent wear - a dress is recommended!
Club24 Restaurant
Club24 Restaurant is an exclusive dining establishment for residents of Club24 and guests of the 8 Suites at the Resort. The restaurant overlooks the private swimming pool and Lounge. The breakfast set-up consists of a wide range of pastries, cereals and juices and hot meals (eggs, bacon, & beans provided on a menu). Offers a selection of fresh order breakfast menus: Healthy, Continental, African & Full English. Lunch menu consists of basic sandwiches and starters with a good selection of tappas/fingerfoods. Comes with butler service.
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Bluebay Zanzibar: Resort Services & Facilities
Bluebay caters for the tastes and interests of both those who prefer whiling away on the beach and those who like their holidays filled with activity. Bluebay also serves those who want to combine business and leisure are catered for here in ways that go well beyond conference facilities, a 24-hour business centre and special group incentives.
And while we provide a wide range of facilities, we make a point of gamely taking on client suggestions to accommodate any special preferences of our guests.

Bluebay Zanzibar photo: The Conference Room.
The resort also offers the following services:
- Banqueting
- Big Game Fishing
- Boutique
- Business Centre / Guest Services
- Children's Club
- Conferences
- Excursions
- Groups & Incentives
- Honeymoons
- Medical Attention
- Spa (Oasis)
- Recreational & Water Sports Centre
- Scuba Diving
- Sports Facilities
- Weddings
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Bluebay Zanzibar: Oasis Spa
Being in harmony with the environment has always been a priority. Being at the very edge of a beautiful, wide tropical beach, we give high premium to keeping our guests in harmony with the natural environment of a tropical island. Our Spa, going appropriate named Oasis Spa, reflects that spirit – complete with a wooden deck, a thatch roof built with palm trees growing up through it and the splashing water amid an abundance of beautiful exotic plants. The result is a Spa that completely rejuvenates your body and elevates your mind.

Bluebay Zanzibar photo: The Oasis Spa.
The Oasis Spa is also famed for the professional massages that come with the natural setting. A lifting sense of well-being engulfs you as you are guided by our professional staff through the different treatment rooms – with airy sea view overlooking the beach and the turquoise ocean beyond. Our Staff are specialists at adapting to each person requirements.
As with everything at the Oasis Spa, the skin care products have been selected for their pure and natural ingredients. For a really memorable experience, ask your therapists to blend and mix the local spices and fruits right in front of you. All these natural freshly prepared treatments are famous for their virtues for the body and aromas to relax the mind.
During your days of leisure, stimulate your taste buds as well; try out the health food options created by our connoisseur chefs using ingredients grown in our own gardens.
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Bluebay Zanzibar: Guest Rooms
Bluebay hotel has a total of 112 rooms, made up of the following categories:
Garden Rooms
Bluebay hotel's garden rooms are located behind the Junior Suites in beautiful landscaped GARDENS. They are in 03 bungalows each with 02 en suite bedrooms. Each Room is at least 45 square metres.
Superior Rooms
Bluebay hotel's superior rooms are bedroom cottages located on rising ground overlooking verdant gardens, the public areas, the pool, the sparkling white beach and the azure seas beyond.
Club 24
The creation of Bluebay's Club24 was achieved by creating a beautiful and intimate development of 24 rooms. These superb rooms were developed in a very private section of the 30-acre plot of Bluebay.
Junior Suites
Bluebay's juinor suites are made up of 3 bungalows each with 02 interconnected Suites, in a private area, closer to the Ocean (hardly 30metres from the beach).
Sultan Suites
Bluebay's Sultan suites are situated on the very edge of the Indian Ocean only a few metres from the brilliant, white sandy beach of Kiwengwa.

Bluebay photo: The view from one of the superior rooms.
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Bluebay Zanzibar: Resort Rates
Accommodation
Garden Room: From
USD 95 p.p.
Superior Room: From
USD 115 p.p.
Club 24: From
USD 145 p.p.
Junior Suite: From
USD 155 p.p.
Sultan Suite: From
USD 315 p.p.
Minimum Stays
- Minimum stay is the Standard 1 night
Children Policy
- Children aged 0 & under 2yrs sharing a room are FREE
- Children over 2 & under 12yrs sharing room with 2 Adults - 1st Child is FREE + 2nd Child pays 25% of PPS rate
- Children over 2 & under 12yrs sharing own room pay 75% of PPS rate (minimum 2 Children)
- Children over 2 & under 12yrs sharing room with 1 Adult - Adult pays full PPS rate, 1st Child pays 80% & 2nd Child pays 50%
Easter Supplement
- Charged USD 45 p.p. for Adults and USD 25 p.p. for Children
Christmas & New Year Supplements
- No Supplement on Christmas
- New Year's Eve Supplement charged USD 75 p.p. for Adults and USD 40 p.p. for Children
Meals Supplements
- Half Board (default)
- Full Board - Plus USD 30 p.p. for Adults and USD 25 p.p. of a Child
Season Dates
Peak Season:
- 22 December - 05 January
- 24 July - 28 August
High Season:
- 06 January - 31 March
- 11 June - 23 July
- 29 August - 21 December
Low Season:
- 01 April - 30 June
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