DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Hotel Zanzibar - Nungwi

I recently stayed for 3 nights and had a great stay. There were many positives including the staff. They were attentive, friendly and made fantastic drinks. Everybody always had a smile on their face and they did everything they could to ensure you were having a good time. We opted for the breakfast all inclusive which was a good choice. There is a great selection in the morning and you certainly get your money worth in food. The property itself is clean and very nice. The swim up pool bar is a nice touch and you have tremendous beach access. I think there are a couple of ways to improve the stay. I think the exercise room should be bigger. I understand people are on vacation and most of the time probably not thinking about exercising. However, the room is very small and with a large property I think there could be a better facility. Also, the way people "reserve" beach chairs in the morning is a little hectic. You are suppose to have a 20 minute window of leaving your belongings on a chair before coming back. However, I noticed chairs that had stuff on it left for hours. I think it is unfair for people to leave their stuff on a chair and never come back. There needs to be a better system to ensure people are able to get a beach chair. Overall we had a great stay and also check out the tour company at the hotel to arrange excursions. While they may be a little more expensive they are worth every dollar!

This is a very nice resort with great staff, great service and great facilities. We received a warm welcome at the resort with a hibiscus drink and a chocolate chip cookie. Check in time was 2pm and we had to wait for our room to be ready until then. They staffs are extremely nice, friendly and sweet and were there to help us on our requests.They arranged a pickup and drop service from airport(on our request) for 70$. We had booked ocean view room and we got the best ocean view room in the entire resort(worth the wait). The room was large enough with all the required facilities(some rooms also had mosquito nets). The room service was prompt and did a good job. The resort offers themed buffet dinner (African,Indian,Arabic, Mediterranean etc )each day with live music. The food was pretty good( depending on my food choices) and had a wide variety of options.They also have different indoor game options as well to spent time at the resort. The beach is right in front of the resort(a few steps away). The beach has low and high tides. During low tide u can enjoy a good walk far into the beach and enjoy sunset. The beach also has a pool(with drink counter) and spa facilities as well. The hotel also has a tour company inside(exotic tours) which offered day trips( guided) within Zanzibar. We went to the prison island and stone town with this tour company and it was good. Overall we had a very good stay at this resort and will definitely recommend to anyone visiting Zanzibar.