Our Rooms

 

Upon entering the Lodge, you'll be greeted by the soothing sound of waves crashing on our shoreline. Expansive East facing windows welcome the morning light and open-air design seamlessly merge the indoors with outdoors’ natural beauty. The rooms are adorned with earthy tones, rustic wooden accents, and locally-sourced furnishings, embodying homeliness and heritage.

 

Hiraeth House

 

Kaskazi and Kusi take their names from the seasonal monsoon winds that shape Zanzibar’s coastline — one warm and gentle, the other cooler and grounding.

Designed as twin rooms, they sit side by side with a shared sense of calm and privacy. Each offers a spacious king bedroom, en suite bathroom, and a semi-shaded veranda, opening out toward the sea breeze and garden surrounds.

Simple, airy, and intentionally unadorned, Kaskazi and Kusi are places to rest between tides — shaped by wind, weather, and the rhythm of the ocean.

Ideal for couples, while comfortably fits three.

 

While we do have solar power on site, it functions primarily as a backup system.

Zanzibar’s electricity supply experiences load shedding, it’s infrastructural and beyond our control. During these periods, our solar system may not always have the capacity to carry the full load of a lodge in use.

We kindly ask for your patience and understanding when this occurs. If you need assistance during an outage, let us know — we’re always close by.

When the Power Goes Out

Rather than seeing it as an inconvenience, many guests choose to treat these moments as an invitation to slow down:

  • Stargaze — the night sky here is often extraordinary

  • Read a book or write by lantern light

  • Take a walk along the beach or lagoon

  • Go for a swim, depending on tides and conditions

  • Sit by a beach fire when winds allow

Banda

Banda on the beach

Positioned at the base of the cliff brings a sense of seclusion, closeness to the water, and exposure to the elements. Where the sound of the tide becomes part of the room’s rhythm.

This stand alone Banda sits right over the cove, metres away from the beach, Light spacious and airy, this room is both quaint and quirky. Featuring: A King size bed, sofa bed, Table, desk, clothing storage, and en-suite bathroom.

Basic in design but rich in setting, Banda is for guests who value proximity to nature, stillness, and the feeling of being held by the landscape rather than insulated from it

Single/Double Occupancy only.

 

Hiraeth (Big House) — our first home at Sazani, open to the sea and shaped by time.

Built in a coastal country house style in the 1990s, Hiraeth takes her name from the Welsh sense of longing and belonging. She sits centrally within the lodge, timeless and authentically rooted.

Two spacious sea-view bedrooms (23 m² each) sit on either side of the hallway, which opens into a shared foyer and lounge. This leads on to a third garden-view bedroom and a staircase rising to the house’s open-plan mezzanine deck, overlooking the tropical garden and the azure lagoon beyond.

 

Built and decorated with local resources. The sense of seamless integration with our surroundings, adding a cosy feel. Furniture crafted from old dhow boats, and local artisans, meshed windows to capture the coastal breeze, fans, large en-suites, their own verandas, embracing authenticity and our sustainable ethos.

KasKazi & Kusi