Karafuu Hotel Beach Resort is one of the most luxurious hotels on the East coast of Zanzibar Island. Karafuu Beach Resort has been granted an international five star hotel rating. Karafuu Hotel is located, 65km from Zanzibar Town, on the Eastern Coast of Zanzibar Island on a blissful stretch of palm-fringed beach with white sand and dazzling blue water - just what everyone is after. The spacious reception area is impressive for its imposing appearance, especially considering that it has been perfectly built with local makuti (palm thatch). There is an enormous pool around which guests soak up the sun. The clientele is largely international, so there are a variety of accents. A little further along is the beach with a generous strip of sand with sun lounges set. Warm hospitality comes naturally to the Swahili staff, who are impeccably dressed in long, robed uniforms. You are always welcomed with a local fruit cocktail and a fresh towel and there is always someone on hand to assist you with a smile.
The Karafuu Beach Resort has all expected facilities: fully equipped dive and water sports center, boutiques, tennis courts and satellite television. The rooms are extremely pleasant and styled in a traditional Zanzibar theme. Being so spacious and comfortable, they provide a welcome relief from the sun after spending the day by the pool or diving and lazing around the beach. The eastern side of the island is greatly influenced by the tide. Clients can sunbathe on the beach and slip straight into the water and swim far out when the tide is high. When the tide recedes, it can be fun walking on the reef, to look for marine life in the shallow waters. Karafuu resort is the only hotel on the east coast where it is possible to enjoy a comfortable and safe swim in the ocean at a low tide. A concrete path in front of the resort leads clients from the beach to a permanent natural depression in the ocean just 200 meters offshore, offering a giant natural swimming pool deep enough for small boats to motor in.
Karafuu means cloves in the Swahili.Located on the unspoilt Eastern Coast of Zanzibar; Karafuu Hotel is approximately 65 km from Zanzibar town and the airport. The Karafuu hotel is built on seven hectares of pleasant tropical garden with extensive beach front Imagine you between the ocean and turquoise bay. An oasis of peace shaded by coconut palms, frangipani and bougainvillea, surrounded by long deserted beaches dotted with coral cliffs. The reef not far from the coast, is populated by a multitude of multi-colored fish, it has suggestive natural pools, one of which can be reached by means of a causeway. Just as in a dream, but indeed this is your holiday at Karafuu Hotel. Have you ever thought about spending your honeymoon in Zanzibar or even getting married there? There is nothing more charming than to celebrate the most important moment of one’s life on an island covered with luxuriant tropical vegetation, surrounded by white, deserted beaches and small coral islands. Karafuu Hotel can propose and organize very special and romantic ideas for your wedding and honeymoon. Everything is set to greet you and to make your stay an unforgettable moment. At your arrival you will be welcomed by our friendly staff who will attend to every detail during your stay. You will receive the best treatment, according to the famous style of “Karafuu hospitality”.
Karafuu Hotel Beach Resort Accommodation
Karafuu Hotel Beach Resort offers its guests accommodation in 89 spacious and comfortable rooms that provide a lively holiday atmosphere. The rooms are divided into 28 Superior Rooms, 35 Cottages and 26 Junior Suites set in bungalows throughout the resort under a beautiful palm-grove or on a small hill towards the sea with the Superior Rooms being the furthest away from the beach and the Junior Suited located right on the beach. All the rooms are built under makuti thatch roofs, furnished with traditional Zanzibar furniture offering their guests an entrance through private garden, veranda, spacious bedroom, mosquito nets, telephone, in room safe, hair-dryer, mini bar, independent air conditioning, ceiling fan, dressing room and en-suite bathroom in Carrara marble with hot and cold water shower.
Junior Suites
They are all sea facing with spectacular front sea view. They are situated along the beachfront under a beautiful palm-grove or on a small hill and comprising: entrance through private garden, ample bedroom, dressing room, bathroom in Carrara marble, front sea view veranda with 2 wooden chaises longues and table and one soft local sofa, mosquito net, ceiling fan, independent air conditioning, hot and cold running water, hair-dryer, telephone, minibar, tea/coffee maker and safe box.
Cottages
They are are situated on a gentle slope just behind the junior suites in the second raw. Most of them offer a partial view of the sea through the lush palm tree tops and comprise: entrance through private garden, ample bedroom, dressing room, bathroom in Carrara marble, breathtaking view veranda with 2 chaises longues and table, mosquito net, ceiling fan, independent air conditioning, hot and cold running water, hair-dryer, telephone and
minibar.
Superior Rooms
They are positioned at the top of the slope in the lush tropical gardens. They comprise of: bedroom, wardrobe, bathroom, garden view veranda with 2 chaises-longues and table, mosquito net, ceiling fan, independent air conditioning, hot and cold running water, hair-dryer, telephone and minibar. All have easy access to the long stretch of beach. All the rooms were thoughtfully designed to blend in with the environment and were built with local materials: roofs made of makuti (palm-thatch), walls of coral and all furnished with traditional Zanzibar furniture. In order not to spoil the romance of a beach holiday there are no televisions in the rooms. If you need to catch upon news, sports or watch a movie, there's a satellite television area in the lounge.
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Karafuu Hotel Beach Resort Restaurant
Karafuu Hotel Beach Resort offers you a choice among their 5 restaurants, each having its own charm and characteristic.
The Main buffet Restaurant, with it’s fantastic combination of international buffets.
The Barbecue Restaurant, located on the magnificent terrace, which is the ideal location for lunch.
The Le Grand Bleu, a la carte Restaurant, where fresh seafood daily is the order of the day and you can taste the zanzibarian lobsters.
The Maasai Village Restaurant, where you can taste the local cuisine specialties.
Or the fantastic Floating Restaurant, where you enjoy that private dinner, floating above the waters of the Indian Ocean.
Karafuu Hotel Beach Resort Information
Luxury reception & lounge Safe Deposit Boxes at the Reception (for those room categories which do not dispose of safe box inside)
Cashier / Bureau de Change (VISA & MASTERCARD accepted)
2 Boutiques: one is specialized in typical Zanzibar handcraft products as well as other amenities and the other, mostly in sports/beach wear Beauty Massage Salon
2 Conference Rooms: an air-conditioned one with a capacity of about 150 seats and another with a capacity of about 30 seats.
Tea bar service available at a charge Business Centre equipped with Personal Computers, to surf on the Web and send personal e-mails
The Dive Center The dive center is located inside Karafuu hotel. On the 1st of October 2006, Karafuu Hotel has taken back the management of the dive center. We wanted our dive center to have the same quality that has given Karafuu hotel such a good reputation. For this we have invested in quality new equipment and above all in a team completely dedicated to our customers.
Swimming pool including Kids Pool (Beach towels and sun-beds available free of charge)
TV area with digital satellite -Games room: billiards, parlour games, gaming-tables, play cards, darts. -Diving Center & Windsurfing School with instructors: diving, snorkelling, windsurfing, water skiing, kite surfing, wake board, ring-shaped rodeo and boat rental (at a charge) -2 floodlit tennis courts (complimentary and racket rental available) - Volleyball / table tennis area -Bowls, cycling. -Organized sport activities: water gym, aerobics, step. -Performances: Local Dancers, Live Band, Acrobats, Folkloristic Groups. -Kinder Garden (a very well equipped and wide structure built within a fenced nice garden, comprising: an inner space with toys, TV and DVD player and an outer space with swing, tricycles and toy cars)
For your convenience, African Safaris and Adventures offers secure online payments with the following credit cards: Visa, MasterCard and American Express. Please note that, should you prefer, you are able to supply your credit card information by fax. We are unable to accept your reservation request without credit card details, though you will only be billed once you’re booking has been confirmed, the credit card information verified and our confirmation voucher sent to you by email.
