quietly noted by Monocle · Wallpaper* · Architectural Digest · Condé Nast Traveller · Michelin Guide Hotels
kizikula began as a personal project between childhood friends: a piece of land on Zanzibar’s quieter coast, a few houses for friends and family, and a shared dream of returning one day. It grew slowly into an intimate hotel shaped by the farm, the ocean and the people who live and work here.
There is room to be private, and room to come together—for long breakfasts, swims, sunset drinks and meals drawn from the land around you.
seventeen rooms & one villa,
no two quite alike
The rooms are arranged in small guest houses across the gardens. Each has its own name, its own muse, and its own character. explore all nineteen bedrooms
what grows here finds its way to the table
Breakfast is included with every stay. Lunch is relaxed and available through the day. Dinner changes with the season, the harvest and the catch. Filter coffee is taken seriously; drinks at sunset are built from the garden.
the hotel is part of a living farm
A permaculture farm feeds the kitchen. Blackwater becomes biogas for cooking. Rainwater is harvested, part of the electricity comes from the sun, and the buildings are made of coral stone and handcrafted timber that breathe with the climate.
organic restaurant
sunset pool
permaculture garden
yoga pavilion
starlight terraces
open-air showers
sea-facing loungers
the shamba
drinks at the bar
the boutique
mosquito nets
airport transfers
follow the day where it leads
Swimming, diving and dawn dolphin excursions. Sailing, line fishing, paddleboards and bicycles. Yoga in the pavilion, walks through the farm, Mtende Beach a short drive away — and rooftops for doing nothing at all.
come and stay awhile
Tell us your dates and we will take it from there. This is a booking request, not an immediate confirmation — our team will check availability and reply with the best available room and rate.
or write to reservations@kizikula.com · WhatsApp +1 864 689 2296
nineteen bedrooms, no two quite alike
Seventeen rooms — nine in the gardens, five facing the sea, three spacious suites — and the two-bedroom maryam & latifa villa, each imagined by a different muse. Three private units can be booked whole for families and groups: asma & alya · samira, natasha & nargis · joni, sally & julia.
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accessibility: the property includes steps, sand and coral paths. Tell us about any mobility needs and we will be honest about whether this room will work well for you.
a request is not a confirmation — our team will check availability and reply with the best available room and rate.
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a changing menu shaped by season, harvest and catch
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not everything is grown onsite — we say so when it isn’t.
some meals want a setting of their own:
ask when you request your stay, or message us on WhatsApp.
a living, breathing ecosystem
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we would rather understate than overclaim: the property is partially powered by solar energy, the newest systems apply to phase two, and we publish figures only once they are verified.
follow the day where it leads
Days here are shaped by the tides. Most experiences are arranged with a day’s notice — with local guides and operators we know by name. The team will confirm timing, transport and current conditions.
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land & neighbours
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dolphin excursions run responsibly, at dawn, with no chasing or crowding — and sightings are never guaranteed. We don’t arrange Stone Town day trips, kitesurfing or jet skis.
architecture with a memory
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from the kizikula print series — the hand that drew the pictograms drew the place.
a communal home that became a hotel
kizikula began with two childhood friends, one with Zanzibari roots, who grew up together in Dubai and imagined one day returning to Zanzibar. When land became available on the quiet coast of Kizimkazi early in their careers, they bought it. Years later, a few houses for friends and family gradually became a small hotel.
The family owns the place and lives with it daily. The idea has never changed: a communal home, with ample space to meet your neighbours and just enough privacy to be inspired by the nature around you. Nine rooms grew — slowly, thoughtfully — into nineteen, each inspired by a muse: people whose stories, ideas and creative lives shaped the owners and the spaces themselves.
The architecture, by CASE Design, is shaped by Zanzibar first — coral stone, handcrafted timber, deep shade — and by a wider set of creative influences carried home from elsewhere. Growth here is deliberate: the intention is to remain intimate, known by name, fed with intention.
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bedrooms — rooms, suites & the villa
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childhood friends
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working permaculture farm
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horizon, setting the pace
write to us, or just arrive with questions
find us
Kizimkazi Dimbani, Unguja South,
Zanzibar, Tanzania
reception
8am–10pm
check-in
after 3pm
check-out
before 11am
come and stay awhile
This is a booking request, not an immediate confirmation. Our team will check availability and reply with the best available room and rate — usually within a day. Prefer to talk? WhatsApp us or write to reservations@kizikula.com.
a little more, if you like — all optional
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the useful things, plainly
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something we haven’t answered? WhatsApp us or write to info@kizikula.com.
privacy
We collect the details you give us in a booking request so that we can answer it, and for no other reason unless you ask us to. We do not place your personal data in analytics, we do not sell it, and we write to you about anything beyond your stay only if you have separately said yes.
A full privacy policy — covering retention periods, processors and your rights — is being finalised and will live on this page. Until then, questions to info@kizikula.com.
terms & booking conditions
A stay at kizikula is confirmed only by written confirmation from our team. Submitting a request does not hold rooms or dates. Deposit, payment and cancellation conditions are shared in writing with each confirmation.
The complete booking conditions are being finalised and will live on this page. In the meantime, ask reservations@kizikula.com for the current conditions before you travel.
this path wanders into the shamba
the page you were looking for isn’t here. The sea, however, is exactly where we left it.