Mvuvi Boutique Resort

Property class: 4
Beachfront resort with spa, near Kiwengwa Beach

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Placing you just steps from Kiwengwa Beach, Mvuvi Boutique Resort offers a private beach where you can enjoy free cabanas, beach umbrellas, and beachside drinks. 2 outdoor pools provide plenty of fun, while guests in the mood for pampering can indulge in deep-tissue massages at the spa. Mvuvi Beach Restaurant, one of 2 restaurants, serves international cuisine and is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Other highlights include 2 bars/lounges, a hot tub, and a terrace. Fellow travelers love the helpful staff.
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9.6 out of 10, Loved by guests
Top-rated by travelers

Popular amenities

  • Airport transfer
  • Parking available
  • Free WiFi
$167 nightly
The total price is $203
Oct 31 - Nov 1
Total with taxes and fees

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View all photos for Deluxe Triple Room

A four-poster bed with a canopy, a wooden bench, a wicker basket, and a view of a balcony with a railing and greenery.

Deluxe Triple Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • 463 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed OR 3 Twin Beds

View all photos for Standard Double Room, Garden View

A bedroom with a four-poster bed, a wooden chair, a small table, and a shelf with a plant.

Standard Double Room, Garden View

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • Garden view
  • 399 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed OR 3 Twin Beds

View all photos for Superior Quadruple Room

A balcony with a wooden railing, a hanging chair, a wooden sofa with cushions, and a small table with a plant.

Superior Quadruple Room

  • 624 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Twin Beds OR 4 Twin Beds

View all photos for Comfort Double Room, Sea View

A wicker sofa with a blue cushion, a wooden table with a plate of fruit, and a beach view.

Comfort Double Room, Sea View

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • Sea view
  • 269 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Standard Double Room

A stone building with a thatched roof patio, outdoor seating, and a view of a beach.

Standard Double Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • Beach view
  • 399 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Superior Quadruple Room, Partial Sea View

A bedroom with a bed under a canopy, a wooden table with fruits and a kettle, and a tiled floor.

Superior Quadruple Room, Partial Sea View

  • Partial sea view
  • 409 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Twin Beds OR 4 Twin Beds

View all photos for Standard Double Room, Garden View

A bedroom with a four-poster bed, a wooden nightstand, and a wicker basket.

Standard Double Room, Garden View

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(2 reviews)
  • Garden view
  • 291 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Standard Double Room, Partial Sea View

A neatly made bed with white linens and colorful pillows, a wooden headboard, a bedside lamp, and a wooden bookshelf.

Standard Double Room, Partial Sea View

  • Partial sea view
  • 291 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Deluxe Triple Room, Garden View

A bedroom with a stone headboard, a bed with white bedding, and a view of greenery through a glass door.

Deluxe Triple Room, Garden View

  • Garden view
  • 344 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed OR 3 Twin Beds

View all photos for Superior Triple Room, Partial Sea View

A modern two-story building with a covered patio area, stone pillars, and a sandy ground.

Superior Triple Room, Partial Sea View

  • Partial sea view
  • 312 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

View all photos for Signature Triple Room, Sea View

A bedroom with a stone wall, a wooden bed with a canopy, and a bedside table with a lamp.

Signature Triple Room, Sea View

  • Sea view
  • 344 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

View all photos for Family Studio Suite, Sea View

A balcony with wicker furniture, a stone wall, and a view of the beach and pool.

Family Studio Suite, Sea View

  • Sea view
  • 538 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 King Bed and 3 Twin Beds

View all photos for Deluxe Quadruple Room

A room with a bed, a chair, a table, and a view of a garden.

Deluxe Quadruple Room

  • Garden view
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Twin Beds OR 4 Twin Beds

View all photos for Deluxe Triple Room

A bedroom with a four-poster canopy bed, a wooden nightstand, and a bedside lamp.

Deluxe Triple Room

  • Garden view
  • 323 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed OR 3 Twin Beds

View all photos for Standard Bungalow

A bedroom with a bed, a wooden bench with a basket, and a mirror.

Standard Bungalow

  • Garden view
  • 560 sq ft
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Family Makuti Garden View (2 rooms with shared balcony)

A bedroom with a bed, a wooden door, a television, and a view of the outdoors.

Family Makuti Garden View (2 rooms with shared balcony)

  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 7
  • 2 King Beds and 3 Twin Beds

View all photos for Superior Mnara (3 rooms with shared patio)

A bedroom with a bed under a canopy, a bedside table, a nightstand, a wall-mounted lamp, and a view of the outside.

Superior Mnara (3 rooms with shared patio)

  • 3 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 11
  • 3 King Beds and 5 Twin Beds

View all photos for Superior Mnara Family (2 rooms with shared patio)

A bedroom with a bed under a canopy, a bedside table, a nightstand, a wall-mounted lamp, and a view of the outside.

Superior Mnara Family (2 rooms with shared patio)

  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 8
  • 2 King Beds and 4 Twin Beds

View all photos for Superior Mnara (2 rooms with shared patio)

A bedroom with a bed under a canopy, a bedside table, a nightstand, a wall-mounted lamp, and a view of the outside.

Superior Mnara (2 rooms with shared patio)

  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 7
  • 2 King Beds and 3 Twin Beds

View all photos for Suite (3 Rooms with shared external corridor)

A room with a bed, a small table with fruit, a bench, and a view of the beach.

Suite (3 Rooms with shared external corridor)

  • 3 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 13
  • 3 King Beds and 7 Twin Beds

View all photos for Suite (2 rooms with shared external corridor)

Room

Suite (2 rooms with shared external corridor)

  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 8
  • 2 King Beds and 4 Twin Beds

View all photos for Suite Family (2 rooms with shared external corridor)

A room with a bed, a small table with fruit, a bench, and a view of the beach.

Suite Family (2 rooms with shared external corridor)

  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 10
  • 2 King Beds and 6 Twin Beds

View all photos for Deluxe Mnara (2 rooms with shared patio)

A bedroom with a wooden bed frame, a canopy bed, a wooden wardrobe, and a shelf with baskets.

Deluxe Mnara (2 rooms with shared patio)

  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 8
  • 2 King Beds and 4 Twin Beds

View all photos for Deluxe Makuti (2 rooms with shared patio)

A cozy outdoor seating area with a stone wall, wooden furniture, and potted plants.

Deluxe Makuti (2 rooms with shared patio)

  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 King Beds and 2 Twin Beds

Standard Double Room, Garden View

  • Garden view
  • 172 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Standard Quadruple Room, Garden View

  • Garden view
  • 312 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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About the neighborhood

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East Coast, Kiwengwa, 2698

What's nearby

  • Kiwengwa Beach - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Mapenzi Beach - 12 min drive - 8.2 km
  • Muyuni Beach - 18 min drive - 12.7 km
  • Shangani Beach - 49 min drive - 46.2 km
  • Nungwi Beach - 59 min drive - 39.0 km

Getting around

  • Zanzibar Intl. Airport (ZNZ) - 45 min drive
  • Airport shuttle (surcharge)

Restaurants

  • ‪The Green & Grill - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Spice Restaurant - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Pool Bar @ Melia - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Andiamo - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪The Yoga Bar Zanzibar - ‬4 min drive

About this property

Mvuvi Boutique Resort

  • Placing you just steps from Kiwengwa Beach, Mvuvi Boutique Resort offers a private beach where you can enjoy free cabanas, beach umbrellas, and beachside drinks. 2 outdoor pools provide plenty of fun, while guests in the mood for pampering can indulge in deep-tissue massages at the spa. Mvuvi Beach Restaurant, one of 2 restaurants, serves international cuisine and is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Other highlights include 2 bars/lounges, a hot tub, and a terrace. Fellow travelers love the helpful staff.

At a glance

Hotel size

    • 18 units
    • Arranged over 2 floors

Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
    • Contactless check-in available
    • Late check-in subject to availability
    • Minimum check-in age: 18
    • Check-out time is 11:00 AM
    • Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

    • This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
    • The property charges 3 percent for credit card payments
    • There is no front desk at this property
    • The host will greet guests on arrival
    • For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
    • Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Required at check-in

    • Cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required
    • Minimum check-in age is 18

Children

    • Up to 2 children (5 years old and younger) stay free, per registered adult, when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
    • No cribs (infant beds)

Pets

    • Pets not allowed

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas
    • Free WiFi in rooms

Parking

    • Free offsite parking nearby

Transfers

    • Airport shuttle on request (available 24 hours)*

Other information

    • Designated smoking areas

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Reviews

Mvuvi Boutique Resort Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

9.6

Cleanliness

9.0

Location

9.8

Staff & service

9.4

Property conditions & facilities

Guest review summary

What guests liked

  • The restaurant served delicious food with a changing à la carte menu, offering a great dining experience. (22 reviews)
  • The beach at this property is beautiful, quiet, and perfect for relaxation with soft white sand and great surfing opportunities. (16 reviews)
  • Breakfast was consistently delicious and met with high praise from guests. (4 reviews)
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10/10 Exceptional

Fabulous location on the beach ,fantastic amenities such as watersports should you want to use them . The food was lovely ,good choice and able to use the restaurant in both properties. Nothing too much trouble ,staff very friendly
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10/10 Exceptional

Everyone on the staff were so kind and went above and beyond to provide for us. The food was amazing, the beach where we were was a lot more quiet than other parts of the beach, which is exactly what we were looking for. A perfect relaxing getaway. Asante sana!
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10/10 Exceptional

Amazing staff. Amazing location. Loved it.
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10/10 Exceptional

Excellent service, rooms & friendly staff. Really enjoyed our 3 night stay.
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10/10 Exceptional

Food was great - with the full-board option it was probably the highest quality “all-inclusive” experience we had. Beach, pool, and water sports were all great. The resort itself is nice but still feels African which is why we booked it originally.
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10/10 Exceptional

Delightful boutique hotel on a nice and quiet beach. So nice to see the sunrise in the morning and the fishermen setting out to get their daily catch. The staff is friendly and service-minded often working quietly in the background to make sure you’re taken care of. The food was surprisingly good. The rooms are beautifully decorated. We enjoyed the view from the balcony. The only downside was that the beds were a bit on the hard side - and very squeaky :)
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10/10 Exceptional

You cannot have more than this. Excellent position, quiet, large rooms well equipped, with lovely forniture, rooms are resetted twice a day. Cuisine is fantastic, menu change everyday with International and local dishes. It is a wonderful place where staying in Zanzibar.
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10/10 Exceptional

Everything was wonderful, starting with impeccable service, staff is so attentive and make you feel so welcome. The location and the beach is stunning, the rooms are beautifully decorated and spacious, the restaurant has an excellent menu. I highly recommend! And I also loved the spa!
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10/10 Exceptional

The most perfect relaxing holiday. I will refer people to visit this property.
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10/10 Exceptional

A beautiful resort with nice clean rooms, nice pool & the best food we had our whole holiday! We had half board & were blown away by the food. The best beach right outside your door & wonderful staff.
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10/10 Exceptional

Highly recommend staying at Mvuvi if staying on the east side of the island! Staff was always attentive and made sure our stay was wonderful. Both restaurants were fantastic! It was easy to book all of our excursions through Mvuvi and made it super convenient. Overall, we had a fantastic stay.
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10/10 Exceptional

Amazing hotel!

There were three of us who stayed here for 5 days over Christmas. Everything was fantastic, the food, the environment, the activities, the service. It was exactly what we were looking for and more. I would definitely recommend staying here. Thank you for a great vacation!
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10/10 Exceptional

Refreshing Quiet in Zanzibar

Gorgeous quiet resort owned by Italian couple that has provided a retreat on the Zanzibar coast. Delicious food and great service. I was here with a friend after a business conference in Dar es Salaam and very happy I chose this place of quiet and refreshment.
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10/10 Exceptional

Wonderful Boutique Hotel with a nearby 'sister' hotel. We took the half board plan (breakfast and dinner) and at lunch dined at some of the other near by resorts. The employees were extremely friendly and helpful everyday. The food was quite good at both resorts. The intimacy of this resort was great. Beach has some of the finest, softest white sand we've ever walked on. What a joy to stay here. Highly recommend.
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10/10 Exceptional

I can’t say enough wonderful things about my stay at Mvuvi. The facilities were amazing but the staff and their attention to detail was probably the best part. I felt pampered and so taken care of throughout my entire stay.
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10/10 Exceptional

Beach Front Beauty. Lots of properties along the water, so tons of opportunities to try something new. Quite, relaxing, great, friendly staff. Beautiful accommodations and room is always well cleaned often.
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10/10 Exceptional

This was my best hotel stay in Zanibar. The staff was great and the dining service was so delicious! You can dine at both hotels. The body scrub massage is a must. The rooms was very clean and quiet. They accommodated my coconut allergies by going out buying me body wash, hand soap, shampoo and conditioner.
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10/10 Exceptional

I spent four relaxing days at Mvuvi Boutique Resorts in Kiwengwa, Zanzibar. The staff was amazing, the beach was beautiful, and the food was delicious. This is a great spot for unwinding after a safari or any other adventure. It was affordable and intimate. I also had one of the best massages I’ve ever had. Highly recommend!
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10/10 Exceptional

Brilliant a couldn’t have asked for more

Incredible service from the staff on every level was what made this place - as well as it being beautiful. Very quiet and relaxed, loved the food (most other restaurants couldn’t compete) and was impressed by the tours we did with them. The room was stunning and cleaned twice a day. A little bit of peace for a week was what we needed
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8/10 Very good

Setting was lovely as were the staff. The food was very good but the room was very basic. Very small, no chair and nowhere to put luggage, only on the floor which was difficult and a trip hazard. Our outside space was great but our room was under the kitchen which was very noisy. Overall way too expensive for what we got.
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10/10 Exceptional

This was an amazing boutique property with pleasant and very helpful staff. With all that said, the only negative is the immediate area/neighborhood outside of the gate. The management should spend more to enhance the standard of the area and help the people living in that area. This would make it more inviting for guests like us who wanted to go fora walk the area.
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10/10 Exceptional

Amazing small hotel with crazily good service.

This was a perfect boutique hotel - exceptionally pretty and with everything we were looking for. The rooms are just metres from the beach, the food is extremely good, and the team can't be beaten. Getting up at 3.50am to gift us fresh fruit for a trip was absolutely exceptional but in keeping with the service we received throughout our stay. Nothing was too much trouble, and they also went out of their way to make sure that they accommodated our (vegan) dietary requirements. Cannot recommend too highly.
First morning waking up at Mvuvi Boutique Resort
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10/10 Exceptional

Grace and her staff made us feel very special during our entire stay. The intimate resort of 9 rooms exceeded our expectations. The food at every meal was outstanding..coming from foodies who run restaurants!! Every request was met with “yes..of course”. Caroline who manages the property proactively reach out in advance for car transfer service as well as organizing a snorkel excision day was perfect We could not have been happier with our experience. We will be back for sure!!!
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10/10 Exceptional

Beyond a beautiful setting, the staff and service make Mvuvi very special. Everyone is kind and helpful — including the drivers they use. They use a WhatsApp group to inform you of opportunities and activities. And a direct WhatsApp to organize transfers and answer questions. The breakfasts are delicious. I also loved the salt water pool. I stayed on the beach lounge side of the property in room 16 (up stairs) my colleague stayed in the room below (12) that had convenient walk out. Both had sea view.
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10/10 Exceptional

Beautiful scenic property. small boutique hotel that still has all you need. Chef customized our plant based meals every day and everyone was well-prepared and tasty. Staff are so helpful and kind. Watershoes being available are a big plus for the rocky areas of the beach. Only thing I missed was having a gym. Tried running on the beach but some folks try to sell you things and harass a little. They may be harmless but it’s awkward and hard to enjoy a run when you have to avoid those people. Otherwise we loved our stay there!