Pemba Paradise Beach Resort

Twenty one, in four categories: eight Standard, five Deluxe Garden, five Ocean Sea View and three Family Sea View. It is a small property and it stays quiet even when it is full.

There is no non stop flight from Kilimanjaro to Pemba. The route is Kilimanjaro to Zanzibar, about one hour fifteen minutes, then Zanzibar to Pemba on a light aircraft, about thirty minutes, then about one hour thirty minutes north by road to Makangale. Allow about four and a half hours door to door.

July to October is the strongest window: dry, calm and with the clearest water for diving and snorkelling. January and February are hot and dry and also good. April and May bring the long rains and are the wettest weeks on this coast.

Yes. The contract prices every night of the year with no closure period, including April and May when several other properties on the island shut.

Pemba Dive Center operates from the resort as a separate business. Boat dives run daily for certified divers and beginners start with pool training. The Pemba channel wall is a short boat ride offshore.

Yes. There is no minimum age, the pool is open to all ages and the three Family Sea View rooms take four people. Two Deluxe Garden rooms can also be opened into one another. Children under fourteen are charged at half the additional person rate.

Accommodation on a bed and breakfast basis with breakfast each morning, government tourist taxes and hotel service charges, plus use of the pool and wifi. Lunch and dinner are charged separately at thirty US dollars per person per meal.

An infrastructure tax of two US dollars per person per night, children included, is settled directly with the resort when you check out. It is not in the room rate and it cannot be prepaid.

Wifi is free across the property and is strongest in the public areas. Power comes from the island supply and can be interrupted, so it is worth packing a power bank if you rely on a camera or a phone.

Wide sand directly in front of the property, with access straight from the garden. As on most of this coast the tide moves a long way out, and at low water parts of the shore are used for seaweed farming, which is worth knowing if you want to swim at any hour. The pool covers the low tide.

Ngezi forest and the Kigomasha lighthouse are both within about half an hour and make a good half day. Further afield there is the fish market at Tumbe, the spice plots, Misali island for snorkelling and Kojani island for its potters. The tour desk arranges all of them.

Yes. A shuttle meets flights at Pemba airport and runs north to Makangale, taking up to four guests with luggage in one vehicle. It is booked through the resort and charged separately from the room rate.

Yes. Visitors to Zanzibar must hold the Zanzibar inbound travel insurance, 44 USD per person for the whole stay, bought online at visitzanzibar.go.tz before arrival. Tanzania residents are exempt. If you enter mainland Tanzania first for a safari, the mainland policy covers you instead. It is paid by you directly and is not part of our quote.