Does Bluebay Beach Resort & Spa have a pool?

Yes, this property has 2 outdoor pools and a children's pool.

Is Bluebay Beach Resort & Spa pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Bluebay Beach Resort & Spa?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight. Late check-in is available during limited hours.

Does Bluebay Beach Resort & Spa provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle that runs on request. A fee of USD 85 per vehicle applies.

Are there all-inclusive benefits at Bluebay Beach Resort & Spa?

Some rate plans available at this property are all-inclusive.

Where is Bluebay Beach Resort & Spa located?

This Kiwengwa resort is on the beach, 1.1 mi (1.8 km) from Kiwengwa Beach, and within 25 mi (40 km) of Muyuni Beach and Kendwa Beach. Nungwi Beach and Nakupenda Beach are also within 32 mi (52 km).

Bluebay Beach Resort & Spa Reviews, Deals & Photos 2026

10/10 Excellent

Hemil

2025/8/5

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

It was an amazing experience!

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

SABENA

2025/6/29

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Our stay at Blue Bay Resort was wonderful. The service, food and hospitality was excellent. I however will like to suggest that the male staff pls use deodorant especially when interacting with guest.

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Natasha

2022/9/18

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

My stay was exquisite!!

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Aymen

2023/6/15

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Great beach property. Amazing nice staff

Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ryan

2025/7/17

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Fantastic place with great staff

An amazing place to stay, right on the beach. The food was exceptional and very safe (even salads), no need to worry about "cook it, peel it, eat it" - just eat it all! We had the all-inclusive which was well worth it, lots of fun cocktails and mocktails that were included. Everyone working there was friendly and professional. They spray against mosquitoes, outside and inside, so we must have seen less than 5 in a whole week. I would recommend booking your own airport transfer as it's easy to find something considerably cheaper than what the hotel would organize. About 70min drive. The beach is huge (at low tide), and you can walk for kilometres. There can be sea urchins, so water shoes are a good idea. Swimming was safe, and more fun at high tide with the waves. Two pools that are well maintained. All in all, a perfect place to stay and relax.

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Beatrice

2024/12/11

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

I was booked on AL staff are exceptional from the receptionist, porters to waiters. They ensured that our stay was comfortable. They are very friendly, ever smiling and ready to assist when called upon. There was variety of food and entertainment, Zanzibari night was my best. I will come back again and again.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

JULIA

2025/8/24

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities

Its offered as an all inclusive which is not. The only thing you can drink without soda or alcohol is water which is unacceptable. The food is very poor only offering at the buffet unhealthy options such us fries, pizza and hot dogs. The room is a 3 star accommodation not a five star and the service is awful very slow and not giving any solutions to your request. We’ve had many problems such us a door which cannot be closed at the room entering mosquitos and we ‘ve complain at least 8 times in order to get it solved. The shower didn’t have hot water and as well they been around two hours to fix it and ee couldn’t have dinner because they closed while we were waiting to be able to have a shower. Terrible experience i would never recommend it to anyone.

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Patricia

2024/5/1

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Staff seemed unhappy Although the advertisement says non powered water sports are included that is not true. It is a hike to do anything from the hotel such as boring diving, tours etc Everything is at least an hour away. High tide eliminates the beach. Low tide brings droves of annoying “beach boys” selling everything- they are very persistent and will kill your desire to swim in the sea. Hoses on the beach look nice but know what they will leave behind - nothing done to clear that

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Bhupendra

2023/7/20

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Colonial attitude by some members of the staff

Dass, the manager, is an exception to this hotel. We had visited this hotel in 2015 when it was amazing with exceptional members of staff. A few members of the staff still have a colonial attitude and give a service accordingly- expect a substandard service if you are a non- white resident like we are. Packed lunch for an excursion with a special dietary need of a vegetarian meal with no garlic, no onion, no egg, no fish and absolutely no meat was requested for 12 people including 2 children. The packed lunch supplied consisted of: Ham sandwich, boiled egg, egg muffin, egg croissant, apple and bottle of water- four items completely opposite to our needs. The head chef was reminded of our needs at least five times and seemed to be very arrogant about his attitude towards us.

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Sarah

2023/8/31

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Disliked: Staff & service

It is quite a nice hotel with quite good food, however, we are very disappointed by the non-existent goodwill and understanding in case of problems and feel fooled! We have shortly before arrival to the hotel suffered a severe food poisoning and had to be treated in the hospital (there were also some side effects with medication, etc.). It was therefore impossible for us to arrive at the hotel from the beginning. We then arrived there after two days after the premature end of the medications. Here we described the problem with the two missed days and asked for a refund due to the circumstances. Here we were assured several times that this would not be a problem from their side (our booking site Expedia would be rather problematic here). After departure and repeated request for a refund by mail via Expedia, however, no one wanted to know anything about the refund promised to us there. The general manager has claimed false facts here and according to the mail heis not even entitled to decide something like that. Why do they tell us something like that on the spot and act very understanding and as soon as we are gone the opposite happens? The said manager does not answer our mails anymore. This is not acceptable for a 5 star hotel. Are very disappointed and would not recommend it! It was already hard enough because of the disease and then you don't need something like this!

Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Kyoung Hee

2024/1/20

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

대체로 좋은 곳이지만 음식이 별로였고, 해변 상인들의 호객 행위가 나를 피곤하게 만들었다.

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kristian

2023/9/16

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Grundsätzlich alles sehr gut. Kleinere Kritikpunkte sind das späte Abendessen (erst ab 19:30 möglich), was mit Kind nicht immer optimal ist sowie die mitunter laute Livemusik, die bereits beim Abendessen teilweise eine Unterhaltung schwierig gestalten lässt. Hinsichtlich Sauberkeit, Sicherheit, Höflichkeit des Personals, Auswahl und Vielfalt des Essens lässt das Resort kaum Wünsche offen

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Kyoung Hee

2023/2/1

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

블루베이는 훌륭한 자연환경을 가지고 있는 곳이다. 바다와 모래 그리고 깨끗한 호텔 그리고 친절한 직원들이 많은 관광객들을 편안하게 쉴 수 있도록 도와준다. 다음 휴가에 잔지바르에 간다면 또 블루베이에 방문 할 것이다.

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Ivo

2022/9/13

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Positiv: Sehr schöner Strand, Personal überaus freundlich und zuvorkommend. Negativ: - WLAN funktioniert auf den Zimmern nur mit Unterbrüchen, es kann nicht zuverlässig verwendet werden. Schade. - Das Essen wiederholt sich täglich, keine Abwechslung - All inclusive beinhaltet nicht alle Restaurants und auch nur lokale Getränke, Wird leider bei der Buchung nicht erwähnt.

Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Rene

2022/5/13

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great 👌

Super staff. Great beach God food.

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

Rene

2022/5/12

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Super Nice staff.

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Serge

2022/5/10

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Everything was just amazing from friendliness stafx and serve

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

nikola, Råå

2022/4/23

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Fantastiskt mottagande, hela vistelsen var som en dröm . Hotellet var över förväntan , personalen respekterade oss som om Kungliga var på besök. Bravur till så duktig personal. Rummen var rena och fina . Hotellet rekomenderas starkt 💪💪💪

Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

2021/12/2

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Wonderful stay

Super friendly and helpful staff. Always a smile on their faces and very kind to our two year old. Cleaning was perfect. Garden was beautiful and well kept. View over palm trees and the sea was lovely. Buffet was also good and more varied than expected. So all in all we had a wonderful stay!

Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Mikko

2021/10/26

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Simply a great place!

We had a fantastic stay at Bluebay Beach Resort! General Manager Jonathan and his team are simply amazing. I will definetely go back!

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

2021/10/14

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Very relaxing getaway

Beautiful location in NE Zanzibar, gorgeous beach, comfortable room, nice variety of activities including a great pool. Breakfast is excellent; dinner quality varies.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

2021/8/27

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Bon dans l ensemble bonne literie Manque d animation Spectacles chansons tous les soirs trop forts on ne s entend pas parler au restaurant

Stayed 11 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

2021/8/12

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Excellent staff - very friendly and accommodating. Location is great, pool is great. Drink selection for all inclusive is ok, but if you request something, they’ll make it. Beds are comfortable, rooms are nice with a balcony.

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Annika

2019/12/14

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Vacker hotellanläggning

Vackert och rofyllt. Den fina och varierade trädgårdsanläggningen sköts omsorgsfullt. Lyckat inredningskoncept och byggnader med tydliga lokala drag i materialval. Härliga bad! Efterhängsna försäljare på stranden.

Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

2019/11/13

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

This is a beautiful resort and lovely ocean for wading. The drink and food choices on the all inclusive were very nice. The all inclusive is a limited menu, so not exactly all inclusive. Everything had to be ordered through a waiter, who wrote up a ticket that got rang up by a bar tender, then brought to you to be signed when you were finished ordering. Just a slow and lengthy process for items that were already included, but the waiters were very polite and fun. The beer and drinks were tasty: the house wine was not. The reservation said to contact the hotel for arrival assistance and check in procedure, but the emails were not answered, and the call wasn't helpful either. We finally had a native speaker call to be sure we had reservations and ended up finding our own transportation to the facility an hour from Stone Town. Due to the "beach boys" who are waiting for you on the sand, I didn't feel safe or enjoyable to walk the beach as one has to constantly ask the "boys' to stop walking with you. Most were nice but one got angry and yelled. This was even wading out into the water. The hotel had security on the beach in front of the hotel to assist if needed. Just not the free and easy feel I want at a beach. Be sure to take lots of tsh1000, 2000 to use for tipping frequently or you will find it difficult to get change for this. Tip: if you find a waiter that you like, stick with them for the stay in both the restaurant and bar. Also, the entertainment was great!

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

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