Sultan Sands Island Resort & Spa ****+

Located directly on the long, beautiful sandy beach of the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, the Sultan Sands Island Resort & Spa, adorned with hundreds of palm trees and designed in the style of an Arabian palace, invites you to relax and unwind with its oriental atmosphere.
The luxurious beach resort is situated on the northeast coast of Zanzibar and is approximately a 45-50 minute drive from the international airport.
The capital city of Stonetown is also about 45 km away. Restaurants and bars can be reached in just a 5-minute drive.

The small, cozy hotel has a total of 76 rooms.
Your holiday resort features a lobby with a reception area, an internet corner, Wi-Fi (free in public areas), and 2 different restaurants (including the Indian à la carte restaurant "Cinnamon"), as well as a bar and a pool bar. The outdoor area offers a freshwater pool and a separate children's pool.
Sun loungers, umbrellas, and beach towels are provided free of charge.

These single-story round huts are located in an elevated position and feature a bathroom with a shower, hairdryer, minibar (for a fee), beds with mosquito nets (sofa bed for the 3rd person), air conditioning and ceiling fan, flat-screen TV, safe, telephone, and a terrace (DA).

Feature a bathroom with a shower, beds with mosquito nets, air conditioning, flat-screen TV, minibar (for a fee), safe, telephone, hairdryer, and a large veranda.
Near the 20 Bahari rooms, there is a communal "plunge pool" (small swimming pool). Additionally, the rooms have a sea view and are located near the beach (DB).

Welcome drink upon arrival.
Buffet breakfast at the main restaurant, as well as lunch and dinner at the main restaurant. Dinner can also be enjoyed à la carte at the Indian restaurant "Cinnamon" (reservations required). Tea, coffee, and cake from 4 PM to 5 PM. Water, soft drinks, local beer, and a selection of local alcoholic beverages from 11 AM to 12 AM.

Fitness center, aerobics, aqua aerobics, stretching, water sports (including canoeing, windsurfing, and stand-up paddleboarding).

PADI Dive Center, floodlit tennis, surf and diving center, bicycle rental.

Children's menu, playroom, playground, children's pool, babysitting service available upon request for a fee.

Relax with a massage at the Spa & Wellness Center.

Wi-Fi is available free of charge in the public areas of the hotel.
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Concierge service, luggage storage, excursion information desk, currency exchange, 24-hour reception, laundry service, ironing service.

Visa, MasterCard, American Express

• Animation
• Bicycle rental
• Directly on the beach
• Fitness
• Internet
• Kids' club/miniclub
• Children's playground
• Massages
• Sandy beach
• Near the beach
• Diving
• Wi-Fi
• Air conditioning
• Family friendly
• Enhanced hygiene concept

Pets are not allowed.
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The hotel is not accessible. Rooms for disabled/wheelchair users are not available.
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Check-in: from 2 PM
Check-out: until 11 AM
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Free private parking is available on site (reservations are not required).
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A tourist tax of approximately 5 USD per person per night is payable locally.
National category: 4 Stars Superior.
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For flights departing between midnight and 4 AM, hotel accommodation ends on the previous day at 12 PM. Late check-out is available for a fee on site.
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Fast Track for all hotels in Zanzibar (only for package tours with flights) can be booked as an optional extra!
This offers a special, very personal on-site service with the following benefits:
·Personal assistant from the gate at ZNZ Airport to the airport exit
·Immigration process handled at a private counter
·Baggage claim handled upon arrival at ZNZ Airport
·Baggage drop-off handled for departure from ZNZ Airport
·Entry visa included
·Shared transfer included
Optional extras:
·VIP Lounge included: Guests can relax in a separate area with snacks and drinks after arrival/before departure while their personal assistant handles the services mentioned above.
·Private transfer
Attention!! Mandatory travel insurance is not included and must always be booked separately!
To use this service, customers/travel agents must send a copy of the passport to our reservations department (Res.afrika@schauinsland-reisen.de) no later than 7 days before departure.
Bookable for travel agencies via the booking mask:
1. Fast Track + Visa (Request KW, Service FASTZN) for €160 per person per stay or
2. Fast Track + Visa + VIP Lounge (Request KW, Service FASTV1) for solo travelers for €270 per person per stay or
3. Fast Track + Visa + VIP Lounge (Request KW, Service FASTV2) for 2 or more people for €230 per person per stay
In the "Long-Haul Travel" catalog 2025/26 on page 197.

Please note that hotel check-in, regardless of arrival time, is only possible from 2 PM or 3 PM.
We would like to inform you that all airlines from Tanzania are currently on the EU's so-called ‘blacklist’. For this reason, they are currently not authorised to operate long-haul flights to the EU. We are therefore not currently using any of these airlines for our long-haul flights to the EU.
The lack of authorisation is not due to specific safety problems with the individual airlines, but rather to the inspection and safety procedures of the Tanzanian aviation authority, which do not currently meet the safety requirements of the EU.
However, the airlines that we use for domestic flights (for example, for transfer flights from Zanzibar to mainland Tanzania) are subject to the international safety assessment ISSA of the IATA (International Air Transport Association) or a comparable safety assessment. These assessments correspond to the globally recognised safety standards of the aviation industry.
We would like to inform you that all airlines from Tanzania are currently on the EU's so-called ‘blacklist’. For this reason, they are currently not authorised to operate long-haul flights to the EU. We are therefore not currently using any of these airlines for our long-haul flights to the EU.
The lack of authorisation is not due to specific safety problems with the individual airlines, but rather to the inspection and safety procedures of the Tanzanian aviation authority, which do not currently meet the safety requirements of the EU.
However, the airlines that we use for domestic flights (for example, for transfer flights from Zanzibar to mainland Tanzania) are subject to the international safety assessment ISSA of the IATA (International Air Transport Association) or a comparable safety assessment. These assessments correspond to the globally recognised safety standards of the aviation industry.

4.5 Sterne