Head out of town to enjoy the powdery white beaches. Each of the nine rooms at Matemwe Bungalows features a porch with huge hammocks and a sumptuous bath. Meals are served on the patio, and guests can relax at the two pools or sip a dawa (Swahili for medicine) cocktail of vodka, lime and sugar at the beach bar ($230 per person in low season; matemwe.com).
Suites at the Zamani Zanzibar Kempinski offer grand views of the ocean. Guests can enjoy floral foot baths at the spa or go on snorkeling expeditions (from $250; www.kempin ski-zanzibar.com). No wonder Zanzibar’s unofficial motto is “Hakuna matata”—Swahili for “No problem.”
