Baraza Resort and Spa Zanzibar
Bwejuu, Zanzibar
Location
Bwejuu, SE coast
The resort sits on award-winning Bwejuu Beach on the south-east coast of Unguja, with around 400 metres of white-sand beachfront, about an hour and a half from Stone Town — an intimate, ornate retreat in Sultans'-palace style.
Transfer
A Zanzibar transfer
Around an hour and a half by road from Stone Town and Zanzibar International Airport — all road transfers, no bush-plane.
Villas
30 villas
Thirty villas — fourteen one-bedroom, fifteen two-bedroom and one Royal Sultan — each with a private plunge pool, in Arabic, Swahili and Indian design with arches, hand-carved white stone, baraza benches and brass lanterns.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples, honeymooners and culture and design lovers after an all-inclusive Sultans'-palace resort — private plunge pools, a Taarab band and Swahili culture — with two-bedroom villas for families.
Board Basis
All-inclusive
All-inclusive, down to sundowner cocktails — fine dining across Arabic, Indian, Persian and Asian venues, with the Livingstone Terrace and the Dhahabu Bar.
About the Resort
A Sultans'-palace villa resort on Bwejuu
Baraza Resort and Spa is Zanzibar's Sultans'-palace fantasy — an intimate, all-inclusive resort of just 30 villas on award-winning Bwejuu Beach on the south-east coast, in ornate Arabic, Swahili and Indian design with arches, hand-carved white stone, baraza benches and brass lanterns. Every villa has a private plunge pool, and the all-inclusive runs down to sundowner cocktails. What sets it apart is the culture: a Swahili programme of lessons, palm weaving and the Bao game, and a resident Taarab band with Swahili dancers, alongside PADI diving, dolphin trips and spice-farm tours. The Frangipani Spa adds an underwater-music lap pool and a Sultan's Bath, and dining spans Arabic, Indian, Persian and Asian venues with the open-air Livingstone Terrace for breakfast. One honest note: this south-east beach is tide-dependent for swimming, which the private plunge pools and the large main pool answer. Around an hour and a half from Stone Town, it suits couples, honeymooners and culture lovers, with two-bedroom villas for families.
Accommodation
Villas
Thirty villas — fourteen one-bedroom, fifteen two-bedroom and one Royal Sultan — each with a private plunge pool, in Arabic, Swahili and Indian design with arches, hand-carved white stone, baraza benches and brass lanterns, with a Sultan's Lounge Bed and a walk-in dressing room.
Entry
One-Bedroom Villa
Sleeps two. A king villa with a private plunge pool in palace-style décor.
Plunge poolGarden outlook
Family
Two-Bedroom Villa
Sleeps four. A private plunge pool and family layout, over the garden or sea.
Plunge poolTwo-bedroom
Signature
Royal Sultan Villa
Sleeps two to four. A larger plunge pool, a private garden and staff quarters — the one Royal Sultan villa.
Larger poolRoyal villa
Food & Drink
Dining
Dining is all-inclusive across several fine-dining venues — Arabic, Indian, Persian and Asian — with the open-air Livingstone Terrace for breakfast and the Dhahabu Bar and Lounge, sundowner cocktails included.
Signature
The fine-dining venues
Fine dining across several venues — Arabic, Indian, Persian and Asian, all-inclusive.
Terrace
Livingstone Terrace
The Livingstone Terrace, for open-air breakfast.
Bar
Dhahabu Bar & Lounge
The Dhahabu Bar and Lounge, with sundowner cocktails included.
Wellbeing
Frangipani Spa
The Frangipani Spa is the centrepiece, with an underwater-music lap pool, a Sultan's Bath and yoga, alongside a large outdoor pool and a private plunge pool on every villa — and the resident Taarab band playing through the evenings.
Frangipani Spa
The Frangipani Spa, with an underwater-music lap pool and a Sultan's Bath.
A large pool
A large outdoor pool, with plunge pools on every villa.
The Taarab band
The resident Taarab band and Swahili dancers.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
Palace design, Swahili culture and all-inclusive ease. Live among arches and lanterns, join the cultural programme, dive the reef, and gather for the Taarab band at sundown.
Sultans'-palace design
The ornate Sultans'-palace design — arches, brass lanterns and hand-carved white stone.
Swahili culture
A Swahili cultural programme — lessons, palm weaving, the Bao game and a resident Taarab band.
PADI diving
PADI diving and snorkelling, with dolphin trips.
Spice-farm tours
Spice-farm tours on the island.
The Frangipani Spa
The Frangipani Spa, with its underwater-music lap pool.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By road
From the airport
Around an hour and a half by road from Stone Town and the airport.
On the SE coast
Bwejuu
On Bwejuu Beach, on the south-east coast of Unguja.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
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★★★★★
“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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★★★★★
“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Baraza Resort and Spa Zanzibar. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- All-inclusive, down to sundowner cocktails.
Made for couples
- An intimate, romantic resort for couples, with two-bedroom villas and a kids' club for families.
The beach
- On award-winning Bwejuu Beach on the south-east coast, where swimming is tide-dependent — with a private plunge pool on every villa and a large main pool.
Getting there
- Around an hour and a half by road from Stone Town and the airport.
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