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The Z Hotel sits directly on Nungwi's main beach at the island's north tip, opened in 2010 and marketed as one of Zanzibar's original boutique hotels — a contemporary design-led property in tropical gardens, distinct from the area's larger resort-style beach hotels. A sister property, Z2, operates next door under the same group. Mnemba Atoll, a well-regarded dive and snorkel site, is roughly 30 minutes away by boat.
What sets it apart
Design-forward boutique styling directly on one of Zanzibar's most established beach strips, rather than either a backpacker lodge or a large all-inclusive resort.
Who it suits
Travellers wanting Nungwi's beach and nightlife with boutique-hotel comfort.
The essentials
| Country | Tanzania |
| Where | Nungwi main beach, north tip of Zanzibar |
| Property type | boutique hotel |
| Rooms | unverified as a single figure — the hotel's own marketing describes it as a "40-room" boutique hotel in some materials and "39-room" in others; its sister property Z2 next door adds a further 26 rooms and suites. |
What it costs
No fixed rate was found; TripAdvisor notes pricing varies by date, and the official site was advertising a time-limited 10%-off promotion for June 2026 stays rather than a base rate. No published rate is stated here.
About the photographs
The pictures on this page are stock photographs chosen to suggest the kind of setting this property is in. They are not photographs of this property, and we cannot verify exactly where any of them was taken — a stock library records the photographer, not the place. We use them rather than borrow the property's own marketing images, which would imply we had stayed there. For pictures of the actual rooms, see the property's own site.