This place is a great value for a budget hotel in a good location of Stonetown. The rooms are simple. Bathroom is small but has everything you need to keep clean! The fan is on the ceiling and doesn't penetrate the netting so well, but when travelling in Tanzania, you have to expect warmer nights! The breakfast terrace is nice... More

Stayed here a couple of nights after our 5 1/2 week self safari for some r+r and to check out Stonetown. Great location, close to the waterfront and Night Market. Room was small but clean and quite and had own bath with fan. Roof top breakfast was very good and included. Staff very friendly and helpful. Gets my recommendation. More

Simple clean room, and a good quiet location. Walking distance to everything. The manager Salma was friendly and very accomodating. Very good breakfast...eventhough the breakfast service deteriorated after the new year as we stayed there for 5 days. The staff can arrange for various excursions, like spice tour, prison island but the beach at the prison island was dissapiontingly small,... More

We stayed here for two nights in january 2012. After shopping around (and finding out that most of the budget options were fully booked) we came across this hotel which is a little out of the budget range hotels. The room we could get was somewhat small and dark but that doesn't go for the rest of the hotel. It... More

Kiponda Hotel is a very nice and charming hotel in the center of old Stonetown. It means that everything you like to visit in town is on walking distance. The hotel self is great. The rooms are simple but very clean and have very good bed, incl mosquito nets. Hot water is available and some rooms have airco and all... More

Kiponda Hotel is located in a seemingly old Zanzibari house that has a traditional, atmospheric feel. The rooms are not large, but they are sufficient. The decor is spartan, but I liked the simple whitewashed rooms and dark wood shutters and beds. There are some lounge areas outside of the rooms for reading. The breakfast, taken in a pleasant roof... More

Stayed here for three nights at the beginning of a four/week Tanzania trip, and found Hotel Kiponda a relaxed and atmospheric introduction to Zanzibar and the country as a whole. Rooms are smallish and darkish but spotless, and they come outfitted with beautiful Zanzibar-style wooden beds and good mosquito nets. Breakfast is taken on an airy terrace with nice views... More

We stayed here two nights and were sad that the hotel filled before we were able to book a third night. We stayed in a large third floor room that had both air conditioning and a fan. We used both because the room did get warm. We found the staff very friendly and helpful and the room had a great... More

We wanted to stay 3 nights here but they could only confirm one night, which was a pity because we were very impressed with the delightful room and ensuite bathroom. Excellent value, friendly staff and great breakfast! Thank you Hotel Kiponda! More