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Karafuu Hotel Beach Resort

A name recalling ancient adventures and legends, the island of Spices, mythical gold, ivory, and slave trade land - this is Zanzibar. Karafuu, in the Kiswahili language means cloves, one of the rare essences that made Zanzibar well known all over the world. On this island of wonders a Beach Resort takes its name from this refined spice. The Karafuu Hotel is an oasis of peace shaded by coconut palms, frangipani, and bougainvillaea, surrounded by long deserted beaches dotted with coral cliffs. The reef, not far from the coast, is populated in a multitude of multi-coloured fish, it has several natural pools, one of which can be reached by means of a causeway. Just over an hour from the airport, Karafuu Hotel was built in harmony with the environment with local materials according to ancient Zanzibar traditions: roofs made of makuti and walls of coral. Inside Karafuu, old traditions meet luxurious finishes and first quality materials such as marble from Carrara and Italian ceramics. Furnishings, in Zanzibar old style, are the products of the ancient skill of local handcraft. Karafuu is the result of a great attention to detail to reach a comfortable harmony between ancient and modern style. There are 61 junior suite cottages and 31 standard rooms, each one comprising: bedroom, veranda, dressing room or wardrobe, bathroom in Carrara marble; with telephone, ceiling fan, independent air conditioning, hot and cold desalinated running water. The large main buildings consist of reception hall, lobby, sea view bar and restaurants, boutiques with drugstore, conference room, theatre for evening entertainment shows, disco, TV room with digital satellite, games room and salon for massages and tattoos. The hotel offers various activities: tennis, diving, snorkelling, water skiing, surf biking, banana rodeo, canoeing, boat excursions, deep-sea fishing, cycling, tennis table, volley ball, bowls. International animation at night with ballet, cabaret, folkloristic groups of local dancers or acrobats, disco and piano bar.
  






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