Uroa Bay Beach Resort

“Only positives ❤️❤️❤️”

Great resort ❤️ I was there in December 2023 with my lovely 5 yo. Staff was super kind, we used doctor which was amazing checking on me every day after I was bitten by some insects. Everybody extremely helpful, great animations, delicious food, perfect swimming pools for adults and children, bri... more

Great resort ❤️ I was there in December 2023 with my lovely 5 yo. Staff was super kind, we used doctor which was amazing checking on me every day after I was bitten by some insects. Everybody extremely helpful, great animations, delicious food, perfect swimming pools for adults and children, brilliant acces to beach. Amazing trips made by beach Kowalski great prices and great organization. Cannot recommend enough, best holidays ever❤️❤️❤️

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“A week at Uroa Bay Resort”

I enjoyed my stay at Uroa, rooms are cleaned and linen changed daily.Meals are delicious if you love stews, same tuna fish for the catch of the day for 7 days I was there, if you are tired,don’t wake up for breakfast,there’s only eggs that are edible in all that buffet. Bring iron or pay dollar... more

I enjoyed my stay at Uroa, rooms are cleaned and linen changed daily.Meals are delicious if you love stews, same tuna fish for the catch of the day for 7 days I was there, if you are tired,don’t wake up for breakfast,there’s only eggs that are edible in all that buffet. Bring iron or pay dollars that are charged per item,a skirt few dollars, a shirt or a pant,charged per item. An hour’s drive from all the activities that was 5 dollars per trip on a daily basis.I loved my morning walks by the ocean, very safe. Poverty of the ordinary citizens disheartening.Their poverty ruins the fun,their desperation to get dollars leads to unrealistic expectations from tourists.Bring all the swimwear you have,Do feed the turtles and visit the Kendwa Rocks Beach, I’m still in awe!

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“A long but an honest review with a lot of travel tips”

Firstly, I wanna let everyone know that I enjoyed the stay in this resort. The room was nice, air conditioned and always well cleaned. I loved the food in this resort - everything was seasoned very well, even though at the end of the stay it already felt somehow repetitive. The best were the fres... more

Firstly, I wanna let everyone know that I enjoyed the stay in this resort. The room was nice, air conditioned and always well cleaned. I loved the food in this resort - everything was seasoned very well, even though at the end of the stay it already felt somehow repetitive. The best were the fresh fruit juices, which must have been squeezed from the fresh fruit - lime juice, carrot juice, watermelon juice (it tastes completely different than in Europe, lol) and some other like baobab juice, all delicious. No wonder the all inclusive drinks were delicious too. If I'm to compare the drinks to Egypt, where they used bought juice of a poor quality, drinks here were much, much better. I also enjoyed the possibility of swimming in the sea after sunset (as it wasn't allowed in every resort I visited) and the beach was guarded by the resort staff. It was necessary, as even though the beach was right in front of the resort, it was accessible to the public, so there were locals offering you stuff, especially trips, with which were some problems before according to our travel agent. Most of the staff was very nice and helpful, but sometimes they seemed a bit lazy. The travel agent herself told us that the working tempo here is slower than the one in Europe and if we really want something, we should push the staff a bit if they're too slow. And of course, there was an evening program every day, but the entertainers expected to be tipped afterwards, so if you don't wanna spend unnecessary money, don't stay for too long in the evening. There was also a free wifi in the resort which worked okay, but only at the reception and the restaurant, but there were plenty of seats everywhere, so you could hang out comfortably. The access to drinking water was also okay, as all inclusive guests got a big bottle, which the staff could refill at the bar at all times except at night when the bar was closed. (The guests without all inclusive could buy this water bottle for 10 $, I think). The cleaning staff also put a small water bottle for every guest into the room every day after cleaning it, so it was impossible to run out. However, there were also several drawbacks in the resort - the worst from my point of view was the insect that was pretty much impossible to avoid, even at the room. Even though the resort was well kept and clean, we had to deal with several cockroaches in our room, one giant centipede, some weird leech looking bugs, a couple of big ants and even a small lizard in our bathroom. You should definitely close your suitcases at all times to avoid bringing this stuff back home. The doors and walls were also anything but soundproof, so we had to listen to a couple next door f***ing as if they were right next to us, which was definitely unpleasant. There were also very common short power outages in the resort, which was slightly annoying as the light could be turned off when you were in the shower, for example. Once, even the water stopped running for a couple of minutes. However, this might be a problem of the whole island and not the resort itself, as the infrastructure there is nothing compared to the one we are used to in Europe or in the US. One night, our AC stopped working, but the staff repaired it very quickly after we reported it. However, there was a number with the temperature visible on the AC when it was on and it emmited a dim light during night, so don't expect to sleep in the pitch black darkness (I sincerely don't recommend sleeping without the AC on, it would become unbearably hot). Some people might also complain about the hygiene here - as I said, the rooms were clean and well kept, as much as the rest of the resort (the whole Zanzibar was actually cleaner than Egypt, for example, especially the toilets, which I very appreciated), but once again, don't expect European hygienic standards. The hot meals at the restaurant were covered, but the spoons and forks the guests used for putting the meals on their plate were lying on a plate in front of the food containers, so the flies could sit on them easily. The fresh fruit and pastry were also not covered and the flies had an easy access to them as well. I had stomach problems for one day, but we went on a lot of trips, so I can't tell whether it was because of something I ate at the resort or elsewhere. There were also crows flying around the restaurant (it was in the open space with a thatched roof rather than in a building, which was a standard on the whole Zanzibar) and there were also cats in the resort, which looked healthy and clean, but they used the beach as their litter box. (However, if you love cats as I do, be sure to bring some cat snacks with you, they'd be very grateful. We even had our own cat fanclub in front our room, waiting for us to give them something). The beach itself was rather small for such a big resort with only a couple of sun beds, even though we traveled a lot and didn't really mind. However, if you expect to stay in the resort for most of your stay, this could be quite troublesome. The sea definitely wasn't as clean as the Red Sea, there were seaweeds everywhere and also a lot of sea urchins once you got further into the sea, so definitely don't forget your water shoes. If you wanna see some fish, you have to pay for a snorkeling trip outside of the resort. And the last thing, the staff was sometimes quite unhelpful, even though it was an exception mostly. However, there was one annoying receptionist who loved to basically tell us to f ourselves without apologizing when we wanted something - if we were going for a trip, there was a possibility of getting a lunch or a breakfast box prepared, but only till 8 pm of the previous day, then he'd tell you it was already too late (even though we found out later that there wasn't a problem getting a paper box at the reception at any time and putting some food from breakfast there to take it away on the trip). One time, when we wanted our towels after the dinner to go on a beach, he'd tell us he wouldn't give us any because it's already a laundry time, even though we were entitled for 1 towel per day (weird anyways, but whatever). We didn't need the towel before, as we went for a trip that day and we were basically told to go away, without a single apology. And once when we wanted our all inclusive drinks, we were also told to f away, as the staff was apparently too busy to serve us anything. But fortunately, these were mostly exceptions, even though it was enough to ruin the mood for a while. Summarized, I enjoyed the stay here, but if I was to stay mostly at the resort, I'd probably get bored rather quickly. The pools looked okay, but I never went in, so I cannot really judge. There is, however, a large variety of interesting trips to go to - snorcheling on the sea together with a visit of a Kwale sandbanks and Kwale island (we saw a baobab tree and an amazing starfish), a trip to Stonetown to see some sights and a Freddie Mercury museum (together with going on a Prison Island to a giant tortoise sanctuary), a trip to Jozani forest with monkeys (together with visiting a Zito spice farm, which was awesome) or a trip to a natural aquarium where you could swim with sea turtles (but we didn't go on this one, as we were told this is a tourist attraction only and the turtles suffer by the large amount of tourists, so much that they can become aggressive and bite someone). And of course, you can buy a Safari trip to the mainland Tanzania which was awesome, but expect it to be rather expensive. Also, for this one, an insect repellent is highly advised). I had a great time here, the trips were awesome, the locals were nice and if you wanted to do a good deed, bring some candy for the local children - they can be seen playing on the beach or just outside the resort and I'm sure they'd be very happy indeed. Zanzibar is an amazing place definitely worth visiting if you don't mind small discomfort in comparison of what we're used to in Europe. (If you wanted to know more, follow my Tribble on the road on IG and don't hesitate to dm me).

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