Are pets allowed at Konokono Beach Resort and Isaraya Over Water Villa?

Sorry, pets and service animals aren't allowed.

Is parking offered on site at Konokono Beach Resort and Isaraya Over Water Villa?

Yes, there's free self parking.

Is airport shuttle service offered by Konokono Beach Resort and Isaraya Over Water Villa?

Yes, an airport shuttle is available. The charge is USD 75 per vehicle one-way.

What are the check-in and check-out times at Konokono Beach Resort and Isaraya Over Water Villa?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime. There's a charge for early check-in (subject to availability). Check-out time is 11:00 AM. Late check-out is available for a charge (subject to availability).

What is there to do at Konokono Beach Resort and Isaraya Over Water Villa and nearby?

Have fun with onsite activities like volleyball and cycling. Additional recreation nearby includes ecotours. Indulge in a treatment at the spa and enjoy a swim in the outdoor pool. Konokono Beach Resort and Isaraya Over Water Villa also has a private beach and a garden.

Are there restaurants at or near Konokono Beach Resort and Isaraya Over Water Villa?

Yes, there's an onsite restaurant.

Does Konokono Beach Resort and Isaraya Over Water Villa have any outdoor private spaces?

Yes, every room features a furnished balcony or patio.

What's the area around Konokono Beach Resort and Isaraya Over Water Villa like?

Konokono Beach Resort and Isaraya Over Water Villa is located a short 5-minute walk from Michamvi Kae Beach.

Konokono Beach Resort and Isaraya Over Water Villa, Michamvi: Hotel Reviews, Rooms & Prices

10/10 Exceptional

Jun 27, 2025

Kono Kono is an Independent Resort, so you really feel the sense and warmth of the staff who go over and beyond to make your holiday the best it can be. Absolutely loved Zanzibar and will hope to visit Kono, Konko again.

Bhavesh, 8-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Jun 21, 2025

Paradise and Perfection

Paradise! Staff were attentive and kind. Food was amazing. A lot of care is taken to keep the resort safe and maintained. Highly recommend spa. Would stay again!

Lucinda, 4-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Apr 2, 2025

Very Good i love this place definitely will be back soon

Ingrid, 5-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Jul 21, 2025

Absolutely amazing stay at Isaraya! Not enough words to describe the resort. The over water villa was magical, it was very spacious and had its own pool! The beach was immaculate with white sand and crystal clear water. There were sun loungers for us to use and a beach bar near the pool that delivered food and drinks. Both the restaurants had amazing food and the dinner buffet at Konokono restaurant was delicious. They also had local entertainment which was great. The staff were so friendly and went the extra mile to make our stay memorable. Room service was very efficient as well. Overall we will never forget our stay here and hope to come back some day!

Samrat, 6-night trip

6/10 Good

Jun 18, 2025

Way to high bar prices. Expect to pay 40-100% extra from similar places in the area . It’s nice to have half board with free dinner but food quality was not the best. Would rather pay for better food and have normal bar prices. Would have given me much more for my money :)

Markus, 4-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Jun 17, 2025

I throughly enjoyed my stay at the Kokono resort. The service was exceptional by staff. The resort if very quaint, peaceful yet full of its own little luxuries such as the beach, the view and the exceptional staff. The food was diverse each night and delicious. This was a birthday trip for me in which the staff made me feel celebrated by decorating my room and making me a cake! It was so sweet and pleasantly delightful. Just note that they are located in the village which means the roads are not greatly intact which makes traveling into and out of the village very bumpy and there is no gym which forces true relaxation but they do provide some aquatic activities. I recommend this as 9/10 and plan on returning on my next trip to Zanzibar!

Julia, 6-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Oct 13, 2023

Awesome place!

Denys, 4-night trip

6/10 Good

Jul 2, 2025

Beautiful over water villa that looked exactly like the pictures. We truly enjoyed the villa experience. 2 improvement areas; The food. The salads lacks creativity, the choices are few. The room service meny works. After we complained we were offered to order through the room service menu instead. The sense of urgency when it comes to service. We expected this to be a luxurious experience, but it took us close to 2 hours from order to delivery of food to the villa. Incredibly slow.

Petra, 2-night trip

8/10 Very good

Sep 18, 2023

It is wonderful get away.

Ed, 4-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Feb 22, 2023

The property was clean, and the staff were very professional and friendly.

richard, 2-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Nov 30, 2024

A blissful moment of rest and relaxation away from the hustle and bustle…. Easy access to various excursions in Zanzibar such as swimming with the dolphins, starfish and in the coral sea… Beautiful, friendly people who are so gentle and helpful. Keep up the amazing work Konokono- a lifetime experience ❤️

Abdul Munzir, 6-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Jul 20, 2022

The view from the Villas is stunning, the villas are beautifully furnished and staff and extremely friendly and helpful

Sakhr, 5-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Feb 5, 2023

A place for vacation and good rest

The personell are very service minded, doing their best to give you a very nice stay. The hotel is clean, and the dinners in the evenings in front of the pool area are magic. Cleaning of rooms is perfect. This is a place we'd love to come back to.

Torbjörn, 4-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Apr 23, 2023

I had the most beautiful experience. When I arrived, the manager surprised my husband and I with a free upgrade, an over the water Villa! The villa is amazing, the service overall at the resort is A . Very friendly staff, beautiful resort, excellent food and great experience. Hospitality had been the best I had. I love the fact that the staff and manager did everything possible to make our stay enjoyable.

Priscila, 6-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Jul 10, 2024

We loved our stay on this property! Our room was clean, the meals were great, and the staff was very friendly. We had no issues with the electricity or air conditioning. There were times when that water pressure would drop, but that didn’t affect our stay as we weren’t in the room often as we soaked up every minute of the beach and pool that we could! The staff arranged our transfers to and from the airport, as well as to The Rock Restaurant one day. All of our taxis were professional, kind and on time. We enjoyed chatting with the staff and felt very cared for and safe. We would definitely stay here again!

Lisa, 4-night trip

8/10 Very good

Nov 20, 2024

Memorable honeymoon

Overall, it was an absolutely amazing experience - we stayed in the over-water villa. Extremely helpful staff, great service, amazing food options, the views were incredible, 2 restaurant options so overall very pleased with that. One thing to be aware of is that they do have an electricity issue where randomly in the middle of the night, they are left with no electricity. I was told it's the whole island problem so bear that in mind. Also, their villas aren't entirely sealed so I had a few ants crawl into my luggage and a few lizards on the outside of the villa. It is a bit further out from the rest of the island so you'll need a hire car or taxi to get to other places if you do decide to leave the resort. Overall: I'd highly recommend it! Thank you for a wonderful hospitality.

Muhammad Mobin, 3-night trip

2/10 Poor

Mar 14, 2023

The toilet in my villa did not work. All inclusive does not mean all inclusive at this "resort". The food was atrocious and there were few options. All around boring with a filthy beach

Tracy, 3-night trip

2/10 Poor

Sep 12, 2022

Our stay was terrible First the location of the hotel is very far and the road was horrible The food was very limited and there were a lot of bees inside the food in breakfast for dinner it was a la cart menu without any options if you don’t like something you don’t have another option for it The pool inside the room was dirty the room smells dirty There’s no tv in the room and wifi is very slow water went out many time The electricity went out more than 5 times in our last day There’s no light enough in the hotel we were scared while walking to the restaurant

Sawsan, 3-night trip

2/10 Poor

Feb 19, 2024

Kono Kono overpriced and underserviced

The hotel was not ready to accommodate guests. The room was not ready for check-in, there were two people in our room still cleaning. The doors didn't close properly so massive bugs were climbing into the room. The power went off repeatedly in the night, there were no back up generators, and then the water shut off for the entire resort. The lighting for the stairs leading to the beach was dark so you couldn't see where you were going, they were literally still installing lights in the dining area while we were eating. The staff are friendly but lost, a beautiful buffet was set for the guests without spoons for service. The waiters promise to serve the food to you and never arrive. Kono Kono has a team of well intended staff but very far from being ready to call itself a resort and accommodate any guests.

Zaynab, 3-night trip

2/10 Poor

Sep 23, 2022

he staff were very unaccommodating to our situation, my husband and I picked konokono for our honeymoon, and on the day of travel, we had an incident at the airport actually and couldn't travel. We notified the hotel to cancel and asked for a refund, they told us to talk to Expedia and Expedia kept telling us that the hotel is non responsiveness and are not answering their calls, and after days of hassle between Expedia and Konokono, they simply got back to us to tell us that the hotel did not agree to make any refund for our money, not even a partial refund or deferring our stay to another time which we have proposed. This was a horrendous experience and I would definitely say that I have lost all confidence in Expedia and in Konokono beach resort and I would not recommend it to anyone. Moreover, they never respond to calls, messages, complaints, not from us (directly) nor from Expedia.

Seddik kosseila, 6-night trip

2/10 Poor

Mar 8, 2024

This was the worst experience I have ever had. I am quite use to staying in some rough places and don’t mind that if that is the expectation. I paid premium money for a supposed premium Villa “over the ocean”. It started with the taxi service from the port, the driver was great but, it was not conveyed that it was a private service not from the resort so, when we were dropped off at the resort he expected to be paid on the spot, so make sure you bring cash to pay the driver, it won’t be charged through the hotel. After sorting out the taxi service we were led to our “over the ocean villa” The “ocean view” was at least 200 meters away and nothing like the pictures when booked. I tried logging in on the WiFi that was supposedly available and there was no connection to internet at all, the entire night. I went to take a shower after the long journey to the resort and had abysmal water pressure and zero hot water. When my Wife went to take a shower the water completely shut off in the middle of her shower, the water didn’t come back the entire evening. We tried to make the most of it and have a nice dinner well, the entire time of the dinner we had to listen to cats incessantly whining and going around our feet, my allergies were not liking that whole situation. The wait staff was very kind and courteous but, the food.. it is a set menu with very limited options and the food at best is 2.5/5. The next morning we tried to take a shower and there wasn’t water again. No refund!!

Sean, 3-night trip

2/10 Poor

Oct 10, 2025

They stole from us, wasn’t safe and it smells badly.

Hakeem Henry, 4-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Sep 19, 2025

Jambo… It was following a safari trip and we stayed a week to unwind and relax!!! The place, specifically the beach, was like paradise… Catered to couples and newlyweds… But even though I was there with a friend, I would definitely go back for some R&R!!! However, the service was slow, the waiters didn’t speak that well English, we didn’t have hot water the last 3 nights of our trip… And even though they sent maintenance every day, the problem never got resolved… And the bathroom leaked as well but luckily we had 2 in our apartment and we were able to use the other one!!! The food was delicious and the drinks too!!! Even though we encountered these issues, we’d go back in a heartbeat!!! Asante sana…

Dimitra, 7-night trip

8/10 Very good

Aug 23, 2025

Amazing water villas but poor renovation general

During my stay i was hosted in 3 different accommodations in the hotel. Water villa was absolutely awesome 5 stars . But other rooms with very poor maintenance lots of things were broken. Bad towels vwry used and old totally different from the high quality of the villa. It looks like they are not renovating the instalations.. ..service was amazing and food evru good. The road to the hotel was terrible ...very very bumpy and fsr from the airport. 1 hour and 40 minutes . Drinks in the bar extremely expensive. 16 dolars a margarita...

1-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Aug 4, 2025

Absolutely WONDERFUL! The perfect honeymoon spot

My husband and I split our time in Zanzibar between two places. Our first stay was a the KonoKono resort and in the over water villas. It was absolutely fabulous and honestly the nicest hotel room/villa we have ever experienced. We felt totally spoilt by the hotel and well looked after for our stay. The food was delicious! I have a severe allergy to garlic and gluten and they catered to my needs so I didn’t feel like I was missing out. The room was stunning with a gorgeous view from the balcony. The cleanliness was impeccable. The bed was huge and so comfortable too and we slept very well during our stay. The floating breakfast was so decadent and really fun. We also loved the Tanzanian food night - fish masala curry was to die for! The resort is also extremely close to The Rock Restaurant which is an incredible experience. Charles was absolutely fantastic. He is a real credit to the team at the hotel. Jackson and Rosemary took great care of us during our stay too. Thank you so much! Points to consider… The road on the way up to the hotel was extremely bumpy but it would not deter us from returning. It’s just not ideal if you are planning to do lots of trips in and out. Personally, if you are staying in the water villas I think I better system should be in place for transporting bags (like a buggy or something similar) the walk was lovely but quite long if you are carrying things.

Emma, 3-night trip

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