After trekking in Uganda having such a lovely place to stay by the ocean was fantastic. The rooms are all excellent with all the facilities needed. The whole resort is relaxed and easy going - the staff are lovely, food choice perfectly good. The pool and Dhow Bar are a great place to sit and have a sundowner or two. Sharon the manager is lovely, really helpful, attentive and helped us out with taxi's - a late checkout and was often checking to ensure all was fine. It was.
We stayed at Fumba beach lodge in June this year for part of our honeymoon trip. It was very relaxing and tranquil, just what we wished for. All of the staff were super friendly and welcoming and the food was amazing. We really enjoyed sitting at the dhow boat bar in the evenings enjoying the cocktail of the day and watching the beautiful sunsets! It was also lovely to meet the manageress and owner who were kind enough to mingle with guests and share their knowledge of the island. The monkeys around the pool were entertaining and the bush babies were very cute too! We would highly recommend Fumba and hope to stay again one day! Many thanks for having us 😊 Jo & Tim
If you are going to Zanzibar and want to stay in a great resort on the beach, look no further. The villas were spacious with really comfortable beds. The food, particularly at lunch was delicious. The staff were so friendly and professional. We are already planning our next trip.
Just had a wonderful stay at Fumba Lodge a truly great experience the staff were really helpful the food was spot on and the accommodation was something to be seen a truly beautiful setting very different and very relaxing even the owner and manager take the time to spend with guests and make you feel very special My partner and I had a really special and memorable stay here and very highly recommended Absolutely brilliant
Fumba finds the perfect balance between making you feel like a VIP and a family member all at once. The setting is breathtaking, the forest is magical. The big baobab trees are humbling. The food is fresh and creative. We experienced one of their Swahili nights, where a buffet was set out with traditional foods and some of the culture was explained. A specially prepared seafood platter will ruin you for any other restaurant in the future. The snorkeling done through Fumba, was magnificent. It became clear that our guide was very knowledgeable and apparently the locals know it. He found the best snorkeling spot and by the time we were done other locals followed us. There is unlimited things of beauty to explore at the resort, without going anywhere.
A real oasis - we loved it! We really valued the peace and quiet, beautiful surroundings and wildlife that come from being set in its own protected forest. It’s hard to find seclusion in Zanzibar but Fumba has this, as well as a lovely walking beach (good even at high tide) that allows exploration and some exercise. Our suite provided comfort and privacy. Meals were excellent, staff uniformly attentive and friendly, and Sharon, the manager provides first class advice and oversight. Great snorkelling by boat with Omar. Last but not least, sundowners on a platform half way up a baobab overhanging the beach just can't be beaten.
We stayed at Fumba for 1 week in mid-March (the start of the rainy season). It is an absolute tropical paradise. The pool and dining area is just beautiful and well kept, you may even find monkeys running around! If it is busier, there are plenty of private seating areas in the trees looking over the beach, and some sunbeds on the beach too. While we were staying at Fumba we were lucky as there were spring tides meaning we were able to swim in the beautifully warm sea early morning and late afternoon / evening (and we could even catch the stunning sunsets from the sea some evenings). However, this varies throughout the year and may limit your opportunities to swim in the sea. Towards the end of our stay it was quite quiet as the rainy season was starting (it only rained at night however so i wouldnt let this put you off going in march) so the staff set up a couple of surprise romantic private dinners for us on a wooden terrace overlooking the sea with candles etc. Everyone really went over and above for us, were so friendly and welcoming and nothing was too much to ask, which really added to our experience (and memories looking back) of Fumba. The food was absolutely delicious too (a different 3 course menu each night, with a couple of main course options) and we enjoyed the happy hour beers and cocktails at the pool bar each evening. We also did a version of the ‘blue safari’ through the hotel (they call it picnic excursion with snorkelling), which was a bit more expensive than other operators but soo worth it as you are likely to have a much smaller group vs others, have guided snorkelling and get to have lunch on a stunning private island all to yourself! We drove past where the other blue safari boats were and it was so busy (10+ people on each boat and more than 15 boats on this one small island for lunch vs. 2 of us on a private island for not loads more money). I would 100% say it was worth the extra money. The only drawbacks from our whole stay was having quite a few small black bugs in our room, which was due to it being the start of the rainy season (this was out of Fumba's control). It was cleaned well every day but there was just a lot of them accumulating all the time. However, for us, since there was a bug net around the bed to keep them out and since we were always out in the day time it didn’t matter too much. However, if this would bother you, i would suggest avoiding this time of year to visit. I would also suggest that for excursions other than the picnic/snorkeling and other water sports like diving etc., it may cheaper to find local independent companies offering the same tours (e.g. prison island tour) as these experiences do not really differ regardless of operator (from our experience anyway). Overall, an excellent experience and would definitely recommend to anyone looking for a peaceful escape in a beautiful tropical setting, plenty of good food and close proximity to explore stone town and nearby islands.…
Loved my time here at Fumba Lodge. Excellent few days of relaxing and even did a bit of scuba diving and a boat excursion to the island for a beach bbq. Everyone is really friendly and so lovely. Loved my time at the boat bar in the evenings. Thank you very much Edwin, Stella, Omar, Salum and the rest of the team for a lovely stay. It was just what I needed.
maybe I was just super-thrilled to be traveling again after two years of being a virtual prisoner as a result of Covid lockdowns, but I thought this was a lovely place to stay after a three weeks on Safari. My cottage was comfortable and clean and the atmosphere of the place was relaxed, the food and service excellent. I did a snorkling excursion with desert island lunch which was delightful. I also spent a morning trying not very successfully to photograph monkeys in the forest but need not have bothered. Back in the resort the monkeys had taken up residence at my cottage, bouncing on the hammock and mosquito net above the bed, and they were perfectly happy to pose for photographs. I was sorry to head to the airport and back to a cold wet and windy England...
I am very surprised to see the 5* comments about this resort as they don't reflect the reality whatsoever. Initially, after reading the reviews, my wife and I went to Fumba expecting to have a nice exotic beach holiday. When we arrived at Fumba the disappointing reality kicked in. Fumba Lodge is located on very small beach strip scattered with big rocks and every 6 hours low tide leaves you with no place to swim or snorkel as the water retracts some 200 meters from the shore and the only things left for you to admire are the locals searching for sea weeds on the ocean floor. However, when eventually the high tide comes in the water is murky (I tried to swim and snorkel - forget about the turquoise Indian ocean color) and full of debris brought in by the tide. There is no way one could say or pretend that this is a snorkeling spot to be enjoyed or a nice location for swimming. The resort is in desperate need of renovation throughout. The villas are dark inside, to conceal the dated furniture, the bed sheets and pillows are always damp and the bathroom/shower facilities are very basic to say the least. The breakfast is mediocre and the same is dinner apart of few dishes that were let’s say acceptable. As a result, all our seven days holiday were spent outside the resort driving around the island looking for nice locations to swim, snorkel and dive trying to make up for the disappointment at Fumba. I highly recommend going North to Kendwa Beach and surely you won’t be disappointed – the only problem is that if you booked your vacation at Fumba you will need to spend on taxi fares almost the same amount that you initially paid for your holiday as the ride to this exotic part of Zanzibar island is 1h 40 min ride in taxi at a cost of min $100.…
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