Name: Casa Umoja Guesthouse
Address: Nungwi North Coast, Nungwi, Tanzania, Nungwi, Nungwi, Nungwi, 3796, Tanzania
Rating: 7

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Bottled water (at extra charge)

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Parking

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Next to the beach

Pool and beach

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Cycling

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Yoga

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Nungwi Beach

Zanzibar International Airport

Casa Umoja Guesthouse

Nungwi

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I visited Zanzibar this August for the first time.
An EX friend of my brother, and I say ex because from what I am going to tell you, he was no longer our friend, he highly recommended this accommodation to me.
Of course that friend stole money from us, acted as an intermediary and took advantage of my kindness and generosity and disappeared, stoling me of my money and, most importantly, my time.
I saw the photos of CASA UMOJA on the internet and although they didn't excite me AT ALL, due to the lack of knowledge of the island and the trust placed in that supposed ex friend of my brother, I got carried away and rented CASA UMOJA fortunately only for 4 days, initially they were going to be more days, thank goodness it wasn't like that.
When I arrived at the accommodation and saw the 2 rooms that had been reserved for us, the world fell on me, DUST EVERYWHERE, MOSQUITOES, HARD AND DIRTY BEDS, COCKROACHES COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE BED, HOLES IN WALLS AND BATHROOM, BROKEN CURTAINS AND DIRTY, FULL OF HOLES WHERE ALL TYPES OF INSECTS COME IN, A TRUE HORROR, DIRTY, DARK AND HORRIBLE. IT SEEMED MORE LIKE THE HOUSE OF TERROR
My surprise was that when I tried to talk to the person in charge, he was traveling, there was no one there except the doorman who opened the door for us and who disappeared instantly.
That same night we left CASA UMOJA looking for better accommodation, of course we had paid in advance for that disastrous accommodation and that was the serious mistake.
Until almost a week passed we were not able to speak with the person in charge, I sent them an email in which I told what happened and their response was totally unexpected, instead of apologizing for what happened, they were very offended and after thinking about it a lot, they offered to just send me back. 40% of the amount paid, doing me a favor, just out of pity, no apology for the state of the house, or for the inconvenience caused. Nothing at all.
PLEASE.  DO NOT STAY IN THAT HOLE FULL OF COCKROACHES AND THIEVES
UNACCEPTABLE TREATMENT RECEIVED

UNACCEPTABLE ACCOMMODATION AND TREATMENT RECEIVED

Everything was perfect. In the garden 3 cute dogs and a baby that I would have love to bring at home with me. There’s a barbecue that you can use and a kitchen available for nice dinner in the garden. Mumin speack a perfect English and he is really polite.

Barbecue available

At first sight Casa Umoja might not look like much, but it definitely grew on us. The bungalows are spacious and totally ok. But what gives this place it's charm is the garden (and the amazing dogs). It's a perfect little secluded oasis-like retreat close to the beach. The place still has alot of potential to refine itself and I do hope they relise that and fix up the back side, and take advantage of the upper deck of the breakfast restaurant. If there would have been air conditioning that would have been perfect. 

An unpretentious oasis

There is nothing like coming from the Zanzibari heat and walking into the gardens of Casa Umoja to cool you down. The location is perfect with it only being a few seconds walk to the beach, Nungwi village and other bars and restaurants. 

Casa Umoja has a lot of character and potential. The staff were wonderful and I was very impressed with the food served throughout the stay. The room was cleaned every other day which was enough for me. Although some areas of the hotel could do with an uplift, this place does have a lot of charm and I would recommend Casa Umoja to people visiting this part of the island.

An Oasis in Nungwi

Casa omoji is located very close to the beach, the town of nungwi and all the restaurants. It's very cozy, the people there are amazing and it's quiet. I had a great 8 days staying there and would highly recommend it for either solo travellers, familes or couples - it suits all! 

Great place to stay!

The garden is beautiful, lots of places to rest in the shade.

The smile of the staff disappeared the second the bill was payed and never came back. It feels as if they don’t like you or their job or both.

The location is ok just one hop in from the beach. Rooms smelled a bit of mold but were otherwise ok.

Nice garden but the staff doesn’t care

Casa Unoja. We had an upstairs room with two double beds. Lots of space which compared with a lot of the bungalows along the beach means a lot. Set in a garden it’s just a few steps from the quieter end of Nungwi beach. It has character and the staff are nice. BUT. They really do the bare minimum here. Bathrooms are devoid of any touches like, a glass, a brush for the toilet. They clean and change bed linen and towels only when you ask. Nobody services the rooms unless asked. For the price we were paying we expected better than this. If somebody took the place and gave it a decent upgrade this would be fabulous place to stay. It’s such a pity because it’s actually one of the most characterful places we have seen here, a real diamond in the rough. The garden has lovely arty things all over and swinging beds and hammocks in the shade. It just all looks a bit tired. Despite its shortcomings we enjoyed our stay here.

Quaint but a faded glory

We spent few nights at Casa Umoja. The room was big and clean, the bed was very comfortable and the bathroom clean and with a nice hot water shower. I really liked that it was a bit hidden and away from the big touristic resorts, yet it was a 2 minute walk from the beach and all the bars and restaurants.

Very nice stay

We went in jully 2016 and chose the place based on ratings, reviews and images we have seen online. But once we arrived it was nothing as advertised. Half of the place was under construction and the place was very dirty and not functional as some doors didn't lock, wifi was almost non existent safe box had no key and toilet was dirty in all rooms we have been moved to. In one room the flushing also didnt work. I believe we switched 3 rooms but without any luck. We have been in a lot of hotels and private accommodations that were even 10 euros per night but this is definitely the worst 12 days we spend. The sad truth is that all other hotels were as bad. 2 hotels were ok but booked out, so we were stuck. The breakfast was extremely poor and we ended up eating elsewhere because the food on Zanzibar was great. My wife was always scared of the dogs and the neighbourhood didn't feel safe at all. On every corner someone was harassing us sunset cruises, or snorkelling trips and any type of drugs we ever heard of. I guess Zanzibar was not rally suited for our needs especially after we found out that we couldn't go to the fish market because of cholera but were assured it open in 3 days after which was not very confident inspiring. Adding to that that we would smell burning rubber all the time from the beach close by Casa Umoja is definitely the worst choice we have ever made. I strongly advise the owner to put some effort into the rooms and not only on the green environment that is not even accessible due to mosquitos and then put the prices they have as the place was not worth the money. 

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