Jua Boutique Hotel
Jambiani Zanzibar

Jua means sun.Spend one wholeday with it.

A new boutique hotel on Jambiani beach. Every room faces the sea, and the whole place faces the light.

See the rooms Message us on WhatsApp +255 714 460 477

Architectural render: the two-storey room block in early light, with its black steel spiral staircase and sea-facing balcony.

07:00 On the balcony

First light comesto the balcony rail.

Every room at Jua faces the sea, so on this coast the morning reaches the rail before it reaches anything else. Breakfast follows it, served every day and included with every room.

All rooms sea view Breakfast included Air conditioning and WiFi

Noon belongs to the pool.

Architectural render: the pool at noon, loungers under thatch umbrellas in its garden.

This is the same water six hours later. The pool sits in its own garden, with loungers under thatch umbrellas. The beach is a few steps past the gate.

Pool Beachfront Private garden Sea view Air conditioning WiFi

Breakfast included Airport transfer Snorkelling Guest kitchen Bar

15:30 The beach and the village

The afternoon slowsdown on the sand.

Jambiani is a beach village on the southeast coast of Zanzibar, and the hotel stands directly on the sand. Snorkelling trips out to the reef and transfers from the airport are both arranged by the hotel.

Airport transfer on request Snorkelling trips WhatsApp us your flight

Photograph: swing chairs hanging at the beach bar, on the sand under a clear sky.
Photograph of the swings at the bar, extended at the edges to fit the round.

At 18:28 the sun goesdown behind the bar.

Architectural render: the beach bar and its domed bread oven at sunset, the sea at the right edge.

Down on the sand, the bar keeps a domed bread oven going. Stay for the light, and then stay for what comes out of it.

19:30 Dinner and the evenings

Dinner underthe makuti roof.

The restaurant is open sided and lit by lanterns, with the sea a few metres away. Breakfast is served here every morning and it is included with every room.

Architectural render: the open-sided restaurant pavilion at dusk, lit by lanterns.
Architectural render: the entrance gate at dusk, the Jua sign lit above a lantern path.
The gate lamps come on.

And then the evenings.

Down on the sand the bar screen goes on for the big matches. This is the programme the hotel is building for its evenings.

Swahili nights Maasai dance Live music Acrobatics Match nights

Ask us what is on for the week you are here.

22:00 Up the spiral

Night is for the rooms.Climb the spiral, pick your door.

Standard from $90 Deluxe from $110 Family from $140. Breakfast included, always.

Architectural render: a ground-floor room at night, its doors open and lit.

The Standard has no television. That is not a missing thing; it is the point of Jambiani.

Standard

From $90 a night

View
Sea, from the room
Floor
Ground floor
Television
None, by design
Air and WiFi
Air conditioning and WiFi
Breakfast
Included

Ask about the Standard

Architectural render: the Deluxe room at night, bed facing the sea, bathtub on a raised platform.

The room at the top of the stairs. Second floor, with a television and a jacuzzi.

Deluxe

From $110 a night

View
Sea, from the room
Floor
Second floor, up the spiral
Television
Yes
Jacuzzi
Yes
Breakfast
Included

Ask about the Deluxe

Architectural render: the room block at night with lit balconies.

Room enough for a family, with the same sea in front of it.

Family

From $140 a night

View
Sea, from the room
Made for
Families
Air and WiFi
Air conditioning and WiFi
Breakfast
Included

Ask about the Family

The spiral at the centre of the mark, built in steel and bolted to the room block. It is how you reach the second floor.

The Jua sun mark: a gold disc with twelve rays and a spiral at its centre.

06:29 Tomorrow

Then the sun comes back.

No booking engine, no forms. Message the people building the hotel.

WhatsApp +39 345 240 3910 Call +255 714 460 477

06:31First light

First light, 06:31