Unfortunately, our stay was very uncomfortable.
Zanzibar has frequent power cuts. This property has a generator but the owner is reluctant to turn it on at night, apparently because other guests found it noisy.
On our 2nd night stay, at midnight the power went off completely and we were left with no lights, no A/C, no fan, and no electricity whatsoever. Soon the heat in our room became unbearable. We asked to speak to the owner and we spent over half an hour arguing for the generator to be switched on. Eventually, other guests also came out to complain and she switched it on. I asked about going to the bathroom without lights and she suggested using the torch on our mobile phones!!!
Either way, the A/C is not connected to the generator, so it remained unusable once the generator went on.
When there was power, the air conditioning didn’t work properly anyways, ours was set to 16°C, but made no difference.
On top of this, the Wi-Fi is very slow and unreliable.
Please note: This property has recently been renamed from Ellavita to KIVI Cottages so these comments apply to both properties.
