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The honest boutique picks on Zanzibar's east coast — and full disclosure on the one I run.
East coast Zanzibar
The east coast rewards staying small. My pick — and I'll be transparent: it's the hotel I manage — is Boutique Hotel Matlai in Michamvi Pingwe, on the quiet, deeper-water end of the peninsula. It's the kind of owner-run place the big aggregators overlook.
A full, independent east-coast comparison (Paje, Jambiani, Bwejuu, Michamvi) is being written — including the honest trade-offs on tides, beach quality and value.