All good

Clean and spacious rooms, with A/C. Very good breakfast. Terrace is well equipped

Stayed in August 2025

nothing

Good breakfast, kind people

Stayed in January 2025

Good location, delicious breakfast, friendly staff, calm place to stay, big terrace with sea view.

Stayed in February 2025

The only issue here was that there were power outages from time to time. This is not something the owner has control over - it affected many businesses in the area. The owner plans to buy a generator when he has saved the money needed to buy it.

This place was beautiful! We loved that it was set back from the beach so it was quiet, yet we had easy access to the ocean and we had a wonderful view of the turquoise waters from our large covered balcony. The balcony was an extension of our huge and pleasant room. A delicious and plentiful breakfast was delivered to our balcony each morning. The owner was very kind! He allowed us to stay extra time, since our taxi wasn't arriving until after check-out time.

Stayed in January 2025

Nothing

Great place to stay, steps from the beach and several restaurants and kite/snorkeling centers. Amina and Issa were very attentive and super friendly. The breakfast was excellent.

Stayed in December 2024

Electric cuts every day.....

Amka House is a perfect place for independent travelers like us. The rooms are really nice and the wonderful breakfast, brought to our terrace in the mornings, included coffee/tea, fresh juice, fruits, eggs, bread and crêpes. Amka House is not first row, but so close to the beach that you can just go barefoot in your swimming suit. Some rooms have sea view. The beach just in front is suitable at high and low tide (you just go further to the sand bank). There are no sun beds, but in the afternoon you can sit in the sand in the shadow from the palm trees and watch the local kids swimming and playing football. There are bars just in front, too. The village: This part of Jambiani just behind the Amka House is a local Tanzanian village with some infrastructure like little souvenir shops and local restaurants with meals for decent prices starting at 10.000 TZS (if you don't want to pay the beach front). People are very friendly, and there are also plenty of little "supermarkets" to buy water, fruits, etc. You can walk 5min to the main road and take a Daladala (the common shared mini buses) and go for 500 TZS to Paje (or take a local Tuktuk for 5-7000 TZS) or 3000 TZS to Stone Town (Stone Town can take 2 hours though and you need to change Daladala). We also made our way from the airport to Amka House with the Daladala. If you are more into organized transport, the owner of Amka House Isaa is happy to arrange everything for you! He is very friendly and speaks good English and can also organize excursions for you to visit the island. Overall: Being locked in a "resort" would be a nightmare for us, so we found exactly what we were looking for at Amka House - the mix of comfort and local life at a wonderful beach.

Stayed in January 2025

Nothing !!!

A very good experience so good we stayed extra time! The rooms are well.decorated and the cleanest Hotel we stayed in during out trip. We had 2 lovely balcony rooms with tables and chairs anf benches and a view of the ocean. The breakfast brought by Ramadan was excellent . I asked him if they had papaya and next day he served me papaya for breakfast . Thank you Ramadan. Very nice .

Stayed in December 2024

Everything

Best place in Jambiani

Stayed in December 2024

We liked everything ♥

The best place we stayed in in Zanzibar. We stayed in Kendwa in two different hotels and Stonetown at luxury hotel, and AMKA is very good and as good as the other hotels we stayed at. They owner and his wife ate very kind and always ready to help. We slept very well at night. We had two rooms with terrace looking out on a beautiful view of the sea. The bathrooms are very big and modern. The big rooms are very nice with big beds and good mattress and pillows. All very clean and comfortable. We had a wonderful week here and will come back soon. Thank you for a very good vacation.

Stayed in December 2024

quiet place, lovely view on the sunrise. personnel attentionné. cadre magique.

Stayed in October 2024

We shared the terrace with another room but you have only one sunbench for both rooms .

The good value quality-price . Its location . The guide- driver, Michela was very helpful.

Stayed in October 2024

I only didn't like that there were some power cut offs and therefore wi-fi issues, but this was out of the owners control, and I used the wi-fi from the beach bars in these situations. Also there's not a lot of street lightning in the area around the house, so it was a bit creepy to walk around at night with some of the locals who can be a bit pushy and too friendly.

I loved the location on the beach and the sea view. Also, the hosts were really amazing and at disposal for everything I needed, especially Leila! Don't miss out to go to Mtende beach with her! The breakfasts in the morning were also very nice, although the staff who does the service can tend to be a bit slow sometimes. I spent almost 2 weeks here! I would definitely come back here, I had everything I needed for a perfect holiday!

Stayed in September 2024

Beautiful balcony with sea view, quiet place, very friendly staff

Stayed in September 2024

Nice and quiet clean house. I only stayed for one night. The room was comfortable and the location is great right on the beach

Stayed in August 2024

The area facing the properties was so charming with grazing animals, but I was really sad to see it riddled with trash and plastic bottles. Cleaning and maintaining it can have a huge impact on guests’ experience.

Beautiful property just a few steps from the beach. Rooms were spacious and very clean. Good breakfast and helpful staff.

Stayed in June 2024

Loved Everything!! The breakfast is perfect. The hosts are amazing. The views are great!! The beach is beautiful. ❤️ Zanzibar & thanks to Amka House.

Stayed in March 2024

Unfortunately some powercuts during our stay

Very nice breakfast with the best fresh fruits. Also very good food for dinner (we loved the chips and the samosas!)

Stayed in April 2024

Everything was perfect. I recomendet that place for sure.

Most beautiful in that place was terrace roundness palms with view on the ocean. Delicious breakfast with fresh juices and fruits.

Stayed in March 2024

Everything was very nice.

The location was perfect. We were just a few steps away form the Jambiani beach. We had several restaurants around, on the beach and in the village. We came with a rental car and could easily park. I enjoyed the proximity with local life, far from the big beach resorts. Amka House offers a great comfort with a local life feeling. I thank deeply the manager for her good advice about visits and nice discussion about local life. Also the breakfast was great with a plate of local fresh fruits, a fresh fruit juice, pancakes and omelet.

Stayed in March 2024

Nothing really! Confusion about room type booked was sorted out promptly as soon as I raised it. There’s a lot of rubbish around Jambiani, plastic bottles etc - not specific to this property but it’s a shame as it detracts from the beauty of the village.

Spacious apartment with kitchen, huge comfortable bed, nicely decorated, very large (private) terrace with day bed, table and chairs and shade with sea view. Breakfast served on my terrace each morning. 2 minute walk to the beach front (if that) - it’s located one house back from the sand (so it’s sea views are filtered). Friendly staff! Several great places to eat very close by.

Stayed in March 2024

Awesome staff, thank you!

Stayed in February 2024

It was extremely hot and no AC is in the room. We could not sleep for the entire stay

Very simple and friendly, huge room with nice view

Stayed in February 2024

The location is perfect, just a few steps from the beach. Mikaela made us feel at home and even walked with me to the store to buy water. Breakfast is nice and the room very comfortable.

Stayed in January 2024

Friendly staff and the location

Stayed in December 2023