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Ora Palumbo Reef Resort

3.0 star property
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Outdoor pool
Exterior
Property grounds
In-room safe, desk, bed sheets
On the beach, white sand, beach umbrellas, beach towels

Reviews

7.8 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Pool
  • Breakfast included
  • Laundry
  • Air conditioning
  • Parking included

Explore the area

Map
Uroa, Unguja South Region
  • Uroa Beach
    1 min walk
  • Pongwe Beach
    4 min drive
  • Marumbi Beach
    11 min drive
  • Zanzibar (ZNZ-Zanzibar Intl.)
    70 min drive

Room options

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In-room safe, desk, bed sheets

Junior Suite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Family Suite

In-room safe, desk, bed sheets

Family Suite

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed and 1 King Bed

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In-room safe, desk, bed sheets

Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Uroa

With a stay at Ora Palumbo Reef Resort in Uroa, you'll be on the beach, just steps from Uroa Beach and a 4-minute drive from Pongwe Beach. .This beach hotel is 7.6 mi (12.3 km) from Kiwengwa Beach and 29.7 mi (47.8 km) from Kendwa Beach.

What's nearby

  • Uroa Beach - 1 min walk - 0.1 km
  • Pongwe Beach - 4 min drive - 4.2 km
  • Marumbi Beach - 11 min drive - 5.1 km
  • Kiwengwa Beach - 18 min drive - 12.3 km
  • Pingwe Beach - 113 min drive - 65.0 km

Getting around

  • Zanzibar Intl. Airport (ZNZ) - 70 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Zanzi Bar - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Kae Beach Restoraunt - ‬67 min drive
  • ‪Kae Beach Bar - ‬68 min drive
  • ‪Sai marce - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Jetty bar @ paradise beach resort - ‬6 min drive

About this property

Ora Palumbo Reef Resort

Waterfront hotel with an outdoor pool
Ora Palumbo Reef Resort offers 150 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and hair dryers. Rooms open to balconies. Plasma televisions are featured in guestrooms. Bathrooms include showers and bidets. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 150 air-conditioned rooms featuring plasma televisions. Rooms have private balconies. Private bathrooms with showers feature bidets and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a terrace and a garden. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, gift shops/newsstands, and a television in a common area.
You can enjoy a meal at the restaurant serving the guests of Ora Palumbo Reef Resort, or stop in at the snack bar/deli. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily from 6:30 AM to 10:00 AM.
Featured amenities include express check-in, express check-out, and multilingual staff. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge at scheduled times, and free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:00 AM.
Onsite venue - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Languages

English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Airport shuttle at scheduled times

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 6:30 AM–10:00 AM
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar

Things to do

  • Beach volleyball
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Gift shop/newsstand

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Beach umbrellas
  • Beachfront location
  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Beach towels
  • Smoke-free property
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Ceiling fan

Bathroom

  • Bidet
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • 54-cm plasma TV

More

  • Desk
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:30 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Contactless check-in available
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The property charges 5 percent for credit card payments
The front desk is open daily from 10:00 AM - midnight
Front desk staffed during limited hours
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation

Renovations and closures

The property is closed between May 14 and July 31.

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A tax is imposed by the city: USD 4.00 per person, per night

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of 5 percent

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Palumbo Reef
Palumbo Reef Resort
Palumbo Reef Resort Uroa
Palumbo Reef Uroa
Palumbo Reef
Ora Palumbo Reef Resort Uroa
Ora Palumbo Reef Resort Hotel
Ora Palumbo Reef Resort Hotel Uroa

Ora Palumbo Reef Resort Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 3 out of 27 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 18 out of 27 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 27 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 27 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 27 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Awesome place and nice to spend your vecation there with your family or your honeymoon.....beautiful beach
Stayed 10 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Achille

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was great. Everything about it.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Laurie, Dar es Salaam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxed, friendly atmosphere; beautiful location
My 3-night stay at Palumbo Reef was problem-free and relaxing. The staff is very kind and friendly, especially manager Mohamed. My room was large, clean and very comfortable, and the fresh flowers on arrival were lovely. I had a wonderful view of the sea from my balcony and the sound of the surf lulled me to sleep each night. There is AC in the rooms, but with the sea breeze, it wasn't needed. The bed was very comfortable and the water in the shower nice and hot. Food was plentiful and of good quality, a combination of Italian and traditional Swahili dishes. The pool is gorgeous as is the beach. I was particularly happy to be able to walk the beach without disturbance from local touts. There are plenty of activities offered by the hotel and associated tour operators, but no pressure to join in if you don't want to. I recommend the traditional Zanzibar massage at the spa. All in all, it was a relaxed, friendly atmosphere in a beautiful location with a helpful and friendly staff.

8/10 Good

Evan Cleary, Dublin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fun staff
Palumbo reef resort is a very nice place to chill out and relax for a few days. The very helpful staff go out of there way to ensure you have an enjoyable stay. We made good friends with the entertainment staff Jacho and Samur who looked after us and definately kept us entertained. As there is nothing to do in the surrounding neighbourhood this is essential. Each night they offered to bring us to where ever that nights party was taking place..sometimes this could be up to 30mins drive away. The resort hosts mainly Italien customers and thats the primary language spoken there but most of the staff have a good level of English. The room was spacious and clean and the whole resort is nicely designed and fits in well with its surrounding. The pool is very nice and is handy for when the tide is out. My only complaint would be that the wi-fi is very slow and you have to pay for it. They also do not have a desktop for customers to use. Overall a nice quiet place to spend a few days.

10/10 Excellent

hooman, iran

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
nice hotel
good but they forget the birthday of my wife while i told the day before to the recception and manager of the hotel !!!! it was terrible

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice and secluded resort that offers relaxation
The resort is Italian owned and the guests are predominantly Italian. That didn't cause any problems as staff spoke English and they were very friendly. The beach is amazing and you cant believe how beautiful it is until you go there.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
nice place overall
Is an Italian Resort so the majority of the people who visit the resort and work there speak and understand Italian. However all the staff is very disposable to help and to create fun moment with different activities wich involves lots of people! is in really nice location not too busy and the seaside is stunning! Food is really good with a big variation between days and every night you get tipical and/or different entrateinment !!

4/10 Poor

Örjan, Stockholm

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
warning for Italians
This is like a charter party during the 80s. Too high musuc. If you stay in Palumbo you will not see Zanzibar essens. We strongly recommend you to avoid this hotell.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
gorgeous Zanzibar, but cockroaches
Nice food (although ice cream is not available...) and helpfull staff. Beach is nice. It is indeed a very Italian resort with a lot of / only Italians. However besides the Italians, there were also some other special guests in the resort: cockroaches. Didn't like that!

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Ora Resort in Zanzibar was not a good choice
We were extremly dissatusified with our stay at this hotel. It seemed like any time we had a query the response was no. For example, after a day of travel we arrived to the hotel starved and tired. We were told food can be bought only during breakfast, lunch, or dinner. It was 16h and dinner would be served only at 20h. No one could help us with a nearby restaurant or provide any suggestion where we can get food. Only the GM of the neighbouring hotel walked us to a lovely beach restaurant where we got fed. I have million examples like this. The hotel is designed and catering who large groups of Italian who have there agency rep catering for their needs. Individual guests are basically a nuisance and they make it known. Also be ready to be constantly harassed on the beach by the kids from the adjacent shanty town.

8/10 Good

Cindy, Santa Rosa, CA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Little Italy in Zanzibar
This resort had a lot of people and a variety of activities going at all times, so it did not have that "spa-like" quiet feeling, but it was beautiful none the less. Music played loudly in the public areas until 11 pm each evening. Each day the resort provided some different opportunities for entertainment or one could just sit at their lovely pool or beach area. I arrived not feeling well and was very grateful that they had a medical clinic on-site. My biggest surprise was that the resort mainly catered to Italian tourist groups (the signs, entertainment, and postings of activities were all in Italian). Since I was a single traveler, my poor Italian skills made it difficult to socialize while I was there. The pasta was great, though!

6/10 Okay

Michaela, Riyadh

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Make sure you speak italian language ..
First of all the hotel website should mention that this is italian resort, run by italian owner and everything is in italian language - the menu, excursion, the staff speak mainly italian - but luckily they understood english. But generally me as an english language speaker I would choose another hotel. The hotel and place was nice, food was amazing - one plus for italian :o) Staff was helpful but only by mouth - when you really need something the best way was to manage it by yourself. We enjoyed staying in zanzibar mainly because we had great guy for trips - which we managed and organised by ourselves, imagining staying the whole period in the hotel is giving me chills.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
When we arrived we had to pay over 40 $ in tourist tax for 3 nights. At the booking conformation from hotels.com it Said aproximatly 1 $ pr person pr night.. So either hotels.com are wrong or we got scammed..
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Olga

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Linda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Très belle hôtel mais essentiellement italien, du coup lors des show le personnel parler exclusivement italien. La nourriture est italienne midi et soir.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

De Laurentis

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Villaggio bellissimo peccato per le alghe
La struttura del Villaggio è bellissima e si mangia benissimo l'unico vero problema è l'oceano indiano che in quel punto a riva è pieno di alghe per via dei forti fenomeni delle maree quindi bisogna superare le alghe e camminare parecchio perchè l'altezza dell'acqua rimane bassa!! Un consiglio se volete fare una vita all'insegna del villaggio e non vi volete spostare vi conviene prendere un'altro hotel al Nord a Nungwi dove il fenomeno delle maree è minore e l'acqua è spettacolare!!! se invece volete girare tutta zanzibar questo è l'albergo che fà per voi per via della posizione e della struttura che è bellissima e si mangia benissimo!!!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Erholungsresort am Strand von Zanzibar
Bis auf eine mit Italienerin und Ihren Sprechgewohnheiten überfüllten Strandanlage waren und lauter Musik waren wir mit allem sehr zufrieden.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

salvatore, napoli

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
prezzo qualità
resorto buon rapporto prezzo qualità tutto italiano ,l'unica pecca sono le maree. molto positiva l'animazione (michele martina fabio elisa)

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fint och privärt hotel på Zanzibar
Hotellet hade ett dåligt läge, men för att stanna 2-4 nätter är detta perfekt. Det är ett Italienskt hotell med stor buffé under alla måltider, maten var fräsch dock lite smaklös. Rummen var över standard för att vara på Zannzibar. Havet ligger precis vid hotellet (bara en trappa ifrån) och hotellet har en privat strand som är underbart vackert. Det är ebb på dagen men man kan bada utan problem och stranden blev bara vackrare. Ett mycket bra all-inclusive hotell med underhållning varje kväll, kan rekomenderas, dock inte för en längre tid. Mycket prisvärt.