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Pemba Island
Pemba Island
Pemba Island
Pemba Island
Pemba Island

Pemba Island

Reviews of holidays to Pemba Island

18 holiday reviews from our travellers of holidays which include Pemba Island.

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Jenny
Faversham

"My Jan 2024 trip"

I visited Tanzania and 2 other countries between 29 Jan 2024 and 13 Feb 2024
"Another great trip, thank you very much. I am mostly clear about what sort of trip I am after but find it very useful to be able to bounce ideas and get further information and guidance from Expert Africa.

I greatly appreciate the end to end service that Expert Africa provides, which takes away any little worries concerning travel arrangements.

The 'meet and greet' service and the use of a hotel room between flight connections is a particularly welcome feature." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 12 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs G
Colorado

"My Sep 2023 trip"

I visited Tanzania and 1 other country between 30 Sep 2023 and 13 Oct 2023
"Our trip was amazing and Jessica was there to answer any questions and help with any changes we requested.


Suggestions for improvement:

One thing we thought was we almost would have rather done beach then Safari as we were so tired on the Safari from traveling. But we didn’t want to miss anything. This is probably only an issue for people coming from the US though!" Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 12 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr &
Mrs S, Oxford

"My Sep 2023 trip"

I visited Tanzania between 14 Sep 2023 and 26 Sep 2023
"This was truly amazing and a holiday of a lifetime.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

No, but thank you for answering all of my questions. Your advice was sensible and enormously helpful as we hadn’t been on Safari before." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 11 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr&Mrs I
Suffolk

"My Feb 2023 trip"

I visited Tanzania between 13 Feb 2023 and 4 Mar 2023
"One of our top holidays, brilliant planning by the Expert Africa team who managed to achieve two accommodation upgrades!

All our requirements were met and even after two cancellations over the COVID years we maintained all our original bookings dates ( 3yrs on) times and schedules.

Perfect planning seeing the migration in the southern Serengeti then fly on to the northern Serengeti to wildlife watch up there.

All our accommodation in mobile camps were high quality venues and of course Mkombe’s house was just an amazing experience.

Our final chill and relax at the Manta resort was perfect. What a place?!

I would like to thank the Expert Africa team for all their hard work planning and amending this trip through several difficult years. We were always given friendly and extremely efficient service and Jessica Plumb was totally brilliant. She was easy to contact and always available to answer questions or make adjustments to our plans. We would like to thank her so very much." Read full review: 19 nights in Africa; 16 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Ms C.
Seattle

"My Feb 2022 trip"

I visited Tanzania and 1 other country between 1 Feb 2022 and 1 Mar 2022
"Our trip was quite the odyssey. A long itinerary with lots of moving parts.

I was surprised and impressed by Expert Africa who took care of the hiccups and responded quite promptly to take care of the unforeseen circumstances that pop up on a trip like this.

I wish I could book EA for all of my trips, easily the best agency I have ever worked with.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

No, you are top notch." Read full review: 28 nights in Africa; 21 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr A
Washington DC

"July/August 2021: Zimbabwe and Tanzania"

I visited Tanzania and 1 other country between 19 Jul 2021 and 12 Aug 2021
"Our fourth trip to Africa with Expert Africa was another memorable adventure.

Expert Africa has always done an excellent job putting together workable itineraries that meet our (sometimes particular) travel goals. For this trip they had to deal with the vicissitudes of COVID testing requirements as well. The result was a wonderful sequence of adventures across beautiful Zimbabwe and Tanzania and was everything we hoped it would be.

Many thanks to our friends at Expert Africa.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

No suggestions" Read full review: 24 nights in Africa; 12 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr J.
Atlantic Beach

"My Jul 2021 trip"

I visited Tanzania between 1 Jul 2021 and 29 Jul 2021
"The most adventure filled experience of our lives.

In particular our driver Festo was a highlight.

Jessica did an amazing job working with us and we are so appreciative.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

Everyone did a great job with communication." Read full review: 28 nights in Africa; 12 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr S.
Abergavenny

"My Feb 2019 trip"

I visited Tanzania between 5 Feb 2019 and 17 Feb 2019
"Subject to the specific observations in each of the Lodge reviews and being let down by Expert Africa in respect of our final transfer from Dar to NBI, we had a wonderful holiday experience and would recommend Siwandu and Fundu Lagoon in particular as places to visit." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 12 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Polybin
Stubbington

"Not the best for the price"

I visited Tanzania between 5 Sep 2018 and 22 Sep 2018
"Thoroughly enjoyed the holiday but not the best safari/beach holiday we've had in Africa.

Would recommend both resorts but Manta is expensive which we put down to location.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

Nope; We'd recommend your company" Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 12 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Good
DS family
E Sussex

"The best holiday we have ever had!"

I visited Tanzania between 11 Jul 2018 and 22 Jul 2018
"We all agreed that this was the best holiday that we had ever had. Even better than our honeymoon! A fantastic holiday to have with teenagers and we were surprised with the number of familiies that we saw.

Although we were busy on safari, the holiday still felt relaxing as we did not have to think about or do anything. All our needs were taken care of.

There was something for everyone on this holiday and all enjoyed the birds, scenery, butterflies, stars and crabs as much as the big game. All lodges were outstanding, although different and we definitely needed the four days on the beach after the safari to relax.

The only issue we encountered was Kearsleys not being at Dars airport to collect us and our very expensive phone call to them. They did respnd quickly to our call though." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 10 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
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Where to stay in Pemba Island

Our suggestions for beach lodges in Pemba Island


Manta Resort

Manta Resort

Manta Resort is a remote lodge in northern Pemba. It is relatively expensive, but some guests – especially divers – will find it good value.


94% (10 reviews)
Fundu Lagoon

Fundu Lagoon

Pemba's best-known beach lodge, Fundu Lagoon attracts honeymooners for its remote location, and divers for its proximity to some deep wall dives.


88% (8 reviews)
Pemba Lodge

Pemba Lodge

Pemba Lodge is a rustic, eco-friendly lodge on a stunning stretch of beach on Shamiani Island, just off the main island of Pemba.


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