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Ever since I was a child I dreamt of living at the beach, and our stay in White Sands Bungalows definitely made this dream come true – although only temporarily.
White Sands is a bungalow park with multiple beach bungalows. When we visited Jambiani during the Ramadan in June, we didn’t see any other tourists staying in the beach bungalows. Our beach bungalow was right on the beach, with amazing seaviews from the window and our private hammock on the patio. The bungalow itself was a bit small, but foreseen from all amenities which made it a very comfortable place to stay in.
The bungalow park also has multiple sunbeds and additional hammocks free of charge for its guests, and breakfast was included as well. In the beginning, we felt a bit guilty about being the only guests and having breakfast after sunrise during the Ramadan. However, the staff has been nothing but super friendly to us throughout our stay, which made us feel super comfortable. They even taught us some Swahili in the restaurant during our stay. We felt at home in no time.
White sand beaches are definitely what you get when you stay here, and it is gorgeous. Jambiani is not very well known with tourists, so apart from a few villagers, Maasai people and some cows and dogs, you will have the paradise worthy beach surrounded by palm trees all to yourself. The tides change quite drastically during the day, so the sea level will vary depending on the time of the day.Β
After about a 10 minute walk on the beach you will find more restaurants with seaviews. Just make sure to bring a flash light with you, as the beach gets completely dark and full of crabs crawling around after the 6pm sunset.
We absolutely lived our dream while staying in White Sands Bungalows, and I would love to come back again next time we go to Zanzibar.
Jambiani Town
While we spent most of our time in Jambiani on the gorgeous beaches, we rented two bikes on the last day of our stay to explore Jambiani Town a bit more. We were quite surprised about how primitive the town was, with goats and chickens running over the sandy and rocky roads – not easy to bike on at all.
The houses also look very primitive, as you can see in the pictures. The people were all very friendly, and we were being welcomed in the town by lots of children with their big smiles saying “Jambo” – which means hello in Swahili. Maybe it also helped that my bike had a little teddy bear attached to it on the front. It was a unique experience to visit this town.
