Xanadu Luxury Villas and Retreat Zanzibar.

A two-bedroom garden-view villa with a supersized living and dining area, plunge pool and outdoor shower. It sits next to Villa Kimwondo, so the two can be taken together by parties needing three bedrooms.

The largest of the one-bedroom villas, elevated on the beachfront with its own stretch of sand, an outdoor lounge and a private plunge pool. The suite has a hand-carved dhow-wood headboard and an oversized bathroom.

A two-storey one-bedroom villa set in established gardens with direct beach access. The ground floor holds the living and dining area, plunge pool and outdoor shower; the bedroom and balcony sit above under a domed roof, with a partial ocean view.

Mawimbi Villa (Swahili for Waves) is our second 1 bedroom villa featuring an outside lounge area with superior ocean view and private plunge pool. Right on the beach where the waves of the ocean will mesmerize you, this villa offers a private butler who will be there to assist throughout the duration of your stay. The villa includes an en-suite bathroom with a waterfall shower, air conditioning, over bed fan, minibar, fridge, and Bluetooth music speakers. Guests enjoy an all-inclusive experience featuring all meals and snacks as well as beverages from our all-inclusive menu, private return transfers, and access to sea kayaking, snorkelling, reef tour and sup boarding from Xanadu’s beach.

A two-storey one-bedroom villa the architects count as their favourite. The bedroom and en-suite sit on the ground floor behind custom cathedral windows; an exterior staircase climbs to a rooftop plunge pool and terraced dining lounge.

The smallest villa, a one-bedroom hideaway ringed by flowering gardens with an outdoor seating area, private plunge pool and an en-suite waterfall shower. It can be booked together with Villa Alfajiri.