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“Paradies on earth”

Pemba Moonlight Guesthouse
Price range: $16 - $32
Description: Locally owned restaurant and bungalows. We love to serve fresh and delicious seafood. If you want a peaceful place and to travell localy, don't hestitate to contact us
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Description: Locally owned restaurant and bungalows. We love to serve fresh and delicious seafood. If you want a peaceful place and to travell localy, don't hestitate to contact us
Reviewed 20 November 2020 via mobile

We spent a wonderful time (22.08.2020-04.09.2020) in the moonlight. The rooms are spacious and clean and you have a small terrace to yourself. In the evening you can hear and see the bushbabies and enjoy the peace and quiet. Saidi (the owner), Fatuma (Saidis Wife) and Musa (emploee) are a great team and great hosts. We felt like we were part of the family. Fatuma and Musa runs the small restaurant and taught us to bake Cibattabread. Saidi, Sija (touristguide - Pemba Island Tours) and Musa organized excursions for us and accompanied us, the trips were just breathtaking and unforgettable.

The beach is 2 minutes away on foot. The next larger city is half an hour away by moped. ATMs can only be found in Chake Chake. It takes about 1.5 hours to drive from the airport to the Moonlight, but it's worth it.

We recommend the Moonlight to everyone who wants to escape the stressful everyday life and wants to enjoy pure Peace, nature and a good service.

Thanks to the Moonlight team.

Yours Rustam and Regina

Date of visit: August 2020
Thank Unterwegs098
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pembamoonlight, Public Relations Manager at Pemba Moonlight Guesthouse, responded to this reviewResponded 28 December 2020

We are very glad that you enjoyed your stay at our place!

Best regards,

Pemba Moonlight Team

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Reviewed 5 October 2020

Pemba Moonlight gave us an amazing experience in Pemba, they made us love Pemba. My partner and I stayed at the bunaglows for 3 nights and ate at their restaurant every night. We also enjoyed their breakfast every morning, included with our stay. They are very flexible with timings, just tell them when you want to eat and they will have the delicious food ready! There is no menu, you must book ahead- every night they served something different from the lcoal market, made special for us.

The bungalows were perfect for us. Very quite, peaceful, and share a local beach with a 5* hotel. Sunsets are amazing!! However is quite affected by tides. There is snorkeling just off the shore, just swim 10-15 minutes out and you will see coral and colourful fish. Perfect! There is a local tour guide service as well, which we took another snorkeling trip with (check out Pemba Tours). The bungalows are quite far from the ferry terminal and airport, from the ferry we took the local bus and then motorcycles and it took probably took almost two hours, a taxi is obviously a bit quicker. It's in the middle of a little local village, which was nice to walk around in; there aren't really shops or other restaurants around, aside from the two other hotels within walking distance, which make it a perfect local experience. This was fine for us, as their restaurant is amazing, then after dinner we went to one of the hotels for an evening drink. Also please know that the only ATM on the island is in Chake Chake!

Thank you, thank you Said and your team, we will not forget our experience!!!!

Date of visit: September 2020
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Thank hilary-r-c
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pembamoonlight, Public Relations Manager at Pemba Moonlight Guesthouse, responded to this reviewResponded 28 December 2020

Thank you very much, we are very glad to hear that you enojoyed this trip as much as we did. We hope to see you again in the near future,

Best Regards,

Pemba Moonlight Team

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Reviewed 29 September 2020 via mobile

Probably the best value accomodation for tourists and backpackers in northern Pemba. There's 3 small bungalows available for much cheaper than the local all inclusive resorts like Manta / Aiyana / Pemba paradise. There's hot water and a fan in each room and you can have optional Breakfast, lunch and dinner. It's a only a 2 minute walk to the beach and some of the best snorkeling around. They can also book you boat, flying fox, scuba (Afro Divers) and walking tours if you like. Contact Saidi direct via WhatsApp to arrange your stay +255 772 270 396. To get there you can take a dala dala from Konde for 2000 tzs. Dala dalas to Konde from Chake Chake cost about the same.

Date of visit: September 2020
Thank TechnomadicJim
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pembamoonlight, Public Relations Manager at Pemba Moonlight Guesthouse, responded to this reviewResponded 28 December 2020

Thank you for your kind review!

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Pemba Moonlight Team

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Reviewed 28 July 2020 via mobile

Super beautiful!!! food is amazing, portions are huge, staff is very very very friendly!!!! This like home away from home, thank you so much to all if you!

Date of visit: July 2020
Thank Tamani Villas R
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pembamoonlight, Public Relations Manager at Pemba Moonlight Guesthouse, responded to this reviewResponded 28 December 2020

Thank you so much for your kind words Tamani! We hope to see you in the ner future,

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Pemba Moonlight Team

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Reviewed 30 December 2019

We enjoyed a wonderful excursion with Said and Ali snorkelling and to the mangroves. We also visited his apartments and would recommend them to anyone wanting to stay in this little slice of paradise. Said was very attentive to our needs and we felt very safe and looked after.

Date of visit: December 2019
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pembamoonlight, Public Relations Manager at Pemba Moonlight Guesthouse, responded to this reviewResponded 28 December 2020

We are glad to hear that you enjoyed the excursion and our accomodations! Thank you for your kind words,

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