The hotel has 46 comfortable air-conditioned rooms, each with its own bathroom. All rooms command an ocean view.

With a design inspire by the traditional East African village, the hotel is for the most part naturally built of local materials. The high-rise roofs are covered with the leaves of coconut palms. The leaves, called makuti offer natural insulation.

They keep the indoor temperature comfortable during the summer season, even without the air-conditioning. The unique traditional Zanzibar beds, copied with care to preserve essential outer details, have nevertheless been modified to offer modern comfort.