monica esteban ferrer

Review of Cristal Resort Hotel

Cristal Resort is a very well located hotel in the...

Cristal Resort is a very well located hotel in the Paje area. You have the beach at the foot of the rooms and, fortunately, it is one of the cleanest in the area. Point to be highlighted. BEWARE OF RESERVING ACTIVITIES (read later).

The cleanliness and hygiene of the hotel are another positive point to take into account: they are excellent.

The kitchen service is good and the waiters are even better. The prices, however, are a bit more expensive than in beachfront restaurants, but being a hotel it is to be expected. During our stay they did two obligatory buffet dinners. It is a curious experience to be able to taste local food. The negative part is the $ 20 required per cover and that if you are not a fan of trying new things (it is not our case) you are annoyed.

BEWARE OF BOOKING ACTIVITIES !!!!

At the time of booking any activity they do it with dollars and miserably overcharge the prices ... the good thing is the comfort of forgetting to do it on your own.
However, I will put two examples that will help you:
2 people on an excursion to Jozani Forest is 70 (Tanzanian shillings 175,000). You can book a taxi on your own there for 20-25,000 shillings going and coming back. Entrance with a guide is 10,000 shillings per person. Which makes a total of about 50,000sh. Where do the remaining 120,000 go !? To the coffers of the hotel businessman. Another example is going to the airport: 50 (130,000sh). We took the taxi on our own and it cost 55,000sh ... where is the rest going to stop? To hotel. The taxi driver thanked us for having done this since the percentage of money they give them is much lower than these 55,000sh. It is abusive for a hotel to keep more than 50% of the amount of activities.