AVANI Pemba Beach Hotel & Spa

Pemba's shoreline holds the hotel between manicured lawns and the Indian Ocean, with water visible from the first-floor rooms. The Courtyard wing adds newer suites with marble bathrooms and ocean views, a step up from the standard AVANI rooms that make up the bulk of the property. Ten room categories run from garden apartments to two-bedroom ocean villas, so a family and a couple on a spa break can both find their footing here. By day, guests laze at the infinity pool or walk to the nearby yacht marina. It gets lively there. Fishing, kayaking, snorkelling, and scuba diving are all on offer from the hotel itself, alongside tennis and whale watching in season. At night, the Niassa Bar leads through to the Quirimbas Restaurant, where the kitchen works local seafood into a menu that mixes international and Mozambique cooking. The Anantara Spa rounds out the property with a full treatment menu, set apart from the pool and beach action. Rooms come with air conditioning, satellite television, and a verandah as standard, alongside mini bars and safes. The hotel also runs a business centre and conference facilities, useful given Pemba's role as a gateway to the wider Cabo Delgado coast.