Our holiday was fantastic! 
 
Kilima Kidigo : run by twin sisters, Afrikaans speaking, from George in Western Cape. They could NOT have done enough to make our stay more comfortable and enjoyable. The room was very comfortable with enormous king size bed and the aircon worked just fine. Although the guest house is only 2 years old, they are renovating the bathrooms to a higher standard and putting in fresh municipal water as the tap and shower water is sea water at the moment. The food was good - better than at Amaan. You eat all meals in the beach bar in summer. The sea swimming is not great as very tidal but it is fine to swim when the tide in. The beach was Filthy - lots of plastic pollution, plastic bottles/ bags and seaweeds. They tend to keep the beach in front of them clean, as does the Italian Hotel next door. The Italian Hotel has an awesome pool and the owner is so fond of the twins so he lets their guests use his stunning pool and pool loungers to lie on under the palms. Fantastic. Dina, the main twin, arranges anything - from dow trips to the reef, to snorkelling, to trips to Stone town - anything. Nothing is too much. They took pictures of us and put them on a cd for everyone. It was great. If I had to be negative, I would say: I would prefer to be somewhere away from South African culture and South Africans. I would like to have had more of the Zanzibar feel. But, this is a personal thing. They did all say that Coral Rock is horrific since the previous manageress left so I am glad we did not get in there. 
 
Amaan - we were collected without a hitch by Exotic tours and had a most comfortable drive up to Amaan. Amaan was a bit of a shock but then being one star, we kind of expected it. The place is big but the sea rooms are lovely with big balconies. We did not like the room they put us in and they were amazing! They showed us about 5 other sea facing rooms and let us have our pic. All freshly painted, new aircons (quiet), nice bed (dreadfully dirty pillows under the covers), and nice decks. Generally the place is SHABBY and dirty outside, littered. The stairs down to the sea broken (I twisted my ankle on it). The restaurant is awful. The breakfast even worse. The setting - awesome. Value for money - very good.  
 
Lots of places to walk to and to eat at. We walked a lot to the beach at Plan Hotel (a Swiss venture - they have built Mapenzi Beach Club and another one- website is www.planhotel.com.) My next trip will be to this one on Nungwe - all meals and drinks included in the rate - beach and pool spotless as can be expected from the Swiss and the Sea Swimming the best on the island - clear waters and loads of fantastic snorkelling just off the edge. Out of Season is 1 April - most of the Hotels had already closed for the 3 month wet season but this one stays open all year. So, I am saving for that already...!! 
 
I can't thank you enough for arranging our trip. You were amazing and thanks to you, everything went without a hitch! Thanks a ton!!!