Pongwe · East CoastNow selling · Pongwe, East Coast
Seasons Residences
Our own beachfront development on Zanzibar's east coast — the first residence to reach the platform.
- Location
- Pongwe
- Position
- Beachfront
- Residences
- 47
- Tenure
- 99-yr leasehold
- From
- US$118,000
The residence
Designed for Zanzibar, built to earn.
The residences — studios, two- and three-bedroom homes, and penthouses — are drawn for the island: shaded against the midday sun, open to the afternoon breeze off the water, made from materials chosen to weather the salt air rather than fight it.
Half indoors, half out, the way life is actually lived on this coast. Ownership is a 99-year leasehold title in your name.
Entry price · 99-year leasehold
The development
Drawn for the coast it stands on.
Experience
Walk the site before you visit.
360° tour
The film
The residences
Unit mix
Studio
~43 m²The lowest entry point into Seasons — compact, fully furnished, and operator-ready.
2-Bedroom
~65 m²Two bedrooms, open living, and a private veranda — suited to both short and extended stays.
3-Bedroom
~88 m²Three bedrooms with generous living and extended outdoor space, configured for longer stays.
Penthouse Type 1
140–205 m²Four residences on the ground and first floors — the largest type, with terraces from 30 to 95 m².
Penthouse Type 2
121–156 m²Two residences on the second floor, with generous terraces.
Penthouse Type 3
185 m²One ground-floor residence — the largest interior in the development, with a private garden terrace.
Penthouse Type 4
171 m²Two residences on the first and second floors, each with a terrace of about 94 m².
Documentation
Development documents, direct.
Why here · the market
Pongwe, and why the east coast holds.
Pongwe sits on Zanzibar's east coast — a sheltered reef, long tidal flats, and a beach that has drawn a steady, year-round visitor economy rather than a seasonal spike. Established without being crowded — exactly the profile a rental asset needs.
Visitor numbers and airlift to Zanzibar have grown consistently, and demand for well-run beachfront accommodation continues to outpace supply where design, service and location meet. That is the gap Seasons is positioned into.
We develop only in Zanzibar, and only where we would put our own capital. Pongwe is one of those places.
Who it fits
Built for owners who want use and yield, both real.
The investor
A working beachfront asset in a growth market, run to a professional standard by its own operating company — with the numbers and their workings on the table before you commit.
The diaspora buyer
Ownership at home you can hold from Nairobi, London or the Gulf — a clear legal path, a developer who stays, and diligence you can do at a distance.
The lifestyle-informed owner
A residence you are glad to use a few weeks a year, designed around your absence as much as your presence, that earns the rest of the time.
The portfolio builder
An East African position managed to one standard, with reporting you can rely on and the option to add over time through a single relationship.
The numbers
Modelled conservatively. Shown with its method.
Every Seasons residence projects 14% net or more; the Founders studio, at the US$118,000 entry, 20.5%. The developer's base case, Year 2 onwards: 72% occupancy on conservative room rates, after the operator share, furniture reserve and owner running costs, on price plus furniture pack. Projections, not guaranteed. Method at seasonsresidences.africa/investment#workings.
A figure you can interrogate is worth more than one you are asked to take on trust.
- Entry price
- From US$118,000
- Net yield
- 14% net or more, every residence — base case, Year 2 onwards, not guaranteed
- Occupancy
- 72% — base case, Year 2 onwards
- Workings
- seasonsresidences.africa/investment
- Tenure
- 99-year leasehold title
- Reservation
- US$10,000 deposit, refundable (14-day cooling-off)
- Payment
- Staged, tied to construction milestones
A place to return to that brings returns.
The platform
The developer stays.
Ubunifu designs and builds Seasons and keeps its own capital invested in it. The asset is run day to day by Seasons Management Company Ltd, under the Tropical Residences platform, and Tropical Residences holds your relationship for as long as you own — sales, onboarding, reporting, and a single point of contact that does not change when the project completes.
The team that designed and built it is the same team accountable for it after handover — directly, with nothing standing between you and the people responsible for the asset.
Start here
Register your interest.
Tell us how you would use a residence at Seasons Residences, and what you would want it to return. We will send availability and the full investment model, with its assumptions attached.
sales@tropicalresidences.africa
Stone Town, Zanzibar