Zanzibar · East AfricaSelective, by design.
Only assets we can stand behind.
Titled residences. Managed assets.
These are places to stay, not permanent homes. You hold title, reserve time in the residence, and place the asset into professional management when you are away.
Most residences on this page are developed by Ubunifu. Where they are not, they come through partners we have advised, and only where the project meets the standard for inclusion: design discipline, low-impact development, credible sustainability, clear ownership terms and investment logic that can be explained without theatre.
That is the test for every residence here. It must be good enough to use, clear enough to own, and structured well enough to work without you becoming its operator.
Before a residence appears on Tropical Residences, we look at the site, title route, drawings, management terms, reporting structure and buyer documents. The point is not to list everything available. It is to offer assets where the essentials are already on the table: what you own, how you use it, who operates it, and how the numbers are reported.
Pongwe, East Coast of Zanzibar
Now SellingSeasons Residences
47 residences · Beachfront
Our own development, and the first to reach the market. Forty-seven residences — studios, two- and three-bedroom homes, and penthouses — drawn for the island and held on a 99-year leasehold title. Professionally managed, with a rental programme for the weeks you are away.
As an Ubunifu-developed residence, Seasons carries the full Tropical Residences model: development, sales, owner relationship, reporting and long-term asset oversight held close.
From
US$118,000
Title
99-yr Leasehold
Typologies
Studio · 2-bed · 3-bed · Penthouse
Location
Pongwe, East Coast
Status
Now Selling
Management
Professionally managed
Kendwa, North Coast
Now SellingLiyongo
60 Villas · Beachside
A sixty-villa community set into an existing village on the north coast at Kendwa. Liyongo comes to the platform under a sales mandate. We advised on the scheme, and we sell it ourselves. Our name is on the sale, and on the terms you sign. It is independently owned and operated — before your purchase, and after it.
Tropical Residences remains your sales and owner-relationship point of contact; the asset-level operation remains with the appointed operator.
Homes
60 villas
Title
99-yr Leasehold
Location
Kendwa, North Coast
Status
Now Selling
Price
From US$145,000
Listing
Independently operated
In design · Nungwi, North Coast
Nungwi Beach Club
Mixed-use beachfront
The next of our own developments, currently in design, and the next to join the platform. It will carry the same model as Seasons — designed, sold and operated under one roof. Registrations for first access open ahead of the public release.
Register for first access →At a glance — Seasons vs Liyongo
| Attribute | Seasons Residences | Liyongo |
|---|---|---|
| Coast | East · Pongwe | North · Kendwa |
| Setting | Beachfront | Beachside |
| Homes | 47 residences | 60 villas |
| Title | 99-year leasehold | 99-year leasehold |
| Entry from | US$118,000 | From US$145,000 |
| Listing | Developed & operated by us | Independently operated |
| Status | Now Selling | Now Selling |
Investment model — Seasons Residences
Modelled conservatively. Shown in full.
| Entry from | US$118,000 | 99-year leasehold title |
|---|---|---|
| Net yield | From 15% | Base case, smallest residence |
| Occupancy modelled | 65% · 72% · 78% | Conservative · base · optimistic |
Modelled as scenarios — conservative, base and optimistic. Every assumption sourced; approvals cited by status and date. The full model comes on registration, with its assumptions attached.
See the full model →Start here
Register your interest.
Tell us how you would use a residence and what you would want it to return. We will send the developments that fit — with the numbers, and the assumptions behind them.
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