Which region should I choose for players in Zanzibar?

Asia for the lowest ping. If your friends are spread across continents, pick the region in the middle of the group; Europe is the next closest to Zanzibar at an estimated 115 ms.

Is the free server available from Tanzania?

Yes. The free tier is available worldwide and runs on the North America and Europe nodes, subject to capacity. It has 3.5 GB RAM, sleeps after 15 idle minutes and wakes when a player joins. No card is needed.

Can I pay in Tanzanian Shilling?

Plans are charged in US dollars. Any Visa, Mastercard or American Express card from Tanzania works, and your bank converts at its own rate. The Tanzanian Shilling prices on this page are estimates to help you compare.

Can my friends on phones and consoles join from Zanzibar?

Yes. Create a Bedrock server, or run a Java server with Geyser so both editions join the same world. Bedrock uses UDP port 19132, which the panel assigns for you.

Does Enzonic have a data centre in Zanzibar?

No. Enzonic runs its own hardware in North America and Europe and rents extra capacity in Europe and Asia. This page is here to tell you honestly which region is closest to Zanzibar and what to expect.

Server locations

Minecraft server hosting in Zanzibar

Zanzibar (Zanzibar Urban/West, Tanzania) is about 4,745 km from Enzonic's Asia region. Over a normal home connection that is an estimated 80 ms, low enough for smooth Java and Bedrock play. Here is what hosting from Zanzibar looks like.

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Nearest region and estimated ping

Great-circle distance from Zanzibar to each Enzonic region, with a ping estimate. Real latency depends on your ISP's route; test it from the panel before you pick.

Region	Distance	Estimated ping	Runs
AsiaNearest	4,745 km	~80 ms	Free bots and apps · Paid plans
Europe	6,913 km	~115 ms	Free Minecraft · Free bots and apps · Paid plans
North America	13,446 km	~215 ms	Free Minecraft · Free bots and apps · Paid plans

Estimates assume fibre at about 200,000 km/s with routes 1.5 times the straight line, plus a few milliseconds for the last mile. Under 60 ms feels instant in Minecraft; under 120 ms is still comfortable.

Free Minecraft servers run in North America and Europe. From Zanzibar the closer of the two is Europe, an estimated 115 ms.

Local details for Zanzibar

Language: The panel and this site are available in Kiswahili; support answers in English and Spanish.
Currency: Plans are priced and charged in US dollars; your bank converts to Tanzanian Shilling at its own rate.
Local time: Zanzibar is on Africa/Dar_es_Salaam (UTC+03). Scheduled restarts and backups in the panel use your own time zone.
Payment methods: Visa, Mastercard and American Express from any country, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay in browsers that support them. Checkout runs on Stripe, which shows any extra local methods it supports in Tanzania. You can also pay with a gift card, and the free tier needs no card at all.
Population: About 710,000 people live in Zanzibar (GeoNames). Nearby cities with their own pages are listed below.

Plans with prices in Tanzanian Shilling

Live US dollar prices from the panel, with an approximate Tanzanian Shilling figure next to each one. The first month is cheaper while a sale runs.

Plan	RAM	Per month (USD)
Free tier3.5 GB RAM, wakes when a player joins, no card.	3.5 GB	$0.00
Dirt	512 MB	$0.99$0.79 first month
Wood	4 GB	$3.79$3.03 first month
Stone	6 GB	$5.49$4.39 first month
Iron	8 GB	$6.99$5.59 first month
Gold	10 GB	$8.99$7.19 first month
Diamond	12 GB	$10.69$8.55 first month
Obsidian	16 GB	$13.99$11.19 first month
VPS S	2 GB	$1.96$1.57 first month
VPS M	4 GB	$3.92$3.14 first month
VPS L	8 GB	$7.84$6.27 first month
VPS XL	16 GB	$15.68$12.54 first month
Obsidian Pro	16 GB	$16.99$13.59 first month
XL 20	20 GB	$16.99
XL 24	24 GB	$19.99
XL 32	32 GB	$26.99

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Java or Bedrock from Zanzibar?

Both editions run on the same regions. Java Edition is the PC version with mods, plugins and most public servers. Bedrock Edition is what phones, consoles and Windows 10/11 play; its servers use UDP port 19132. Not sure who is joining? Start a Java server and add Geyser so Bedrock players can join it too.

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Nearby cities

Other cities with their own page, nearest first.

Dar es Salaam74 km away
Morogoro185 km away
Mombasa, Kenya240 km away
Dodoma382 km away
Arusha418 km away
Nairobi, Kenya604 km away
Ruiru, Kenya611 km away
Kikuyu, Kenya615 km away

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Nearby countries

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Questions from Zanzibar

Our estimate is about 80 ms to the Asia region, based on the 4,745 km distance. Your ISP's route can add or remove 10 to 20 ms. The panel's region picker runs a live latency test from your browser, so check it before you create the server.

Start a server for Zanzibar

Free in about a minute, no card. Pick Asia as the region and invite your friends.

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Distances use great-circle maths from city coordinates and Enzonic's published region locations. City names, coordinates, populations and time zones come from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Exchange rates: European Central Bank via frankfurter.dev, 2026-11-10. No reviews or customer counts are shown on this page because we do not publish per-city figures.

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