![]() You can’t go anywhere but the water, so after one day you have experienced it and are happy to go back to firm land. Although I slept well both under water and on the star gazing bed, the underwater room has no hot water, only a marine toilet and the feeling of isolation is at its maximum. You don’t really want to spend more than one night in the underwater room, for two reasons. We were staying for three nights, so we spent two of them in a regular sea facing villa and one in the underwater room. The resort room at The Manta Resort, Tanzania As everything was prepaid in advance, we didn’t really need to provide many details, so we just walked through the spa and activity options and showed to our room when the glasses were empty and the sun had set. We were offered a drink, a gin and tonic in our case, to continue with our bush feeling and fend off the sunset mosquitoes while we were explained how things worked and then introduced to our butler. Peace will have descended and your mood will be changed. When you arrive, you will be seated on the veranda, at the top of the hill, where the lobby and restaurant have the best views and you will immediately forget about the surely messy flights, confusing connections and the bumpy ride. The fields are planted with sweet potato and clove, a spice Pemba is known for. ![]() Children run around, chickens cross the road unannounced, cows roam freely – sometimes tied to the ground by their noses. But look through the window for fantastic landscapes and pictures of life on a small African island. As our driver put it, the first 46min are on a comfortable paved road then it all becomes a bumpy track. The Manta Resort is at the very northeast tip of the island, so it takes about one hour and a half to get there in a 4×4 car. If you are not afraid of flying, the experience is exhilarating.Īfter you land in Pemba you will get your luggage delivered by hand, like in Zanzibar and you will meet your driver. The plane shakes a lot, the windows can open mid-air, the draft comes in and gusts of wind can shake the plane. It is a fabulous experience, unless you are scared of flying. These propeller planes don’t fly very high, staying at comfortable sightseeing heights which add to the experience. On our flight with ZanAir, the plane was so tiny and packed that the pilot had to make his way from the back of the plane on the 10cm 1m high aisle between the two rows of window seats after all the 9 guests were seated because the plane had no front door. If you have never taken a Cessna or Caravan plane across the African Savannah, you will be shocked to see how small the plane is. From there, you can board a plane to Zanzibar from where you can connect on a tiny propeller plane to Pemba. To reach The Manta Resort you first need to get to Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania, or Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. If Zanzibar evokes images of a lost tropical paradise washed in warm waters and breezes of a spicey past, Pemba is the little sister you didn’t know existed and it is going to be the next Tanzanian island to reach the starlight. ![]() Pemba is remote, The Manta Resort is remote. Would you like to know what it is like to sleep among the fish in the world’s first underwater room? Continue reading my review of The Manta Resort to find out what it was like.Īrrival and check in at The Manta Resort, Tanzania What else could you ask for than your own private underwater room complete with another star gazing bed? The Manta Resort, in Pemba Island off Zanzibar and the Tanzanian Coast offers just that. Naturally, when I read that you could sleep with the fish in the middle of the Indian Ocean in Tanzania, I was excited that someone had come up with the perfect hotel room. Show me a wild animal in its own territory and I will show you a happy Mar. A day out on safari is as perfect a day for me as a day out at sea. This is one of the many reasons why I love Africa. I love anything that involves the wild, the mountains, the sea and any kinds of sustainable and responsible interactions with wildlife, from humpback whales in Tonga to diving Sipadan or Fiji, to swimming in Bora Bora’s shark infested waters or trekking for gorillas in Uganda. ![]() Few things in life excite me more than spending time in nature.
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