The underwater room security guard will be anchored to a buoy not far off from the room. Check-out time from the room is at 11 am.Ī mobile phone will be provided with the contact numbers required should you need assistance with anything. When arranging your meal times your dietary requirements and meal options can be discussed too.

Breakfast will be served at a pre-arranged time. After dinner, you will be left to yourselves. The underwater room lies in what we call the blue hole, which has some fantastic coral heads and an abundance of marine life.Īfter having sundowners on your preferred deck, dinner will be served at a pre-arranged time decided by you and your fundi. A kayak, snorkel, and fins will be provided. Once settled in, a light tropical lunch with cold drinks will be ready for you to enjoy at your leisure. We will then leave you alone to enjoy your new surroundings. On arrival at the room, along with your service fundi and boat captain, you will get shown the ins and outs of your private floating island. The room lies approximately 250m from the shore, about a 2min boat ride over the crystal clear waters of the Manta house reef. Your journey will start by boarding a traditionally crafted wooden boat to take you out to the underwater room. The reef inhabitants can simply not resist the attraction, which makes for exciting watching and a truly unique experience! Octopuses and even Spanish dancers have been seen attaching themselves to the glass panes. Coral is already establishing itself on the anchoring lines and around the underwater structure. For instance, three batfish and a trumpet fish called Nick who is always swimming around and seemingly looking in!īy night, the underwater spotlights beneath each window around the room attract the shyer and more unusual, for instance, squid. Some have taken up residence around the room, which affords them some protection from predation. Then downstairs - the magical feeling of lying on a soft double bed surrounded by panes of glass affording almost 360 degrees viewing - watching the shoals of reef fish and exquisite, often rarely seen individuals visiting your windows. Sleep under the stars to the soft murmuring of the sea. A ladder leads up to the roof which has a lounging area - for sun-worshipping by day and by night you can lie back in the starlight and wonder at the extraordinary clarity of the stars, planets, and above all, the edge of our own galaxy - the wonderful Milky Way - all seen without any light pollution. The landing deck, at sea level, has a lounge area and bathroom facility. The floating structure, Swedish-engineered, provides three levels, those above the water clad in local hardwood, and each an experience in itself. This is the heart-stopping experience that awaits you in the underwater room. Imagine yourself encapsulated within a turquoise blue bubble, watching shoals of reef fish swimming lazily by - sometimes in three or four layers of different species above the reef floor. Experience a unique view of the underwater world. The adventure of a lifetime can be yours by adding an extra day and night to any one of our packages at The Manta Resort.

To this day they ply the run from Wete to Shimoni in Kenya and when the winds are favorable they plow through to Northern Mozambique. The Dhows have remained a constant throughout the history of Pemba. Following the winds, they transported cloves to India, textiles to the Arab countries, and silver and wood back to the Spice Islands of Unguja and Pemba. Historically the huge traditional trading vessels, the dhows, followed the monsoons, down from the Arabian Peninsula to East Africa. You will be called over in markets by the stallholders to sit you down to try their fruits, waiting patiently for your reaction. Villagers are eager to talk to anyone that passes by and small children will give you their biggest and whitest smiles as they yell bye-bye when you pass them by. Traveling in Pemba is discovering untouched territory. It is as though the people of Pemba have a secret that they refuse to share. How can such a beautiful place be so devoid of visitors? On an island with a population of 300 000, there are rarely more than a couple of dozen foreigners. Pemba is still the world's major clove producer, with around 70% of all cloves deriving from there, but now plays its more traditional role of being an Island Paradise with small inter-island trade.

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