Manta Resort
Accommodation in room types indicated
Local drinks (soft drinks, juices, mineral water, coffee and tea, cocktails, wine, beers, sundowners)
Kayaking and snorkelling from the beach
Local flights and airport transfers
ALL INCLUSIVE! Position, position, position – with its remote hill-top position overlooking a magnificent white sand beach and the azure waters of the Pemba Channel, the Manta Resort is an absolute jewel!
Soak up the magnificent views over the startlingly aquamarine waters of the lagoon in front of the lodge - Manta also boasts one of the most gorgeous swimming beaches in the entire Zanzibar Archipelago!
Fantastic scuba diving, snorkelling, sand bank trips etc etc etc can be enjoyed in a pristine, unspoiled environment with scarcely another tourist in site on this very uncommercialised island
Superb All Inclusive package means that Manta constitutes decent value for money - the free daily massages in particular are a major plus!
Great beach bar - this has to be one of the most chilled places to enjoy a cold beer on the planet!
Wonderfully friendly personal service - Manta's Service Fundi service concept, where you get assigned your own staff member to look after you, is a huge success
Get there before Pemba gets discovered by the masses!
Pemba may be too quiet and isolated for some people - this really is a chance to get away from it all in unspoiled, secluded natural splendour
The rooms are simple, rustic and clean but don't have the stylish or luxurious touches of some rivals (and which such a spectacular location probably deserves)
The new lodge that opened next door in 2016 has rather lessened the sense of splendid isolation that Manta Resort previously enjoyed
you’ll stand in open-mouthed amazement gazing at the magnificent view that stretches before you – it really does feel like you’ve reached the end of the known world!
As we walked through the lodge’s lounge area and emerged on the terrace overlooking the blindingly aquamarine waters beyond, we felt like pinching ourselves to check that it wasn’t all just a dream – this really has to be one of the most spectacularly positioned lodges we’ve encountered in our travels! Getting there is half the fun – after landing in Zanzibar you then fly a half-hour hop north to Pemba Island; from there it’s about a 75 minute trip north to the lodge through little villages and rolling farmland and a last (bumpy) stretch through the magnificent Ngezi rain forest.
Arriving at the lodge you’ll stand in open-mouthed amazement gazing at the magnificent view that stretches before you – it really does feel like you’ve reached the end of the known world! It’s almost impossible to resist the urge to skip down the steps leading past the swimming pool to the magnificent white sand beach – in all of our travels in Zanzibar this was arguably the best swimming beach we encountered as the crystal clear water is a comfortable depth for swimming just a few metres off the sand. Take a snorkeling mask and reef shoes (there are urchins further out towards the reef) and wander out a little further and you’ll be enchanted by the amount of underwater life you encounter – little outcrops of coral complete with waving anemones and little Nemo’s. This is the perfect place for young kids to discover the joys of underwater life!
Another thing we loved about the beach was seeing the local fishing village’s ngalawas bringing in the catch everyday – tuna aplenty as well as other species like dorado - which makes its way onto your plate a couple of hours later! If you’ve ever encountered fresher seafood let us know! Talking of food, you'll never have dinner 2 nights in a row in the same location - one night it may be by romantic lamp light on the beach, the next on the deck under the stars, perhaps a barbeque around the pool deck the night after that! A great beach bar made of coconut wood gets guests into a really relaxed island vibe if they feel too chilled to take up any of the many activities available – including visits to pristine sandbars (if the tides allow), fantastic scuba diving and snorkeling. There really is little better place to just chill with a good book whilst quaffing an ice-cold Kili than here - remember to try the delicious house speciality cocktail, the Monsoon – beware though as it carries a devilishly deceptive alcoholic punch!