Fundu Lagoon, Pemba Island
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 Fundu Lagoon is one of the top three luxury beach locations off Tanzania, the only places which really compete in over all luxury are The Palms and Mnemba Island - the latter certainly has it in terms of location (it's hard to beat a private island), but Fundu is easily up there in terms of style and overall quality.Fundu Lagoon has an understated cool feel and is by far the best location on Pemba Island.The lodge is a perfect compliment to the country's best safari lodges like (places like Sand Rivers and Jongomero Camp). At times the place has an identifiable London buzz to it - particularly walking in here after months of being in Tanzania. The hotel is set on the west coast of Pemba Island well away from any other developments; it's built up a small hill, with some rooms along the water front and others up the side of the hill. All rooms over look the water and this is one of the few places in East Africa where you can watch the sun set over the sea. The whole place is well designed and looks good - there's a long and much photographed jetty that sticks out a fair way into the sea and looks straight out of a Bacardi ad, and there's a dining area and bar half way out, which is really nice at night for dining and drinking under the stars. Food and service are as good as you'd expect from a place like this and the whole operation runs smoothly.  The beach in front of the hotel isn't as good as some beaches, it's quite narrow and leafy with mangroves along the back, but this is more than made up for by Mesali island which is only a short distance from the hotel in the truly impressive speed boats that the lodge uses (250 horse power engines and consoles like aircraft, all very 007). Mesali is a nature reserve where the beaches are pure white and stunning and you can spend much of the day snorkelling from the beach or lying on the sand. The hotel has a good diving operation and there are some beautiful dives. From 2005 the trips to Mesali are no longer included in the cost of staying at Fundu, so you should be prepared to pay an extra $20 per person per trip for these.
which we initially felt might have been a disappointment as many people may have just done the luxury camp thing in the bush, however, the rooms are comfortable and airy with well equipped en-suite bathrooms and the design works well. Fundu also offers dhow sailing from the hotel, meandering around in the sun set, drink in hand is a superbly laid back way to spend an evening unwinding after a stressful day on the beach…
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