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Kinasi Lodge, Mafia Island, Tanzania
| Resort Facts |
| Resort Address: |
Utende
Mafia Island 18033 Tanzania |
| Resort Location: |
Beach |
| Resort Category: |
Priced from US$100 to US$200 |
| Number Rooms/Units: |
14 |
| Resort Description |
Kinasi Lodge is a small, private Hotel situated in a coconut and cashew plantation facing Chole Bay on Mafia Island. It provides a high standard of accommodation in only twelve bungalows (one is a family unit with two bedrooms), each with a large veranda and en-suite bathroom. The bungalows have been constructed in rendered concrete block, with palm-leaf (makuti) roofs, and concrete foundations and floors. There is all-day mains electricity and hot and cold water supply from three permanent wells on the property.
Most of all there is tranquillity and privacy in beautiful, natural surroundings, and the friendly staff will do their best to look after you with service to your rooms, morning tea and coffee with fresh biscuits and cakes, sundowners and cocktails, delicious food and attention to any requests you may have.
KINASI started as a private home, and that is how we wish the guests to feel - as if they are in their own home. So enjoy Mafia and this little retreat we have created with all its activities, the swimming pool, gardens and beach, and the relaxed atmosphere and good company. |
| Room/Unit Descriptions |
Seafront Double Room
Facing sea ensuite with hot solar-heated water.
A desk and chair, verandah chairs and table & hamock ,full-length mirror, ceiling fan for cool air and power outlets in the bathroom. Walk-in mosquito nets . | Book Now | Garden Sea View Double
Beautiful combination of the garden and sea views. Rooms are ensuite with hot solar-heated water and have ample hanging space,verandah chairs and table & hamock, double chaise, full-length mirror, ceiling fan .walk-in mosquito nets | Book Now | Sea Front Twin
Twin sea facing ensuite with hot solar-heated water.
A desk and chair, verandah chairs and table & hamock ,full-length mirror, ceiling fan for cool air and power outlets in the bathroom. Walk-in mosquito nets . | Book Now | Garden Sea View Twin
Two single beds cottage with a garden and sea view. Ensuite with hot solar-heated water and have ample hanging space, a desk and chair, verandah chairs and table & hamock, double chaise, full-length mirror, ceiling fan .walk-in mosquito net | Book Now | Family Room
Family Room are available at Kinasi as a Sea Front or a Garden Sea View. | Book Now | Family Sea Front Room
Sea Front 2 DBL Bed rooms with shared bathroom | Book Now | Family Garden Sea View
Double deck Garden Sea View room with balcony . 1 DBL Bed, 1 SGL Bed and 2 bed-coaches for infants | Book Now |
| Resort Facilities |
This Mafia Island hotel has its very own private beach. Kinasi Lodge offers a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a poolside bar. A complimentary breakfast is served each morning and a complimentary reception is also offered (may not be available daily).
In addition to an outdoor pool, Kinasi Lodge provides a health club, a spa tub, and a sauna.
Business-related amenities at this 2.0-star property include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, a 24-hour business center, and a business center.
Meeting facilities include conference rooms, banquet facilities, and meeting rooms for small groups.
Transportation options at this property include an airport shuttle (surcharge) (available 24 hours).
This property also offers a swim-up bar, spa services, and a library. Onsite parking is complimentary. The property may provide extended parking privileges to guests after check-out (surcharge). |
| Nearby Attractions |
Diving Sites:
Chole Bay is blessed with a number of excellent dives within the Bay, ensuring diving in almost any weather, as well as easy access. Visibility varies with the wind and tides, and is generally poor on outgoing tides as there is the normal accumulation of organic and granular matter in the water. The diving is tide-dependent for this reason and also to avoid strong currents at the dive sites which are close to the mouth of the Bay (Kinasi Pass). We usually dive on the full low, full high or on the incoming tide for the Kinasi Pass drift dive and the Chole and Kinsai walls. Diving outside the Bay is subject to weather conditions and tides, as it can be dangerous to negotiate Kinasi Pass on an outgoing tide; however, once outside the Bay the dives are not tide dependent.
Almost all Mafia's best diving is at depths of less than 30m so it is a sport diver's paradise. The reefs of the archipelago offer a staggeringly beautiful and varied display of marine life. The excellent condition and high diversity of the reefs stimulated the creation of Mafia Island Marine Park, Tanzania's first marine park. Examples of most kinds of tropical marine habitat occur here, including exposed fringing reefs, rock walls, soft coral and algae-dominated reefs. The diversity of animal and plant life is hard to match, with over 50 genera of corals and 400 species of fish so far identified; many more still await determination. There are excellent examples of giant table corals, delicate seafans, whip corals, and huge stands of blue-tipped staghorn corals. Large predatory fish and turtles are common and surprisingly unaffected by approaching divers.
Dives inside the bay:
- Kinasi Wall
- Chole Wall
- Coral Gardens
- The Coral Patches
- The Pinnacle
- Kinasi Pass
- Milimani
Dives outside the bay:
- Dindini Wall North
- Jina Pass
- Jina Reef
- Kinasi Pass Entrance
Excursion Dives
- Kitutia Reef
- The Dhow Wreck On Mwamba Ukuta Frontier
- Mange Reef and Sandbar
- Kifinge (Forbes) Bay
- Ras Mkumbi (The Lighthouse)
- Okuza Island
Night diving:
Many reef creatures are nocturnal, avoiding daytime predators. As the light fades and the rich "soup" of plankton rises from deeper water, the daytime, rock-like appearance of corals is transformed into a brilliance of colour as the polyps emerge from their stony cups to feed on the plankton. Many sheltering, daytime fish will be seen resting amongst the corals and in crevices, while octopus, sea-cucumbers and crayfish forage on the reef. Night diving focusses the attention on the many small, delicate reef species usually missed during the day. A spectacular occurrence is the spawning behaviour of corals. Chole Wall and the Coral Gardens are an excellent night dive. |
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