subject: End Your Tropical Honeymoon Holiday In The Mafia Archipelago Of Tanzania [print this page] Many youthful lovers have a tropical honeymoon holiday, and some take an African Safari Honeymoon to Tanzania or Kenya, and then immediately look for a peaceful quiet get away for the last few days, and this really is where an Indian Ocean Island in the Mafia Archipelago of Tanzania called Chole comes in.
There are couple of much better places to finally end up in than Chole Mijini Lodge which is the epitome of a romantic honeymoon getaway. This really is never more true if you're really conscious of the damage that new holiday developments could accomplish towards the local environment or populace, simply because Chole Mijini Lodge has developed with the best principles of eco tourism and benefiting local communities.
Chole Mijini Lodge is on a tiny fertile island known as Chole, some twenty minutes sail from Mafia. It has been set up as a partnership with the owners Jean and Anne de Villiers and the people of Chole Village. In fact $10 per night per guest goes to resource community development projects, and this is working extremely well.
This has so far resulted in the Community having, and more importantly being able to afford to run a primary school, a kindergarten, an adult learning centre with computers and English classes, and a clinic and a market.
Chole Mijini Lodge is very close towards the village, and is unfenced, becoming situated amidst the ruins of an old town that was heavily involved in the slave trade two centuries ago.
You will find six tree houses high up on stilts, and a large suite on the ground. The tree houses are very superbly created and extremely unusual, with the whole effect being one of a tropical garden amidst the ruins, and it is spectacularly effective.
The tree houses all have a view over the mangroves to the sea, and contain a bathroom at ground level with a long drop composting loo, which although it sounds pretty fundamental, does work really nicely. If Chole would be to be part of your honeymoon, and you do not like the sound of this, then book the ground level suite which boasts the only flush toilet on the island!
In terms of what you do at Mijini Lodge, there are sailing trips, forest walks, and general exploration of the historical ruins, and general history from the area, snorkeling, and diving. There is everything from shallow lagoons to deep dives, and a fully setup PADI center.
What you absolutely must do would be to take the unique chance to see how the nearby village lives, and to experience it. Majini provides you a unique chance to do this, and provides you an insight into everyday African life.
