- Places To Stay

Chole Island, Mafia Archipelago - Chole Mjini offers accommodation in unique treehouses, set in attractive tropical gardens with ancient Persian ruins overlooking Chole's beach. Each treehouse is designed individually and built using local materials and craftsmanship. Some are built around baobab trees, others set in the mangroves or on the beach. Each treehouse has a private garden with dry-composting toilet and hot water shower at ground level. Meals are served in a charming open-sided building, also housing a lounge area and upstairs bar with sweeping views across Chole Bay. The accent is on traditional local dishes of fresh seafood, fruit & vegetables, but also more international recipes adapted to local ingredients and zesty spices.

Chole Island, Mafia Archipelago

A short 30 minute flight from Dar es Salaam to Mafia Island followed by a 45-minute drive to Utende Beach, and a 15-minute boat ride across Chole Bay to Chole Mjini.

7 - Treehouses

Special offer: £107 per person sharing (1 Sep - 30 Nov 2010)
Remainder 2010-11 Season £145 per person sharing (1 Dec-15 Mar - excluding Xmas & New Year period)
Green Season 2011: £228 per person sharing (1 - 30 Nov)
Peak Season 2011: £270 per person sharing (16 Jun-31 Oct and 1 Dec-15 Mar)

Full board accommodation
Laundry
Shared excursions
Drinking water
Marine Park fees ($20 pppd)
Chole Levies ($10 pppd)
From 16 June 2011, house soft & alcoholic drinks and airport transfer will also be included.

Children under 2 not permitted
From June 2011 children of all ages welcome. Please enquiry about the excellent children rates on offer for next season for all children up to 16 yrs old.

Village tours, self-guided trails around Chole Island, daily excursions around the Mafia Archipelago and scuba-diving in the Marine Park.

The lodge buys its food from local fishermen and cooperative organic farms and is an important local employer providing jobs & in-house training for locals, whose income generation is restricted by Mafia Island's Marine Park policies. Chole Mjini was set up with minimal negative impact on the environment and developed very close relationships with Chole's local community donating US$10 per tourist night towards different community projects with full autonomy.

Cash, credit card payments and travellers cheques are accepted. A 6% fee is charged for all credit card payments, and 10% for all payments with travellers cheques.

There is no electricity but battery recharing facilities are available at the main lodge.
The lodge is closed from 16 Mar - 15 Jun.