Environment Protection

Please help us to protect the environment and the marine life of Zanzibar by following some very important rules.

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Starfish

Please never take the starfish out of the water!

The sensitive capillary system of the starfish fills with oxygen instead of water, and when they are back in the water, due to the pressure ratio they can no longer press the oxygen out of the capillary system. They painfully pass away.

If you book a snorkelling trip with a beach boy please keep him from taking them out.

Please don’t endanger the health and life of the beautiful sea dwellers for some holiday snaps!

Plastic bags

By June 2019 Tanzania is to enforce the total ban on the use of plastic bags. With six tons produced locally and another 170 tons imported per year, the environmental disaster is huge. Tanzania joins other countries such as Zanzibar, Kenya and Rwanda. If you bring plastic bags from your home country please make sure to take them back home.

Plastic Bottles

Among the most environmentally damaging products on the planet, plastic water bottles take up a ton of space and often get intermingled with garbage during disposal. In our hotel our guests can get their own stylish and handy aluminium bottle that can be refilled in refill stations in the lounge of the villa or in the bar.
The bottles can be used for excursions and for the departure.
In the room we provide glass bottles refilled every day (and on request whenever needed).
The aluminium portable bottles can be puchased at hotel check-in for 9 $.
What a nice travel souvenir back home!