Enchanted, romantic and stylish, Fundu Lagoon is your quintessential far-flung island hideaway. It's impossible not to fall in love with Fundu Lagoon, situated way out on the isolated West Coast of Pemba Island. This exclusive resort was created by Scottish fashion designer Ellis Flyte and has something for everyone.
We've always found the staff at Fundu Lagoon fantastic, from the management down to the cleaners. Everybody makes you feel welcome and relaxed. There's never any pressure to do things, so its the perfect place to just unwind and, in Fundu lingo, "chill out".
The rates at Fundu include all meals, their in-house selection of drinks (including alcoholic drinks), laundry and selected activities (Canoe safari and dhow cruise). Rates do not include diving, non-motorised water sports, Mesali Island snorkelling trips or transfers from Chake Chake Airport (US$70 per vehicle one way for a maximum of five people).
Needless to say, given its remote location, Fundu Lagoon is the only resort for miles around, so there are no other holidaymakers about. The local villagers, however, do use the ocean in front of the hotels beach to collect their food.
Two restaurants
Two bars
Lounge
Fully-equipped dive centre
Dhow for sunset cruises
Games rooms with satellite television, darts and pool table
Boutique
Ceiling fan
Mini-bar
Bathrobes
Mosquito nets
Aromatic bathroom toiletries
Laundry
Limited room service
Area Attractions
Accommodation at Fundu Lagoon The 16 bungalows, reached via sandy walkways in the tropical vegetation, are the ultimate in sumptuous tented lodgings. They're built on hardwood, stilted decks under a makuti (palm-thatch) roof and have large, private balconies overlooking the sea.
The interiors are spacious and stylishly decorated. You'll find mini-bars in your room and cotton bathrobes and aromatherapy products in the en-suite bathroom. The romantic, large beds are wrapped in flowing mosquito netting. It's the kind of room you don't really want to leave, except to laze about on the sandy beach.
One of the advantages of the canvas walls is that you can hear the harmless forest creatures moving about in the shrubbery outside. Listen to the chatter of birds, shrieks of the bush babies and swoosh of the flying foxes sweeping through the branches.
There are also four Beachside Suites with their own private plunge pools and chill-out lounges. Three of the suites are on the beach and 1 is set back from the beach in amongst all the trees.
Dining at Fundu Lagoon The venue for dinner changes each evening. It's all part of keeping things interesting at Fundu. Sometimes dinner is served on the deck close to the jetty and illuminated by lanterns. At other times it's in the open-walled restaurant or on the beach under the stars with a fire crackling away.
The fare varies each day, but is mainly international in style with some use of local ingredients. Seafood is regularly on the menu for dinner, as is fruit for breakfast and dessert. You'll also find chicken and meat, which isn't common in these parts. There's a choice of dishes and courses for lunch and dinner.
Breakfast is usually a buffet with a variety of pastries, fruit and yoghurt. You can also order a cooked breakfast.
Fundu Lagoon Activities: You can do as little or as much as you like at Fundu Lagoon. You can go on diving or snorkelling trips to Mesali Island, sunset cruises on a dhow, canoe trips to see the mangroves, or even an aroma therapy massage treatment at the resort itself. Some of the best game fishing lies in the Pemba Channel, so fishing is definitely an option at Fundu.
Look out for the phosphorescence in the water, which occurs at certain times of the year. At night you can see the marine life under the water and watch the fish. You can also put your hand in the water and see it light up like a torch. This doesn't happen all the time, but when it does it’s incredibly special.
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