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Sleep Floating With Fishes at Tanzania’s First Underwater Hotel Room

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Imagine yourself in a bedroom surrounded by aquarium-like windows, watching colorful reef fishes swimming freely in turquoise-blue water.

Manta Resort Floating Hotel Room

Manta Resort Floating Hotel Room

This is one interesting design concept for a hotel room at The Manta Resort on Pemba Island, Tanzania, where the room is elevated and crafted along an idyllic island beach.

Floating Hotel Room in Tanzania
Floating Hotel Room in Tanzania

Formerly called Manta Reef Lodge, The Manta Resort offers privacy, romance, adventure, and water sports on East Africa’s finest island marine sanctuary.

Manta Resort Underwater Room
Manta Resort Underwater Room

Ranked #1 hotel in Pemba Island by TripAdvisor, this resort is also famous for its beautiful sunsets over white sand and turquoise sea.

Floating Room Deck
Floating Room Deck

Floating Hotel in Tanzania
Floating Hotel in Tanzania

Located about 250 meters offshore, this floating hotel room is designed by Genberg Underwater Hotels. This three-story structure is built using building materials that allow it to float while submerged 13 feet below sea level.

The Manta Resort in Tanzania
Underwater Resort in Tanzania

Underwater Scene from your room
Underwater Scene from your room

While you were sleeping
While you were sleeping

The Manta Resort underwater room has eight huge aquarium-like windows equipped with spotlights at night to illuminate the sea life.

Night View from your window
Night View from your window

View from your window
View from your window

Above the underwater hotel room, two additional floors provide an airier atmosphere, which includes a terrace perfect for sunbathing by day and stargazing by night.

The Manra Resort Tanzania
The Manra Resort Tanzania

The Mantra Resort Beach front
The Mantra Resort Beachfront

How to get there

Pemba Island is accessible via direct flights from Dar es Salaam, Tanga, and Shimoni in Tanzania, but the most reliable way to reach it is by chartered flights from Zanzibar.

The Manta Resort
Hotel category – Beach Resort
Number of rooms – 17 rooms, including 1 underwater room
Amenities – Beautiful view, Beautiful architecture
City or town – Konde, Pemba Island
Local area – North of Ngezi Forest
Telephone – +255 776 71 88 52
Website URL – http://www.themantaresort.com
Online Booking – Book now

Photograph by Jesper Anhede | Facebook | Instagram
Photos Courtesy of THE MANTA RESORT

Written by Melo Villareal

Melo Villareal is the Online Publisher of Outoftownblog.com. He is an Accountant by profession who left the corporate world at the age of 23 to explore his beautiful country and the rest of the world. Today, Melo works as a part-time Social Media Manager for local and international clients. His full-time work focuses on discovering interesting culture, explore different cuisines and take memorable photos from local and international destinations he's visiting.

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