Vamizi Island Lodge

Just twelve kilometres long and one kilometre wide, Vamizi Island, fringed with gently-shelving beaches and calm waters, is a haven for adults and children alike. Miles of unpadded white sand waiting to be explored entices you to kick off your shoes and feel the sugar-like grains beneath your feet, whilst beachcombing along
the shore.

A refuge for both humans and animals, green turtles come ashore to lay their eggs on the beach; giant coconut crabs nestle within the coral, and in the mangrove forests rare samango monkeys and colourful exotic birds have made Vamizi Island their home too.

Crusoe invented castaway chic, but Vamizi Island defines it, with impossibly romantic timber villas strung loosely along one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Designed with the privacy of honeymooners as well as families in mind, your villa is your own domain where you can truly relax – unwind from the stresses of everyday life with a massage or simply indulge in the view of your own private beach.

Seeking a little island life, you can always find company at the bar and restaurant, the natural focal point of the island. Choose from a range of cocktails or explore our list of fine wines and sink back into the acres of cushions. There’s no dress code here, so kick off your shoes – that is if you’ve even bothered to unpack them.

Dining
Decking a distinctively island table, Vamizi serve surf-fresh seafood and other tropical dishes, set off by the sea breaking on the shore just feet away.
During the day, there’s the relative formality of our thatched open dining room in the main lodge, or choose to retreat to Muntu Nkulu, our new castaway restaurant open during the winter season on the south side of the island, for a buffet and total relaxation.
You can also take the total desert island approach - alone with a shipwrecked picnic on some deserted beach.
Evenings are a more glamorous affair, with a castaway twist, fuelled by grills on the beach, or more elaborate dishes under lantern light in the dining room. With cocktails and fine wines at the bar - and acres of cushions

Activities
For all those who love to flop, there´s another bunch who need to flip. On the surface, Vamizi Island is utterly mellow. Go a few feet below and everything changes, as the Vamizi seas - which lodge residents share with no other tourists at all - are bristling with big ocean action.
Some of the dives here are said to be the best in the world and the deep sea fishing better than the whole East African coast. Fortunately, Vamizi have PADI dive instructors, professional fisherfolk, and all the toys and kit you’d want to make the most of this extraordinary marine world.
For the less committed thrill seekers, there are snorkeling trips, castaway picnics, whale watching expeditions and lots of messing about in boats, from kayaks to traditional dhows. Landlubbers may of course prefer to wander the miles of sugar sand untouched beaches, or delve into the bush for a spot of monkey - or bird-watching.

Spa
As a reflection of Vamizi Island - the yin to the ocean´s yang - the health and wellness professionals can treat the whole you - mind, body and spirit.
You couldn´t want for a better place for healing: Vamizi Island is basically one big spa - with nurture for the entire self, both above and below the water. They have also added the luxuries of some of the best energy and body treatments available –such as shiatsu, reiki and cranio-sacral therapy.
Meanwhile the yoga teacher can help you look at yourself and your surroundings from a whole new – and much more relaxed - angle.
They have also introduced beauty therapies that are uniquely Vamizi, using natural recipes borrowed from the local ladies as well as creating a few oceanic inventions of their own - minerals ground from Vamizi rocks, local seaweed masks and sea salt scrubs - to prepare your pelt for that perfect tan.
Also, naturally, a full range of massage therapies are offered - Indian head massage, deep tissue, Swedish and aromatherapy massage.