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Hotel in Kilindoni
Located in Kilindoni, 3.4 miles from Rufiji Mafia Kilwa Marine Reserve, Mafia Dream Hotel provides accommodations with an outdoor swimming pool, free private parking, a garden and a shared lounge. Wonderful and very helpful staff. Spacy and very clean rooms. Great pool and a nice restaurant on site.
Hotel in Utende
Located in Utende, 4.7 miles from Rufiji Mafia Kilwa Marine Reserve, Dive Planet Mafia Island provides accommodations with an outdoor swimming pool, free private parking, a garden and a terrace. Can’t beat the location, food, or staff. Truly a 10/10
Hotel in Kilindoni
Located in Kilindoni, 4.4 miles from Rufiji Mafia Kilwa Marine Reserve, Maisara Mafia Beach Lodge has accommodations with a garden, free private parking, a terrace and a restaurant. Beautiful bungalows with a huge garden directly in front of the beach. All the bungalows have a big glass front where you can see the garden and at some locations the beach. Incredibly nice staff - try to help and accommodate wherever they can. Could change the room without problems as I needed AC to be able to sleep (March can be incredibly hot and humid). Even came back to the hotel after diving on the other side of the island. Everything seems a bit rustic as first but you will definitely fall in love with it. There is a really really nice gift shop with handicrafts on site - really nice woman from the village, definitely one to support. The locations to the beach is super close and to the left there are two more hotels you can go for dinner or a drink. People all know each other on Mafia and help you with everything! :) Breakfast is great!
Hotel in Kilindoni
Located in Kilindoni, 4.7 miles from Rufiji Mafia Kilwa Marine Reserve, Juani beach bungalows provides accommodations with a garden, free private parking, a terrace and a restaurant. outstanding service, amazingly friendly local residents.
Hotel in Utende
Located in Utende, 4 miles from Rufiji Mafia Kilwa Marine Reserve, Kivulini Lodge has accommodations with a garden, free private parking, a restaurant and a bar.
Utende
Featuring a garden, Mafia Island Bungalows offers accommodations in Utende. With garden views, this accommodation features a terrace. The staff was amazing, very hospitable and took care of everything. Breakfast and dinner was great, they have a really great chef and attentive personnel. They also rented us bikes for free, such that we could drive to the dive shop (~10 minutes by bike). Great and inexpensive stay!
Kilindoni
Kileleni has an outdoor swimming pool, garden, a terrace and bar in Kilindoni. Each room includes a patio. At the resort, rooms contain a desk, bed linen and a balcony with a garden view. The staff are great, making sure we had the best time there. They helped organise trips out around the island putting us at ease. The rooms are spacious with WiFi and air con. The food was good too.
Baleni
With Rufiji Mafia Kilwa Marine Reserve reachable in 4.3 miles, Kitu Kiblu has accommodations, a restaurant, a garden, a terrace and a bar. Some units feature a seating area and/or a balcony. When looking for a genuine, immersive and take it is experience Kitu Kiblu is a great choice to take. We spent a wonderful week there and are enthusiastic of all facilities and people; everything is exactly as described in the profile. Accomodations could be choosene to be more discreet (on the trees) or more common and we strongly suggest the second option; apart from an incredible quality/price ratio the whole experience deserves to be done! We appreciated so much to have shower in the jungle surronded by palm leafs and accept a rope is the door for the toilet (yes, it's true and frankly speaking all is priceless!!!!). All the description look a bit as only for brave and indeed this "return to the basic" is exaclty what I think it should be experienced to understand we don't need that much to feel happy, just go back to the essential and appreciate!!! People have been very friendly and inclusive and did their best to let us feel welcomed and help for local activities.
Kilindoni
Offering inner courtyard views, Mgeni Homestay in Kilindoni features accommodations and a shared lounge. There's a private entrance at the homestay for the convenience of those who stay. The host is very kind and polite. He will take care of you like a relative.
Utende
Featuring free bikes and a garden, Meremeta Lodge is located in Utende, less than 15 minutes cycle from Mafia Island Diving. Free WiFi is offered. Meremeta and staff go all the way to give you a feeling like you are home! Such a beautifull place with amazing flower garden and all the different rooms have privacy around and in this garden!
Hotel in Kilindoni
Hotel in Kilindoni
Hotel in Utende
Hotel in Kilindoni
Couples traveling to Mafia Island loved staying at Dive Planet Mafia Island, Mafia Dream Hotel, and Maisara Mafia Beach Lodge.
Dive Planet Mafia Island, Mafia Dream Hotel, and Maisara Mafia Beach Lodge are some of the popular hotels in Mafia Island.
Travelers who stayed in Mafia Island near Mafia Airport (MFA) have said good things about Mafia Dream Hotel, Maisara Mafia Beach Lodge, and Juani beach bungalows.
Many families visiting Mafia Island loved staying at Mafia Dream Hotel, Dive Planet Mafia Island, and Maisara Mafia Beach Lodge.
There are 23 hotels in Mafia Island you can book on Booking.com.
We did whale shark diving with Afro Whale Shark Safari, and organized trips to Juni Island and Kua ruins through Mohammed from tourmafiaisland.com. He was friendly and well informed. There is so much to explore on Mafia island, but it is trickier to stay in killindoni & organize tours from there all most are arranged through the lodges at chole bay. However we had a great stay and experience! Amazing beaches, sunsets, walks, forests!
Mafia Island is unspoilt and filled with friendly people! Great for scuba diving and enjoying the Indian Ocean
This is mostly a dive area, though the resorts are happy to help you book snorkeling tours and trips to other areas. The small village has very few amenities and is definitely not a party town, but the beachfront is a great place to relax with a book after diving or swimming. Some resorts offer paddle boards and bikes (ask at Mafia Island Lodge). Waves restaurant is right on the beach and offers a few really good plates for 15,000-20,000 TZS. Be prepared to order ahead (early afternoon for dinner) at any of the dive resorts and 1-2 hours ahead for any other place besides the few ready-made restaurants in the village or at the roundabout at the end of the road that offer rice, beans and fish or samosas. Also remember that you will pay around $24 (including tax) for any night spent in the marine park that starts at the beginning of town.
Utende
Meremeta, the founder and owner, as well as his staff are exceptional. You will find big, very clean and comfortable rooms, as well as great food with local prising. Furthermore Meremeta will be making sure you discover the island and miss no possible activities (if you want, he doesn't try to persuade you, no worries). It's by far the best acommodation you're going to have at Mafia Island! We travelled through Tanzania for over a month and we never felt this welcomed and appreciated as with Meremeta.
Wonderful staff, excellent beds and a very nice swimming pool. The chef made some very good meals and the room was very spacious and very new. The staff is also very helpful if you want to explore the island. I can highly recommend Mafia Dream Hotel if you are looking for a place at Mafia Island.