The perfect place to stay on Mafia Island

Just amazing – We have just returned from a wonderful 10-night stay at Kinasi Lodge. The lodges are set in beautiful grounds resting above the beautiful Chole Bay – providing magnificent views. The… Read more.. resort is very relaxed with very well adorned bungalows.
The food is very nice – especially if you like fish. The staff are attentive and extremely friendly.
Blue World Diving run by Johan provided a wonderful experience and some interesting dive sites. Congrats to Johan and his team for providing a professional yet friendly and attentive service. Johan managed to tempt Carly back in the water to try scuba diving again having had a bad experience in the Maldives last year. Through his perseverance and friendly manner, he managed to ensure she had a successful first adventure beneath the surface – a 10m dive for 55 minutes!! Thank you for your patience Johan!!
The Whale Shark trip did not disappoint – seeing some 7 whale sharks and close encounters with four – just spectacular. A must do trip if visiting Mafia Island.

To summarise – a wonderful boutique resort in a beautiful location with attentive and incredibly friendly staff.

We will be back 🙂 – Hello out there!
My daughter and I returned from Tanzania yesterday and had a perfect mix of safari and diving/relaxation with Peter at his Kinasi Lodge.
I just have to… Read more.. praise Peter! He’s the brilliant old-school gentleman who makes you feel at home from the moment you walk in. It didn’t take 3 minutes and he introduced us to all the other guests, who were all great.
If there are negative reviews complaining about the food, I would suggest that you have to keep in mind that we are on a small African island with 15 beautiful bungalows and not in a 1000 bed all inclusive bunker in Hurgadha , where the buffet overflows every day.
We were very enthusiastic about the atmosphere, the great diving spots and the landscape.
Many thanks to Peter and his team!

I would like to start this review by quoting my nephew as he first set foot beyond Kinasi’s entrance;
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As one enters Kinasi Lodge resort, it immediately os obvious that a lot of thought and contiguous care are placed upon the resort’s ground. The resort is nestled on a small hill and divided into three levels which all are linked by stairs. The garden and beach area are stunning and invite for a quite and relaxing time.
We really enjoyed spending time at the lounge which offers plenty of cozy seating areas and is semi-open offering great views of the garden and the beach/pool area.

All of us stayed at the ocean view bungalows, which offered a big terrace with stunning views over the ocean and Chole island. The bungalows offered all we could have asked for and were perfectly clean. Big thank you to the cleaning ladies who made us beautiful flower decorations on the bed and the terrace!

The food at Kinasi Lodge is amazing! Big big thank you and kudos to Herbie (the chef) and his team!
One can literally taste Herbie’s cooking experience as he surprised us every day with unexpected yet fantastic combinations. A delight, every day!
This is the only area where we’d like to make a small suggestion: as "long term" guests we found the dishes to be too focus on fish and seafood. We would have enjoyed having chicken more than once during our 12 day stay. But again: every single dish served was excellent!

The staff was wonderful. From the cleaning staff, to the gardeners, to the bar/restaurant staff and the dive center crew: every single staff member made sure we spent an unforgettable time at Kinasi Lodge. We cannot thank them enough for it! We will always remember our laughs with Ombeni, Herbie and Yohan.

We didn’t go diving with Kinasi’s in-house dive center but we did do several excursions with them, which we fully enjoyed. They took great care of my elderly mother and made sure we would safely get in and out of the boat on each trip. My mother also really enjoyed the Spa! She came back feeling 20 years younger and in much less pain!

We will certainly be back so until then "see you later".

Beautiful Lodge in perfect surrounding – I just came back from a wonderfully relaxing stay at Kinasi Lodge.
The staff is excellent, so welcoming and kind and always there to help and assist you with… Read more.. any request. I felt absolutely at home.

The rooms and the entire lodge are beautifully designed and always clean and you‘ll get some of the best food.

Kinasi Lodge offers many intersting excursions so that your stay on Mafia Island becomes unique.

I will definitely come back