--- title: "Activities" description: "" date: 2018-09-14 updated: 2021-02-20 draft: false weight: 4 --- {% row(style="center narrow" margin="header" bgPath="img/activities_header.png" bgStyle="full") %} ## Experience Authentic Paradise ### By Land, By Sea, Always "Hakuna Matata" No worries. Take it easy. Slowly, slowly, or "Pole, pole," as they say on the island. We have plenty of activities and experiences for eco-conscious and nature-loving travelers. {% end %} {% row(style="center" margin="narrow" padding="bottom") %} ![relax](img/relax.png#mx-auto#large) ### Take It Easy Relax on the beach or by the pool. Take in some Vitamin D. Escape into a place where time slows down. Here, you are family. ||| ![gardens](img/gardens.png#mx-auto#large) ### Botanical Gardens The gardens which flow through the property are home to well over 100 endemic species of plants and trees. Signage and tours coming soon. ||| ![ruins](img/ruins.png#mx-auto#large) ### Mbweni Ruins The historic ruins of the Mbweni School for Freed Slaves, founded in the 1870s, sit on our property. Our aim is to restore and revive these ruins. {% end %} {% row(style="center" margin="narrow" padding="bottom") %} ![boats](img/boats.png#mx-auto#large) ### On the Water Take a relaxing day trip to a sand bank or a nearby island on one of our two sailing boats – one, a solar-equipped Turkish Gulet, and the other, a simple and fun catamaran. ||| ![spa](img/boats.jpg#mx-auto#large) ### Spa Our spa, wrapped in the silence of nature and the historic ruins, offers a variety of therapies and treatments with botanical products made in Zanzibar. Open daily 10:00 - 18:00. ||| ![chumbe](img/chumbe_island.jpeg#mx-auto#large) ### Chumbe Island Take a trip to an award-winning private nature reserve, home to one of the world's most pristine coral reef sanctuaries. Trips leave daily from Jungle Paradise. {% end %} {% row(style="center" margin="narrow" padding="bottom") %} ![mangroves](img/mangroves.png#mx-auto#large) ### Mangroves Swim or kayak around the mangroves during high tide. During low tide you can even take a walk through the mangrove forest nearby. Water shoes recommended! ||| ![nutrify](img/boats.jpg#mx-auto#large) ### Nutrify Dine at our outdoors restaurant looking over the beach and the water. We're currently working on updated menus featuring local and healthy ingredients. ||| ![crafts](img/crafts.jpeg#mx-auto#large) ### Local Crafts Coming 2023 | Learn from locals how to produce crafts, from ceramics to clothing and wood-working. In this way, we can promote and support the conservation of Zanzibari practices. {% end %}