Pole Pole in Mafia Island Marine Park | Travel + Leisure
Mafia Island Marine Park
www.polepole.com
255-22/260-1530

COST: $$$

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From Travel + Leisure, Jul 2003

“In Swahili, the name means 'slowly, slowly,' as if anyone needed a reminder of how to swing a hammock in this sumptuous hideaway on the Indian Ocean. Run by a young Italian couple (the bed linens are from Italy, too), the thatched bungalows have floors of tropical afrormosia wood and bathrooms with bidets. Worry not. Wastewater is treated in a phyto-purification system; hotel profits fund local education initiatives; and the resort launched the first recycling program in the 325,000-acre Mafia...” MORE>>

–David Hochman, “25 Great Ecolodges”

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