Chumbe Island Coral Park
Chumbe Island Coral Park is a financially self-sustaining conservation initiative. It is run by a limited company without profit objectives, whereby income from visitors is re-invested into the conservation activities and education programmes operating in the park.
Chumbe Island is a nature reserve and includes the Chumbe Reef Sanctuary: the first declared Marine Protected Area of Tanzania, one of the world's most beautiful coral gardens and the best preserved shallow reef on the East African Coast. The sanctuary has more than 200 species of pristine stone corals, more than 400 species of fish and regularly visiting turtles and dolphins. This spectacular reef can be observed by snorkelling under the guidance of trained Park Rangers.
ACCOMMODATION: consists of eco-bandas perfectly blended with the surrounding nature and situated between the beach and the forest. Chumbe has seven stunning eco-bandas each incorporating state-of-the-art eco-architecture and using local materials. They are especially pioneering because they are all ecologically self-sustaining with zero impact on the environment. Each bungalow has solar-powered lighting, private bathroom, cold & (solar-heated) hot water showers fed from a unique rainwater catchment system, compost toilets and greywater filtration through specialised garden areas.
Our head Chef serves delicious local Zanzibari cuisine, which combines influences of Arabic, Indian and African dishes using fresh fish, octopus and seafood, beef and chicken, tropical vegetables, fruits and spices.
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You only need to look at their list of awards to know that Chumbe Island is an innovative and progressive tourism destination. Stunning diving in the bio-diverse private marine reserve, the first of it's kind in Tanzania, and beautifully designed eco-bungalows on the beach front. It is about as close as you get to your own tropical paradise: there are only 7 bungalows in total. A fantastic honeymoon destination if you want to avoid the whole 'resort' thing and feel a part of the places you visit, and equally special for anyone travelling in East Africa and looking for somewhere truly unique for a few days. That all revenue goes straight back into advancing their conservation aims just makes Chumbe Island even more worth visiting.
Sustainability
Read more about our current policies and what we are doing next.
Our Current Policies
Leadership in sustainable practices and/or tackling local social or environmental concerns is our original motivation and main focus of our operation.
Our Future Action Plan
- To continue providing a direct source of income to local fishermen by selling fish and other seafood to the island restaurant through local markets.
- To provide training ground for local people in conservation area management.
- To create unique facilities for environmental education for schoolchildren and other visitors.
- To continue helping restocking of locally depleted fisheries and promotes recovery of degraded coral reef ecosystems
- To continue helping restocking of locally depleted fisheries and promotes recovery of degraded coral reef ecosystems
- To provide valuable experience in the financially sustainable management of protected areas.
- To Contribute to biodiversity conservation and ecological restoration, by effectively protecting a pristine coral island for future generations.