Hamerkop House & Mpingo Ridge/ Lemala Nanyukie Rates Includes:
– are based on Full Board Accommodation and includes house wines and spirits, local beers, soft drinks, juices, water, laundry and wifi
Matemwe Retreat Includes:
Full board accommodation, all drinks (except drinks mentioned under excluded), private room attendant service, laundry, snorkeling with boat (one trip per person), guided reef walks and guided cultural village walks.
Excludes:– Champagne, cellar wines, premium brand drinks, cocktails & mocktails, shooters, all transfers, diving and all other activities & excursions not mentioned in the “included” section, Mnemba Atoll conservation fees, massages and treatments.
Lemala lodges and luxury camps
The lodge boasts zero emission and fuel usage, except in emergencies, and incorporates ethical and sustainable measures throughout.
Reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plants were installed in all the Lemala tented lodges to eliminate the use of plastic water bottles.
The properties don’t produce any plastic and don’t have any plastic, “The only plastic that comes in with other vehicles. We have a big bucket; we name and shame them. Then we turn the bottles into desks for our school projects.”
From ensuring main area and bedroom floors are made from composite decking to using recycled scrap metal steel to build 30% of the retreat’s steel structures, Lemala’s dedication to sustainability will enable a better future for the locals
Giving back to the communities, the wildlife, the environment- (supporting nearby Villages: by way of employment and cultural tourism, supporting schools to share the right for an education, supporting an orphanage, a school for the disabled and various conservation projects.
The lodges and luxury camps run by Asilia, Sanctuary and Lemala luxury camps use refillable water bottles, they are carbon neutral and support local communities in their surroundings. These camps and lodges are highly recommended by Sassabi in our website.
The Matemwe Retreat Eco –Friendly Facts
The Matemwe Retreat uses solar water heating and reuses grey water for their garden.
Plastic bottles are avoided whenever possible therefore guests are offered water jugs and flasks for drinking water which they can refill.
Waste is separated and recycled and a private waste management company paid by Matemwe Retreat cleans the village and the beach on a daily basis.
Matemwe Retreat has a long-lasting tradition of being an integral part of the community of Matemwe as they work in close collaboration with the villagers and the school’s headmaster. They provide filtered water to the village, donate on yearly basis school necessities such as uniforms and desks and built a community centre as well as a 7-bedroom house for doctors and teachers.
The staff’s majority consists of villagers from Matemwe to whom there is always given preference. The Retreat offers to their staff a renowned three-year online training program in hospitality which concludes with a certificate. 5 Dollars per night and person is used to fund the Asilia Giving foundation which supports numerous conservation and education programs throughout Africa.
Matemwe Retreat itself plays an active role in the conservation of sea turtles as they relocate the nests to their beach and have them protected until they can hatch safely. For turtles who are too weak and small they work together with a turtle sanctuary to monitor them until they can be released.
The Retreat does not buy any net or spear caught fish but only that caught on lines and they organize environmental education programs in the school.
