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WHERE YOU’LL STAY: Accommodation on Thanda consists of a private villa with five suites and can accommodate 10 adults and nine children sharing. Eight additional guests can be accommodated on request in banda-styled beach huts but this does cost extra.

RATES: You have to rent the whole island to stay here. The rate for Thanda is $10 000 a night with a minimum stay of three to seven nights depending on the season.

GETTING THERE: The usual route is to fly into Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam. Then it is a 30minute charter flight to Mafia Island. From Mafia, guests hitch a boat ride to Thanda, taking about 45 minutes. Guests can also take a helicopter from Dar es Salaam straight to the island.

ACTIVITIES: Naturally most of the activities on Thanda revolve around the ocean. For game fishing, there is a 9m reef-runner catamaran and a deep-sea boat. The coral reefs that encircle Thanda can be explored by either snorkelling or scuba diving. Other sports include sailing, water skiing, wakeboarding and tubing.