Our vacation was held in a low season, but the weather does not prevent good breakdown. Excellent diving. Very caring diving instructor Sufi with extensive experience in the profession. He knows the sea and interesting points under water. The hotel has good boats with powerful motors. Full set of equipment for diving. Restaurant at the hotel offers local and European cuisine, individual order of dishes is possible. The dishes are very tasty. Chef Musa knows his business very well. Spacial great thanks to the Headmaster of the Gecko Nature Lodge Jennifer. She met us well, organized our walk around the surrounding area, solved our problems with logistics (the airline was canceled by our local flights from Zanzibar and back, but Jennifer forced FlightLink Buy us new tickets from another airline). The hotel is not new, but very large spacious rooms in African style. The bungalow has everything you need. The hotel is very suitable for divers, people who are interested in fishing and spearfishers (very rich Sea). Great holidays for people who want to be alone with nature.

The lodge is very well located for birdwatchers, close to Ngezi Forest Reserve and 3 of the 4 birds endemic to Pemba occur in the garden and the fields surrounding the lodge. The food is good, the swimming at high tide excellent, the rooms are large with new AC and Jenipher, the manager is very helpful and one of the nicest persons I met in the whole country.

Old, shabby and dirty

“OK for a few days diving but nothing else to do”

Omari the chef was ace at making vegetarian meals Sofas on the beach front were pleasant Good aircon and shower Jennifer the manager was lovely

We didn't expect to receive such a great welcoming experience from the staff starting from Jennifer, the manager, and from the all team. They are such nice team and treat you as part of their family. The food is so delicious and well finished. Moreover all the dishes written in the menu have always been available. The place is located on the northwest side close to Pemba Paradise, wumawimbi beach and the forrest, sourrend by monkeys and bushbaby! You can enjoy the magic sunset thanks to a nice spot in front of the sea and enjoy the barrier reef through snorkelling and scuba diving! Lovely recommended!

Beautiful location, friendly and helpful staff, good snorkelling, endemic birds on site and Eddie excellent bird guide

“Nature, good food and rest”

A magnificent place, extraordinarily friendly staff, delicious food and a lot of tranquility

“Excellent diving, snorkeling and very friendly host and staff”

The owner, Mike, went out of his way to make us feel welcome and have a magic Pemba experience. Although basic and rustic, the resort had a pleasant feel to it with beautiful views, awesome sunsets and excellent diving.

I liked the kindness of the owner and the peace that the accommodation provides.

“good for diving! very helpful and experiencesd knowladgeable staff!!”

good for diving! very helpful and experiencesd knowladgeable staff!!

“Lovely place to relax, great food and wonderful nature”

We had a great time! The room is comfortable and the food really excellent. We don't dive but want to do lots of snorkelling. Sometimes dive places treat snorkellers like a pain but we were treated really well here. We were dropped with our own guide at great locations for snorkelling rather than wherever the divers were going. Absolutely recommend for snorkelling! The house reef has amazing corals and lots of reef fish. The guides are knowledge and safe. The location is quiet and has lots of natural vegetation so it's shady and cool, with lots of wildlife. They have coconut crabs onsite and work with the community to protect them. Lots of birds in the grounds (we saw all the endemic, inc pemba scops owl) and flying fox. The staff, especially Mike, were so helpful and couldn't do enough for us. Lots of hammocks and other places to sit with a beautiful view over the sea and the sunset

“great place for diving, food is excellent”

great food and perfect divers with very experienced dive instructors

“Holidays in the paradise”

Diving and boats right in the hotel. The owner Mike brings you around to all the spors. The restaurant is one of the best in Pemba with very tolerable prices. Don t miss this option if you are in Pemba.

“great for diving, the stay over is expected to be very basic”

The dive Centre equipment and staff are of very high Sta ndard. we enjoyed our two dives very much. beautiful! the Cheff did make a good supper for us. the owner is very kind and attentive. there is a lovely pool.

“5 star diving experience and service and very good vaöue for money”

I can't image a better guide and a better diving experience than the what the Swahili Divers Gecko Lodge provided. And it even incuded fishing on the way to the amazing dive spots. The coral reefs around are some of the most beautiful I've seen and in very good condition. The servicemindedness of both management and the staff was excellent. The food was great, without exception throughout the week. It's a nature lodge, beeing quite spartan in it's style, missing some comforts, but if you looking primarily for exquisite diving and some peace and quite then this is the place for you. Spending late afternoons sitting on the sofas on the beach front porch watching fantastic sunsets every evening was perfect after the daily boat excursions.

“A peaceful and quiet place.”

Location, location, location. Very peaceful and hostel room option was a good deal.