Chumbe Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Chumbe Island Eco Lodge

This place was really cool. It was an eco-lodge on a tiny island surrounded by a marine reserve off the slightly larger island of Zanzibar. The island consisted only of the lodge, which had seven thatch huts, and a lighthouse, which is where I took this picture from. So we had the entire island to ourselves. …

Chumbe Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Sunset over Chumbe

This is a photo I took during a trip to Zanzibar in June of 2015. We took a 20-minute boat ride from Zanzibar to Chumbe Island Coral Park, a small island surrounded by a marine reserve. This was a pretty magical place. The island has only eco huts made of locally harvested materials. It is …