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At The Manta Resort in Zanzibar, tourists can sleep in a unique
self-contained hotel room that drifts on the sea, three meters down into
the Indian Ocean. The giant windows of the underwater hotel room let
guests peer outside into the wondrous world of the sea. For those who
like to sunbath there is a top deck on the roof of the floating hotel
room.
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Underwater accommodations seem to have become a trend among hotels in
recent years. The Manta Resort is now putting a unique spin on this
concept. The underwater room has been revealed recently, a three-floor
suite that floats beside a thriving coral reef and boasts a submerged
master bedroom surrounded by windows to view the local sea life.
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Located on the tropical Pemba Island in Zanzibar, the resort’s most
standout feature is the natural coral reef lying just a few meters off
its private beach, which attracts numerous divers and snorkelers to its
villas. To construct an enticing off-shore suite though, the owners
enlisted the help of Genberg Underwater Hotels, a Swedish company that
previously erected a similar structure on a lake in Sweden. The unusual
new underwater room floats almost 250 m (820 ft) away from the coastline
and is held in place by several anchoring lines leading to the ocean
floor.
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The guests can dine on a lounge deck at water level and sunbath on
the upper deck. By night, they’ll then dive into the sea to access
their hotel room, where they nod off among-st the fishes and their
marine surroundings. For an ethereal effect, the under water suite,
which is built four meters below the surface, is lit by underwater
spotlights to provide an amazing back lit projection of the Indian
Ocean’s tropical sanctuary.
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The large windows are giving an almost total 360-degree view of
the water around it. Unfortunately the price per night is very high due
to the exclusiveness and unique characteristics and not reachable for
many people.
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