Shamba Kilole was the last and best place me and my girlfriend stayed in on our three week trip through east-africa early 2012. The great food, wide range of activities and comfortable bungalows alone were enough to make it great. On top of that we also got impecable service and the owners are wonderful so it turned out to be... More

We spent 5 days here and Francesca and Marco and the staff could not have been more welcoming. The lodge is small and friendly. The accommodation and food are of a very high standard. The chef prepared wonderful seafood. There is a pool and garden with sea views. The lodge arranged snorkelling and swimming expeditions and trips to the islands.... More

Really friendly small lodge. Only 6 rooms. Simple but stylish. Terrific pool overlooking the sea (not many pools on Mafia) where you can have an intro to scuba before you go in the sea. The owner, Marco, is infectiously enthusiastic about diving so we thought we would give it a go... and were so pleased we did. The whole family... More

The lodge fo Marco and his team is beautifully situated at the shore of the Indian ocean. The bungalows are spacious, well equipped all very originally furnished and with excellent views. The same counts for the restaurant and the pool, all placed in a wonderful garden filled with flowers, bushes freqeuntly visited by wodnerful birds and nightly active galagos The... More

This place is really amazing. Marco, Francesca and their staff really do everything to make you enjoy your vacation. Diving, sailing, lying on a sandbank - can't relax better. The lodges chef is really a gem. Never had such good seafood anywhere else.

First I thought of not writing this review -keeping this lodge a little bit of a secret- but that simply wouldn't do justice to the owners Marco and Francesca and the staff. What a special place this is! The lodge is relatively new (opened Christmas 2009), smallscale (just 3 suites and 3 chalets) and very tastefully designed/decorated, with much respect... More

We stayed here for 9 days in February, what an amazing place, the accommodation was very tastefully done, the food was excellent ( I am now on a major diet) a mixture of Italian and swahili, very fish oriantated. We dined in different places situated arround the resort which was very romantic.The owner Marco went out of his way to... More

We stayed in Shamba Kilole for four wonderful nights between safaris. We could not have had a better time. The bungalows are almost new really pretty and very comfortable overlooking the mango trees out to the lagoon and islands. The owners are Italian but have lived in Tanzania for over 20 years and really understand the country and the people.... More

Excellent and patient scuba instructor. The seafood was excellent and non- seafood - eating - I was catered for with great humour and excellent meals every night. Francesca and Marco were the most natural and gregarious hosts we've seen in years. They made us feel at home straight away. The chalets were understated and elegant. For us, it was a... More