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An Underwater Hotel Opens In Africa by Nobody: 9:56am On Nov 20, 2013
Joining a list of other experimental under-the-sea
hotel rooms
in Florida, Sweden and the Maldives, the
underwater room at Manta Resort on remote Pemba
Island in Tanzania’s Zanzibar Archipelago
immerses guests 4m below the surface. The room
sits on the bottom of a three-level floating
structure, located 250m from shore in the Indian
Ocean.
Above and below each of the room’s eight windows,
spotlights illuminate the sea life that swims by.
Frequent visitors include a trumpet fish known as
Nick, as well as squid and octopus at night. Above
the underwater space, guests can climb a ladder to
the water level, which contains a bathroom and
lounge, or ascend to the rooftop to soak up the sun
or lay beneath the stars.
The floating structure was designed by Swedish
artist Mikael Genberg, who also constructed the
structurally similar Utter Inn in Sweden’s Lake
Malaren. For this project, he sought a more remote
location with clearer waters, and found it off
Pemba’s coast in the form of “the blue hole”, a
circular clearing within the coral reef, measuring
about 50m in diameter. The open space made it the
ideal location to anchor the new underwater
structure.
The room officially opened for guests on 1
November. Since Manta Resort has only one
underwater space within the now 17-room resort,
single nights in the room can be added to an
existing stay for $1,500 per night.

My people can u pay N230000 to spend a night in this hotel. Don't forget that sea creatures like sharks , dolphins , octopus e.t.c. will be your neighbor. LOL
source http://www.bbc.com/travel/feature/20131119-an-underwater-hotel-opens-in-africa

Re: An Underwater Hotel Opens In Africa by Nobody: 9:58am On Nov 20, 2013
Nw where is the end time ppl
Re: An Underwater Hotel Opens In Africa by hammedroyabat(m): 10:05am On Nov 20, 2013
Sounds crazy... All for luxury
Re: An Underwater Hotel Opens In Africa by Nobody: 10:14am On Nov 20, 2013
hammed royabat: Sounds crazy... All for luxury
Lol ... most ppl dnt think like that when they hv d cash in excess ...
FP pls
Re: An Underwater Hotel Opens In Africa by Nomski0(f): 10:16am On Nov 20, 2013
Wish we can have such in Nigeria.
Zanibar's getting more luxurious every year. undecided
Re: An Underwater Hotel Opens In Africa by Vicjay1(m): 10:18am On Nov 20, 2013
i no go dare swim for their swimming pool ooo. i no know when i go leave the real swimming pool enter river.
Re: An Underwater Hotel Opens In Africa by Vivly(f): 10:20am On Nov 20, 2013
Mammy water things. Mermaids will book the VIP lodge

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Re: An Underwater Hotel Opens In Africa by demelza: 10:29am On Nov 20, 2013
Kai!
With money, nothing is impossible.
I love it.
Re: An Underwater Hotel Opens In Africa by Nobody: 10:39am On Nov 20, 2013
Vivly: Mammy water things. Mermaids will book the VIP lodge

Imaging sleeping in the night n decides to go take a pee... looks through the window n there is mermaids looking n laughing at u.... OMO C ORIGINAL GOBE !!!

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Re: An Underwater Hotel Opens In Africa by Dannylux: 12:56pm On Nov 20, 2013
Not very thoughtful of them undecided
Re: An Underwater Hotel Opens In Africa by Afrobasic(m): 10:13pm On Nov 20, 2013
The pictures don't look impressive to me undecided
Re: An Underwater Hotel Opens In Africa by jayewalex: 11:17pm On Nov 20, 2013
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Re: An Underwater Hotel Opens In Africa by astronautog(m): 1:57am On Nov 25, 2013
Bleep

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