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Travel and Leisure
magazine has recently named Pole Pole as one of the
top 25 ecolodges in the world. Read the entire article
on their web
site. Or view
a scan of the opening photo and blurb on Pole Pole.
5. Pole Pole, Tanzania
THE LOOK Six bungalows with gauzy
drapes and mahogany verandas.
GREEN FACTOR In Swahili, the name
means "slowly, slowly," as if anyone needed
a reminder of how to swing a hammock in this sumptuous
hideaway on the Indian Ocean. Run by a young Italian
couple (the bed linens are from Italy, too), the
thatched bungalows have floors of tropical afrormosia
wood and bathrooms with bidets. Worry not. Wastewater
is treated in a phyto-purification system; hotel
profits fund local education initiatives; and the
resort launched the first recycling program in the
325,000-acre Mafia Island Marine Park, a protected
coral reserve. Word is spreading quickly, quickly. |
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