The Manta Resort, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Indian Ocean

Africa's first underwater hotel room at The Manta Resort opens in Zanzibar. The Manta Resort in Zanzibar has a 4-bedrooms. The room costs $900 for one person per night or $1500 for a couple. Hotel was designed by Sweden artist, Mikael Genberg. The floating resort is made up of three levels - some above water, and some under it. Although underwater rooms do exist in places such as the Maldives and Stockholm, this is the first one in Africa, whilst Zanzibar is renowned for being a great diving spot with a plethora of sealife found in the surroundings waters.
Matthew Saus, resort managing director said, "After many years of planning, we finally opened The Manta Underwater Room to guests on the 1st November 2013. We opened The Manta Resort in August 2008. We have 16 rooms, and now with the underwater room we have 17. Shoals of silver bait engulf the room with predators lurking in the background. Nights are action packed, especially feeding time when the spotlights are on. We have even had an octopus crawl over one of the windows."