The Chalker family, who recently stayed on Mumbo Island, recently put together a massive load of toys, clothes and gear to donate to Vision's orphanage in Cape Maclear, which they had read about in our [...]
In the last month we have had two spontaneous engagements on Mumbo - both at sunset on Pod Rock. The first couple were from the UK and were so blown away by the beauty of [...]
August saw a wonderful week of chef training on Mumbo by the talented Juleta Hirner, who has been training the Mumbo chefs on and off since 2004. It's been a clattering, fragrant roller coaster ride [...]
In May this year, Kayak Africa put together and supported the fifth Mission Malawi Cycle Tour. Mission Malawi is a biannual charity challenge raising money for HIV/Aids projects run by ActionAid in Malawi, Mozambique and [...]
Kayak Africa had a stand at this year's Getaway Show in Cape Town for the first time in quite a number of years. Director, Clive Bester and long-time reservations person, Bee Roux, manned the stand [...]
Between Joseph Kamanje, manager at Kayak Africa, and staff of the Lake Malawi National Parks, two successful visits by students at Cape Maclear Primary School were arranged this month. The top three pupils in each [...]
Mumbo recently underwent a close examination of its green credentials by an independent assessor to see whether it could be included in a coffee table book on eco-friendly resorts in Africa, and scored top marks! [...]
We were delighted to discover our island on the front cover of the latest issue (November 2012) of SA Country Life this month! The photograph shows Mumbo Island's jetty with our island ferry about to [...]
After the rains and before the busy times which begin in March, we all head out to the island to make everything sparkly and fresh: we re-cover all the cushions in local chitenje cloth, which [...]
In our carpentry workshop a little way down the beach from Reception, a team of carpenters working under Jurie's guidance have built a wooden yacht, from scratch! It was finished in mid-February and a yacht [...]
Five great ladies joined Renee Watson's Pilates retreat in October on Mumbo Island for a weekend of pilates classes and much more: a sunset cruise, snorkeling, kayaking, hammock and beach time... and lots of laughs! [...]
The last week on Mumbo has been a week of opposites: the first guests to arrive were two families of very active South African guests, who really made the most of the activities offered on [...]
Our efficient and charming SCUBA instructors, Rob Assad and Patrick Phiri, have just certified their six hundredth and one hundredth PADI divers respectively. Well done, guys - that's a lot of teaching and diving! So [...]
Our dive instructor, Rob Assad, recently spotted a rare Sand Eel on a dive with guests on Mumbo. This is what he had to say: "I have tried researching info on these eels and there [...]
The Kayak Africa team was thrilled at the nomination of our Mumbo Island Camp as a finalist in three categories at the recent 2011 Imvelo Awards for Responsible Tourism. The three categories were: Best overall [...]
We are very proud of our new dive boat which Kayak Africa's carpenters have finished building. They worked on it for over a month, doing all the wood work under the huge fig tree on [...]
Kayak Africa completed a successful lake expedition covering approximately 1160 km in our faithful old wooden boat, Nankapakapa. The two American guests were treated to three days kayaking along the Livingstone Mountains on the Tanzanian [...]
Kayak Africa recently hosted the first of many school visits by local school children to Mumbo Island. This is a new initiative between National Parks and Kayak Africa, with the intention of showing every child [...]
The latest great innovation on Mumbo Island is the making of home made, fresh pasta in our island kitchen. Our innovative island manager, Mare, managed to procure two pasta machines from friends who no longer [...]
Our drinking glasses on Mumbo are made from the wine bottles used on the island. Lately our island staff have learned how to make these glasses. During the quiet hours of the day, they make [...]
