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Also known as: Rani Africa

Attractions
Activities
Services
Food and Wine
Conservation
Responsible Tourism
Awards
Accommodation

Rani Resorts' luxurious resorts and hotels are set in some of Africa's most exotic locations, each designed to make guests feel they're exploring a world apart.

As a tourism development company, Rani Resorts is committed to the social and economic benefit of the communities living near to its hotels. Their vision is to attract discerning travellers to unique, unspoilt locations away from mainstream destinations - as well as to contribute to the local environment and community.

So while their short-term focus is unabashedly hedonistic - their resorts and hotels are designed for maximum comfort and luxury - their long-term vision is to help create a better place, both in taking into account the impact on the environment and in helping to build local communities.

Each of the Rani Resorts is unique, and the portfolio of properties includes island retreats in the Indian Ocean, private game reserves on the African mainland and resorts on the East African coast.

Your experience at a Rani Resorts destination is certain to make you feel as though you're discovering the unexplored, while still enjoying the most attentive service and luxury at every turn.

Attractions

The real attraction with a Rani Resorts' destination is the knowledge that you'll find yourself in beautifully-designed surroundings, where every luxurious detail has been attended to, yet enjoying a remote African beauty spot far off the main tourist route.

Rani Resorts has a number of accommodations dotted about the Indian Ocean islands of Mozambique. Indigo Bay Island Resort and Spa is set on a Mozambican island and offers some of the world's best fishing and diving. It's a winning getaway for families and honeymooners.

Matemo Island in the Quirimbas Archipelago offers marine activities and fascinating insight into local culture, while Medjumbe Private Island is all about romance and exclusivity. Pemba Beach Hotel and Spa blends African and Arabian influences to create a wonderful resort in this ancient Quirimbas port town.

Set in the vast and remote Niassa Wildlife Reserve in Mozambique, the Lugenda Wilderness Camp is an intimate bush location from which to explore Africa's undiscovered wilderness.

Experiencing the might Victoria Falls from the comfort of the elegant Stanley and Livingstone hotel is a must. A Victorian-style hotel set in the game rich Victoria Falls Private Game Reserve, this Rani Resorts hotel is all about glamour and style.

Activities

Rani Resorts believe that what sets them apart is the way each of their island, beach and wilderness locations has been selected for its sheer, untouched beauty. This makes for incredible settings in which to go on marine and wildlife adventures.

Depending on the destination of your choice, activities on offer include game viewing from an open landrover, horseback or even elephant-back. For water lovers, there's diving, snorkelling and fishing while adrenalin seekers can get their kicks from bungee-jumping, whitewater rafting, dune boarding or lion walks.

Some of the hotels have fully-equipped gyms with state-of-the-art equipment and floodlit tennis courts.

Services

Rani Resorts are happy to accommodate any special interests you have and to build your vacation around these - so if it's safaris, birdwatching, diving or any other activity you'd particularly like to pursue, it can be arranged.

A full range of equipment is kept at each of the resorts and hotels for guests to use when wishing to enjoy the many activities that are available. This includes scuba diving and fishing equipment.

Pemba Beach Hotel and Spa, Matemo and Indigo Bay are sought-after wedding, family or group destinations with their island-style glamour and many activities. Medjumbe Private Island, the Stanley & Livingstone at Victoria Falls and Lugenda Wilderness Camp are ideal for small groups and honeymooners.

Rani Resorts happily organise weddings, anniversaries and other festivities to mark special occasions.

Food and Wine

Rani Resorts do not provide 'nouvelle cuisine': rather, they prefer to offer you good, wholesome cooking, made from locally available produce. Food is fresh and made flair, and typically reflects the culinary traditions of the region.

Guests can also enjoy a range of spirits as well as a selection of wines, malts and soft drinks.

Conservation

Rani Resorts design and build their resorts and hotels to the highest standards of comfort and luxury possible within the infra-structural confines and logistical restrictions of the locations they operate in. Each hotel and resorts is developed to benefit the people of the area and to conserve indigenous flora and fauna.

Rani Resorts develop hotels and resorts responsibly to the benefit of the people of the region and conserving indigenous flora and fauna. A full-time environmentalist ensures that the hotels are as eco-friendly as possible, working with local parks and reserve authorities to ensure that the impact on the environment is kept to the minimum.

The resorts' grounds are regularly subjected to environmentally friendly spray programmes against mosquitoes to keep malaria risks in check.

Not only does Rani Resorts liaise with government authorities to ensure sound conservation practices are followed, but they also provide environmental education and encourage the sustainable use of natural resources.

Most of Rani Resorts' properties are situated in parks such as Victoria Falls and Niassa Game Reserves and the Bazaruto and Quirimbas Marine National Parks. The company actively works to protect the flagship species that occur in these parks - the African wild dog, the black rhino, dugong, turtles, dolphins, whale sharks and other species of whales.

Rani Resorts has formed a partnership with government, wildlife authorities and NGOs on Bazaruto Island. In term of this, turtle nesting sites are monitored, a strict tag and release policy is followed for fishing activities and the national park's staff are provided with transport, health care and communication facilities courtesy of Rani Resorts.

In Victoria Falls Private Game Reserve, Rani Resorts runs the Wisdom 4 Wildlife programme together with Shearwater Adventures and the reserve's guides. This involves local school pupils in interacting with and identifying local flora and fauna. Rani Resorts has also been involved in the reintroduction of endangered black rhino into the area.

Responsible Tourism

The cultural environment in which of the Rani Resorts' accommodations is set is one to which the company is sensitive. Guests are encouraged to visit local villages on cultural tours and to experience the traditional way of life.

Guests are also given the opportunity to buy good quality local crafts, thereby ensuring that the locals benefit directly from tourism - both financially and in terms of building pride in the local heritage and traditions.

Apart from community development projects that focus on infrastructure, facilities and education, Rani Resorts has also built two mosques on islands in the Quirimbas to serve the needs of the islanders.

Awards

• In March 2007 The Stanley and Livingstone at Victoria Falls was named Best Safari Lodge at the Zimbabwean National Tourism Awards.

Accommodation

Rani Resorts has a number of resorts dotted about the Indian Ocean islands of Mozambique, as well as lodges on mainland Mozambique and at Victoria Falls.

Indigo Bay Island Resort and Spa, set on a Mozambican island, is a fabulous destination for families and honeymooners. Spacious suites with a luxurious yet laidback feel, the resort draws on and blends in with its exotic surrounds.

Matemo Island in the Quirimbas Archipelago consists of 24 beach chalets where sheer luxury comes in the form of simple pleasures - like the hammock on your private deck from which to watch the dhows go by.

For romance and exclusivity, head for Medjube Private Island where just 13 beach chalets mean the island is all yours to explore and delight in.

The Pemba Beach Hotel and Spa is set in an old port town in the Quirimbas. Here you can choose from classic rooms, suites or private villas, each with their own balconies and with all the vast majesty of Arabic architecture.

The Lugenda Wilderness Camp is an intimate bush location from which to explore the vast and remote Niassa Wildlife Reserve in Mozambique. A tented camp, it has eight beautifully appointed suites that overlook the plains.

The Stanley and Livingstone Hotel in Zimbabwe provides elegant, boutique accommodation within sight, sound and spray of the Victoria Falls. Straight out of the Victorian era, but with all the luxuries of contemporary life, it's all about glamour.

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