Fodor's Expert Review Butiama Beach

Butiama Group runs three types of properties across Mafia Island including Bustani, an intimate 10-room lodge on a hillside with a large pool and gardens outside of the marine park. There's also Beach Lodge with 13 well-appointed, colorful bungalows that have wide outdoor verandahs equipped with loungers and inviting hammocks outside of the park, and Marine Camp, which has a few basic bungalows and tents under makuti thatch shading for the budget traveler. It may not have the overly romantic aesthetic of other resorts, but at low tide it has one of the best, most extensive beaches on the island, perfect for sunny strolls.