Pemba Magic Lodge (Russell's Place)

When Russel Bott passed by Pemba in 1997 he thought as most of us do that he had found a magic place, but unlike what most of us do, he decided to stay and bought a piece of land full of cashew trees near the beach. It started out as a campsite with a few tents and a dormitory for backpackers, and was soon to become a fovourite hang around place “the Blackfoot bar”

In time the construction of the

bungalows began all individually designed by Russel Bott and all using as much local products as possible. Today the place has several bungalows, a large restaurant and bar. Pemba Magic Lodge was long known as “Russel’s Place or simply “The Campsite”, but since 2008 the place started using it’s original name “Pemba Magic Lodge”