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We are very excited to announce the newest addition for this 2011 season!

Starting beginning June 2011, we will proudly have two brand new "traditional fales" built on the beach!
They are built with bamboo and traditional woven coconut leaves and blends into the trees overlooking the beach. Each have a fantastic view from a balcony and a private rainwater shower as you step down right on the sand!

To make our guests even more comfortable, we now have brand new memory foam matresses!

We still have our spacious tents available for those who prefer to zip up.

Tonga Energy Road Map 2010-20 - to Reduce Tonga’s Vulnerability to Oil Price Shocks and Achieve an Increase in Quality Access to Modern Energy Services in an Environmentally Sustainable Manner.
Aims to achieve the ambitious target of 50% of Tonga‟s energy coming from renewable sources within three years. This target establishes Tonga as a world leader in embracing a low-carbon economy,and represents significantbenefits for the tourismindustry!

lets hope this is the beginning of a green future for tonga!

we will try and focus our blog the following ideas...

i would like to apologise straight away for any slow updates and delayed responses on this blog.

i do live on a uninhabited , remote island ( apart from myself, some fruitbats and other zany creatures)
up untill now i dont have an internet connection on mafana island. basic electricity and a light at night proved challenging enough!

so bear with me when i chuggle across to the main island once a week with my laptop in a plastic bag in my rundown , pre second world war army boat to get supplies and check emails.

hi to all fellow beings and nature lovers

my name is behan eloff and mafana island is our beloved project.
im an ex south african, ex brit and for the last two years trying to be an active tongan!

firstly i would like to salute mother nature , because that is what its all about for us here.
in a wild and vastly disfunctional world, nature is all that ever really mattered and the only force that can save us all or destroy us!

if you're not into nature then unfortunaley there is not much to keep you entertained out here.

Welcome!

This is the new and improved Mafana Island Beach website. Its taken a while to make these tweaks but we think its a lot better than the old one. Hope you do too!

Please bear with us for the next couple of weeks as we iron out any site gremlins :)

Be sure to check out the new pictures and activites pages and we hope to see you very soon!