• The MONEA Log
  • Three houses
  • Three oceans

Here you never do the same thing twice

Everything you can do from the three houses, grouped by what you are going to do rather than by the hotel that arranges it. None of it is sold here: each one is organised by the house you set out from.

Playa BlancaLanzarote
PajeZanzibar
Ha My, Hoi AnVietnam
  1. Royal Mónica
    Time zone
    Atlantic/Canary
    Position
    28°51′N 13°49′W
  2. The Nest
    Time zone
    Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
    Position
    6°15′S 39°32′E
  3. Le Belhamy
    Time zone
    Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
    Position
    15°53′N 108°21′E
— The log

Four things to do, and three ways of doing each

What you do from each house, a step away from it. They are not ordered by hotel: they are ordered by what you are going to do, which is the only way to see at a glance how three oceans differ.

Getting in11

The sea as something you do, not something you look at.

  • The Mnemba reef Coral and turquoise water in the marine reserve, setting out from Paje. MONEA The Nest · Mnemba
  • Diving the Jambiani reefs The south-east of the island, whether it is your first dive or your hundredth. MONEA The Nest · Jambiani
  • Swimming with the whale shark The largest fish in the ocean, in the archipelago next door. MONEA The Nest · Mafia Island
  • The dolphins of Kizimkazi A half morning out of the fishing village in the south. MONEA The Nest · Kizimkazi
  • Learning to fly a kite A flat lagoon, steady wind and a school with instructors on the beach itself. MONEA The Nest · Paje lagoon
  • Hopping the sandbanks by catamaran A whole day among sandbanks that appear and vanish with the tide. MONEA The Nest · Zanzibar
  • Crossing the lagoon on horseback Along the shore to the reef, and back through the village. MONEA The Nest · Paje
  • The lagoon at full speed Flat water and nothing in front of you. MONEA The Nest · Paje
  • The Cham Islands A biosphere reserve an hour by boat from the river mouth. MONEA Le Belhamy · Cù Lao Chàm
  • Hà Mỹ beach Open sand facing the South China Sea, right in front of the house. MONEA Le Belhamy · Hà Mỹ
  • The Papagayo coves Turquoise water between lava walls, minutes away down a dirt track. MONEA Royal Mónica · Playa Blanca

Walking11

The city, the forest and the fire, on foot.

  • Getting lost in Stone Town Alleyways, carved doors and the market, in the World Heritage city. MONEA The Nest · Stone Town
  • Jozani forest The island's only protected forest, and its red colobus, which lives nowhere else. MONEA The Nest · Jozani
  • The Changuu tortoises Century-old giant tortoises, half an hour by boat from Stone Town. MONEA The Nest · Changuu
  • A safari day on the mainland You cross to the mainland and come back to sleep by the sea. MONEA The Nest · Tanzania
  • The old town of Hoi An A sixteenth-century trading town still standing whole, twelve minutes away. MONEA Le Belhamy · Hoi An
  • The Japanese covered bridge Four centuries of eaves, and the shrine inside the bridge itself. MONEA Le Belhamy · Hoi An
  • The Thu Bồn at dusk When the lanterns come on, the town is best seen from the water. MONEA Le Belhamy · Hoi An
  • The rice paddies, by bicycle A dirt track between the fields and the sea, with buffalo working alongside. MONEA Le Belhamy · Hoi An
  • Timanfaya The Fire Mountains: the 1730 eruption, still warm underfoot. MONEA Royal Mónica · Lanzarote
  • Jameos del Agua A lava tube turned into an auditorium, with its lake and its blind crab. MONEA Royal Mónica · Lanzarote
  • The Teguise market On Sundays, in the town that was the island's capital for four centuries. MONEA Royal Mónica · Lanzarote

Eating8

The place, understood through the mouth.

  • The spice island, from the plant to your hand Clove, cinnamon, nutmeg and cardamom, as they actually grow. MONEA The Nest · Zanzibar
  • Dinner in the nest A platform of woven branches among the coconut palms, and nobody else up there. MONEA The Nest · Paje
  • Hoi An Night, at Faifo The cooking of this town served as a set menu, without leaving the house. MONEA Le Belhamy · Hà Mỹ
  • Cooking with the chef The dishes of Hoi An, made with the person who makes them every day. MONEA Le Belhamy · Hà Mỹ
  • The herb village Trà Quế waters at dusk, and half the town's herbs come out of it. MONEA Le Belhamy · Trà Quế
  • Phở and bánh mì, standing up The town's street food, which is where you actually eat. MONEA Le Belhamy · Hoi An
  • Breakfast on the water A bamboo tray floating in the pool of your own villa. MONEA Le Belhamy · Hà Mỹ
  • La Geria, Malvasía in a crater Vines planted one by one in hollows of lava, and family bodegas where you taste. MONEA Royal Mónica · Lanzarote

Stopping3

What you do by doing nothing.

  • A massage among the palms A thatched pavilion open to the garden, to recharge between one thing and the next. MONEA The Nest · Paje
  • The thermal circuit at Bamboo Spa Hot bamboo rolled down the back, in thatched pavilions over the sand. MONEA Le Belhamy · Hà Mỹ
  • Volcanic wellbeing Volcanic clay, basalt stone and sea salt, facing the Atlantic. MONEA Royal Mónica · Playa Blanca

Each one is arranged by the house you set out from.

The Nest's, on its own site Le Belhamy's, on its page The Royal Mónica's, on its own site

Nothing is booked or paid for here. Each house sets its own prices, each supplier confirms availability, and a person replies.

— What does not fit in one hotel

Three things that exist only because there are three houses

Linking two coasts, or all three. From the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea, or from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. No hotel can offer this because no hotel is in two places: what gets crossed here is not excursions but time zones and seasons that do not line up.

The whole house, for your own people. Exclusive use of any one of the three, with everything inside it. Which of the three is the question, and that question can only be asked where all three are.

A trip that is on no list. No catalogue and no package: you say what you want and we look at what can be put together between the three houses and the people who work with them. It starts with a conversation and ends when you say so.

Aerial view of Hoi An at sunset, with the river, the boats and the tiled blocks
— How it is arranged

No payments, and no surprises

It is the way our houses already work, and it does not change just because this is the group's site.

01

You put it together

You choose what you feel like doing and where from. There is no closed package to accept and no order in which things must happen.

02

You ask for a quote

Nothing is booked or charged here. What leaves this page is a request, and what comes back is what that house can actually arrange, and what it costs.

03

We check it

Almost everything on this page is run by local people: a boat, a guide, a bodega. It gets confirmed with each of them before you are told yes, not after.

04

You decide

With the dates, the prices and what is available in front of you. Until that moment nothing is committed on either side.

— Four questions

Tell us what you feel like and we will put it together

Four answers and where to write to you. That is enough for us to know which house to ask.

01 / 05What do you feel like?
02 / 05In which ocean?
03 / 05When would it be?

The date matters more than it seems: the Indian Ocean monsoon, the South China Sea one and the Atlantic winter sun do not line up.

04 / 05And where will you sleep?
Last stepWhere do we write back?

With the above we already know which house to ask. A person writes the reply, and it comes back with what that house can actually put together.

Optional. How many of you, how many days, and anything that cannot be missing.

Nothing is booked or paid for here, and no place is held: this is the beginning of a conversation.

— Before anything else

First look at where you will sleep

Each house tells its own story on its own site, with its rooms and its dates. Everything on this page is arranged from any of the three.

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