Praia Inhame Eco Lodge

Food was delightful with lots of choice and a variety of fish, meat and veg-friendly options! A nice location on the beach, and great to have hot water during certain hours The bird life around the gardens is magnificent, with pin-tailed whydahs darting around right in front of the cabin! And a rooster who wakes everyone up at 3:30am!. The boat to the equatorial island seems to go daily, for which you pay a guide, boat transport and for lunch on the island.Road travel to reach the place is very difficult, takes 2.5 hours, and airport transfer costs 80 euros each way (for 160 euros, you're better to rent a car and have freedom to go to other places). Cabins could use some work to make them more comfortable, for example the lighting really needs improvement. Also, staff need better training to understand pre-paid booking sites. If you book this hotel on Trip.com, make sure to bring a printed receipt and even a credit card statement to be prepared to fight when they insist that you pay in cash as well, even though you have a receipt saying you pre-paid by credit card. (I forwarded it to them by email and WhatsApp three times when they kept asking for it and saying I was supposed to depart a day earlier than I had booked for, and then they still chased me to the parking lot demanding cash payment.) They will also ask you to pay tourist tax on top of your room and VAT because they don't understand whether it is included. (They seem confused with *********** where you have to pay in cash on site - don't count on using a credit card.) Also they don't make change in euros so you will need small denomination euro notes. While I had gone here to relax after a stressful work trip in West Africa, these problems with staff not understanding booking and pre-payment and mistaking my date of departure made my stay unnecessarily stressful almost to the point of regretting my trip. Travel is an adventure, isn't it?

This is a truly unique spot on the island and one of the best bases for exploring the Equator on the Rolas or the southern part of São Tomé. We've stayed here once a year for the past five years, and it's been wonderful to see the significant improvements in service this year. The staff has become much more proactive, and many now speak good English, especially Andrah (sorry if the spelling is off!) and the restaurant team. While the place retains its rustic charm, they’re steadily upgrading the infrastructure and rooms. The gardens remain as beautiful as ever. Congratulations on the progress, and we’re already looking forward to our stay next year!

Fantastic location. It doesn't get any better. The bungalows are ample and pretty. I loved it overall. 5 stars. The restaurant perched over the beach is awesome. The food is suprisingly good: we arrived at night and were treated to fresh caught octopus with manioc chips. Breakfast is quite good too. On the negative side, the staff are awful: rude, lazy, inefficient... But the lodge and environment are so outstanding that it gets 5* nonetheless.

Wish the owners (who are absent in Portugal) would contribute to the village that all tourists have to drive through to arrive at the hotel. The seaside location was the best part - buffet breakfast and dinner (20€/pp) poor and service non-existent. Recommend visitors go to Vanha for dinner.

It is a unique place on the island and one of the best base to explore the Equator on the Rolas or the south of São Tomé. We stayed here once a year since 5 years ago and are happy to see that the services have improved a lot this year. The staff has become proactive and speaks good English, especially Andrah (maybe a spelling mistake), and the others working in the restaurant. It is still a rustic place but they are slowly improving the infrastructure, the rooms. The garden is still very beautiful. Congratulations and look forward to our stay next year.

The property is located on a desert beach. extremely quiet and resting we could only hear the waves. The lodge is made up of wooden chalets spread across the beach and forest in a beautiful garden. The chalets are very large and comfortable. The open areas well manteined. The staff very polite and pleasant. Besides having a wonderful location the lodge has an excellent restaurant serving different dishes based above all on fresh fish. Great breakfast.

We visited for drinks only. Caipirinha (5€) was amazing whilst coffee (1€) was awful - brown water with the slightest coffee taste. The restaurant facility is nice and so is the beach. For 10€/person you can ride the boat to ilheu das rolas and spent a day there.

we only stayed for lunch, not great and not terrible. no soap to wash your hands and cooking took forever to be finished. emoty glass? novody cares to offer extra drink