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    • Resort
    • Retreat
    • Upcoming Retreats
      • Zen Return 2026
      • She who Dares Retreat
      • Return to You
      • Pure Health Zanzibar
      • Rythym Recharge Retreat
    • Previous Retreats
    • Restaurant menu
      • Food & Drinks Menu
    • Our Story
      • Dreams Do Come True
  • Resort
  • Retreat
  • Upcoming Retreats
    • Zen Return 2026
    • She who Dares Retreat
    • Return to You
    • Pure Health Zanzibar
    • Rythym Recharge Retreat
  • Previous Retreats
  • Restaurant menu
    • Food & Drinks Menu
  • Our Story
    • Dreams Do Come True

our journey into the unknown.

So back in 2019 we scheduled in a career break for June 2020. Let the saving begin. We saved and saved and the one year career break was looking epic. From Patagonia to Chile. Chile overland all the way to Colombia, and so on. You get the picture, it was going to be the trip of all trips, one hell of a year off. 


The last leg of this globe trotting adventure was Cape Town all the way across Africa to Zanzibar, where we would spend an all inclusive 2 weeks to finish off this unbelievable trip and then head back to the UK and  back to our jobs. 


"How life had other plans for us"


Covid hit for the whole world and all plans were cancelled. The world adventure was put on hold and as we tried to get back all our money from the pre paid trips across the globe we just knew we still had to try and go some where to get away from all the negative energy being created by the news and media.


We started to go down the list of countries we were supposed to be visiting. Starting with Patagonia, crossing them off one by one as  restrictions stopped us from flying.  The list was getting shorter and shorter,  Until we got to the very last country on our travel itinerary. "ZANZIBAR"

YESSSS. We could fly to Zanzibar. So on October 27th 2020, Ty's birthday, we set off to the island of Zanzibar East Africa.  It was so surreal  here compared to Europe...we felt free.


What happened in between is history!


Please ask us all about our Zanzibar journey and how we realised and achieved our big dreams. We never get bored of telling our story and often joke that one day we'll write a book. 


Much love, 

Sarah and Ty


"A drunken night out. changed our lives forever"

"Ty's brain running wild. started to draw pictures of what a resort could look like"

"A covid Pandemic that took us on a journey we could never imagine"



"The world had another plan for us"

"Lack of fear, maybe stupidity or just something inside that just said. F*ck It. Lifes to short"

"March 8th 2022. Imagination, determination & creation begun"

"We knew the pool was the master piece, & everything else would flow from that"

"Tensions between Ty & Sar were reaching boiling point. Two completely different views & ideas on how Zen should look"

"What If..... Now that keeps us awake at night. We did not want that"

"Every single person back home said.. WTF are you guys doing. You know nothing about hotels"

"Well we have stayed in enough hotels to know what we would like"

"Ty! You don't even know how to build an IKEA cabinet"

our journey in pictures

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