This review is a little late 1 year on.
I can only imagine this place gets better and better.
As you get picked up in a field with a bycyle rest as the " airport"by a chartered plane for 2, your picked up and driven around 30 minutes through towns and fields. Red dusty roads that are like a scene from a movie. Woman walking in the distance with big bundles palm leaves on their heads.
You arrive at the laid back dreamy resort of the tides. Every place has a sea view private bungalow on the beach.
Why would you come to Africa and stay in a big posh resort that has boring couples and a rubbish buffet every night when you can stay at the tides and have wonderfully home cooked food, interesting fun people and a beach to yourself.
One of the waiters (I forget his name) took us to his village. It was a fascinating fun trip and insight to local life in a fishermans village. One might we had a drink at the local bar too. It's a safe welcoming stretch of beach and highly recommended to anyone wanting a slice of real Africa.
Thank you do much for a wonderful stay to everyone at the tides.
I sent some photos (around 50) in the post to you of the local village and done pens for the children I never heard if you received then I do hope you did.

We stayed at the Tides lodge in sept 2011 at the end of an amazing but also tiring safari.It was just barefoot paradise,exactly what we needed after our busy week.The food was superb and I can be quite picky.Graeme and Candy,the managers, were lovely and made us feel really at home.We took a boat across to a little sand island where one of the staff prepared our lunch while we snorkelled,we were lucky to be the only people on the island! beautiful! We were also lucky enough to see turtles hatching not far along the beach from Tides,part of a conservation project,David Attenborough stuff really!!Our beach front cottage was perfect,but we were upgraded to the honeymoon suite by the owner James,which was just the icing on the cake.We will definitely be back.

I was staying along the beach at another lodge and came across Tides, so glad i did. We walked in at lunchtime and were made so welcome by Graeme and Candy (lovely couple). We had a fantastic lunch a few drinks and i cant fault the service or the food. Tides is in quite a remote part of Pangani, so to get supplies must be quite difficult at times, but the food was amazing, tasty and very fresh. There is a lovely little shop to buy souviners. The toilets are spotless as was everything else. The staff are so warm and friendly. Infact i was along a few times before i returned home. The setting was stunning, sitting in the restaurant looking out on the Indian Ocean!!!! Bliss. I am planning on returning next year and staying at Tides, I would recommend it. Also i really enjoyed the company of Graeme and Candy. Thanks for the great memories.

you could not find a bettter couple with Graham and Candy to cover your time while in Tides. Attentive without being intrusive, relaxed without being unresponsive. Their calm, casual manner is perfect pitched, while everything ticks along perfectly and smoothly. Hats off to them. It is a shame that the red snapper hell is the leading story. as anywone who visits the seashore in such places is only too aware of the vagaries of the catch of the day. We had a superb medly of seafood the first night, and while no choice second night, you didnt need one! Food was excellent, and available pretty much as and when one wished to eat.