Zanzibar Island Activities

There are many places and people offering snorkelling trips, dives and dolphin trips all over Zanzibar Island, in contrast there is only a handful of operators running safe, controlled ecologically sound trips, we encourage all visitors to use officially licensed centres, this is for your own safety and the future of coral and marine life around Zanzibar Island. They may charge a little more than the man on the beach with his boat but will provide a safer and better experience.

MadBookings.com recommends the following Diving and Activity centres in North East Zanzibar.:

The Zanzibar Dive Centre One Ocean
North East Coast

Bluebay Beach Resort, Sultan Sands
and Ocean Paradise Beach Resort

NB. MadBookings.com offers 10% Discount Vouchers at this Centre to all their Zanzibar clients

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Mnemba Island Atoll: For diving in warm high visibility water with vast areas of coral, and innumerable quantities of fish Mnemba Island Atoll is THE place, the large Atoll surrounds the tiny Island of Mnemba and offers many diving areas all busy with life. Very popular for snorkel trips from all over Zanzibar Island it can get quite busy and it is easy to see why, with easy diving conditions and so much to see from beginning to end, a 50 minute dive with safety stop at 5 metres over beds of coral teeming with juvenile life.
Throw in Turtles, Octopus, Frog fish, Crocodile fish, Napoleons, Nudibranks and even the some reef sharks all at 26 – 30degree high vis water and it makes it hard to end the dive. The busiest area for diving on Zanzibar Island so don’t expect to be alone like many of the other areas but it in no way makes the experience any less thrilling.
For Open water courses this is an excellent area.

These rates are valid from the 1^st of June 2008 for The Zanzibar Dive Centre One Ocean Bluebay, Sultan Sands & Ocean Paradise only. Rates are subject to change and given here as a guide only.

PRICES INCLUDE: Mnemba Atoll Conservation Fee, Equipment Hire, Course Manuals.
Prices subject to change without further notice. All prices are quoted in Euro.

Help us preserve Zanzibar's magic

If you are diving or snorkelling, you may be tempted to collect some pretty shells from Zanzibar's many coral reefs. Please do not, as this kills entire reefs, the devastating effects of which can be seen in the well-trodden areas of East African coast. Although there are shell sellers, you are asked not to buy shells from them, as it simply encourages this harmful industry.